Description
Have a seat in the Café to listen in on a conversation between community-based funders who have hosted Workforce Leadership Academies in very different settings. Join United Way of Central Maryland and the Scranton Area Community Foundation to hear about their lessons from supporting capacity building and leadership development across their communities. What can the workforce field learn, and what do we model?
Speakers
- Windy Deese, Vice President Public Policy and Economic Advancement, United Way of Central Maryland
- Maggie Martinelli, Chief Operating Officer, Scranton Area Community Foundation
- Sheila Maguire, Senior Fellow, The Aspen Institute
- Dee Wallace, Senior Fellow, The Aspen Institute
More Events in the Workforce Leadership Café
- Nov 16: Pima Community College + Center for the Future of Arizona
- Dec 21: Workforce Solutions Alamo
- Jan 18: United Way of Central Maryland + Scranton Area Community Foundation
- Feb 1: Greater Memphis Chamber
- Feb 22: Ohio Workforce Coalition + NYATEP
About the Workforce Leadership Café
To optimize local workforce systems, practitioners must dismantle silos and create coherent systems and services that balance the needs of both workers and businesses. In our Workforce Leadership Café discussion series, we explore how the workforce development field can be more reflective of the change it seeks to cultivate, hosting conversations with leaders who are contributing their talents and insights to this rich field of practice. Guests include sponsors of local Workforce Leadership Academies and others who are exploring talent development and job quality in workforce development. Learn more at as.pn/WLAcafe
About the Workforce Leadership Academies
The Aspen Institute’s Workforce Leadership Academies, part of the Economic Opportunities Program, bring together leaders across the many siloed fields of practice, organization types, and government policies that make up the field. The Academies strengthen Fellows’ capacity to develop and sustain effective workforce strategies, collaborate more deeply with employers, and expand the number and quality of leaders who advance opportunities for low-wage workers and job seekers as they meet employers’ talent development needs.
About the Economic Opportunities Program
The Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program advances strategies, policies, and ideas to help low- and moderate-income people thrive in a changing economy.
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