Staff

Abby Snay

Former Board Member

Adrian Esquivel

Deputy Director, Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

Alice Pritchard

Past Board Chair

Alisha Small

Germantown, Maryland

Allison L. Dembeck

Board Secretary

Amanda Bergson-Shilcock

Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield

Former Senior Fellow, NSC

Ana Luz Gonzalez-Vasquez, PhD, MURP

Project Director, UCLA Labor Center

Andy Van Kleunen

Angela Carr Klitzsch

President & CEO, EmployIndy

Angela Siefer

Executive Director of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance

Ankur Gopal

CEO and Founder, Interapt

Anneka Bell

Senior Accounting Manager

Atheena Martinez

Hayden, Arizona

Ayobami Olugbemiga

Bill Pink

President, Grand Rapids Community College

Bishara Addison

Brad Markell

Executive Director, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council

Brandee Davis

Financial and Economic Mobility Director for the United Way of Greater Nashville

Brenda Dann-Messier

Former Board Member

Brent Parton

Senior Advisor for Workforce Development, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Brianna McCain

Bridgette Gray

Chief Customer Officer, Opportunity@Work

Brittany Powell

Director, Digital Communications

Brooke DeRenzis

Chief Strategy Officer

Bryan Wilson

Carlos Diaz Barriga

Managing Director of Communications and Narrative Change

Caroline Treschitta

Senior Government Affairs Manager

Carolyn Lee

President of The Manufacturing Institute

Chandler C. Morse

Chandler Morse

Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Workday

Chelsea Miller

Chike Aguh

Senior Advisor, The Project on Workforce at Harvard University

Christina Peña

Clair Minson

Crystal Ann Hilbert

Muncie, Indiana  

Dalila Wilson-Scott

Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Comcast

Daniel Bustillo

Board Vice Chair

Deniece Thomas

Deputy Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Deputy Secretary of Labor Julie A. Su

Derrick Figures

Labor and Economic Justice Director, Sierra Club

Devon Miner

Donny Jones

Chief Operations Officer, Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama

Dr. Alex Camardelle

Dr. Girard Melancon

Dr. Lisa Bly-Jones

CEO, Chicago Jobs Council

Dr. Sekou Siby

Board Treasurer

Eboni Speight

Chief Finance and Administration Officer

ECMC Foundation

Skills Summit Sponsor

Erica Moton

Los Angeles, California

Erin Sheehan

State Network Manager

Farhad Asghar

Program Officer, Pathways to Postsecondary Success, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Grant Shmelzer

Greg May

Founder, Nexus Technology Services

Harry J. Holzer

Hayley Kaplan

Project Manager

Héctor Huezo

California Director, Jobs to Move America

India Heckstall

Former Policy Analyst, NSC

India Rice

Jane Kunze

Los Angeles, California

Janelle Flowers

Operations Associate

Jeannine LaPrad

Managing Director, Policy and Research

Jee Hang Lee

President and CEO, Association of Community College Trustees

Jeffrey Connor-Naylor

Director, Business Leaders United

Jenna Leventoff

Jennie Sparandara

Head of Programs, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Jennifer Stiddard

Jennifer Zeisler

Senior Program Director, Career Readiness at ECMC Foundation

Jenny Wittner

Chief Operating Officer

Jeran Culina

Senior Manager, Business Leaders United

Jessica Cardott

Former Senior National Network Manager, NSC

Jessica Fraser

Jessie Leslie

Jimmy Donofrio

John Brauer

Workforce and Economic Development (WED) Program Director at the California Labor Federation

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Skills Summit Sponsor

Julie Peller

Executive Director, Higher Learning Advocates

Ka’ala Souza

Digital Skills Consultant

Karina Paredes-Arzola

State Network Manager

Kate Kinder

Kate Michaels

Policy and Research Analyst

Katherine DePalma

Development Associate

Katie Brown

Katie Spiker

Managing Director, Government Affairs

Kelly Kupcak

Executive Director, Oregon Tradeswomen

Ken Wright

Finance Manager

Kenyatta Lovett

Managing Director for Higher Education, Educate Texas

Kermit Kaleba

Krista Batey

Director of Institutional Giving

Kwame Presley

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Laure-Jeanne Davignon

Vice President – Workforce, IREC

Lindsey Reichlin Cruse

Senior Fellow, Postsecondary Education

Liza Smitherman

Chief People Officer, Jostin Construction, Inc.

Lynne Hamblin

Grants Pass, Oregon

Mae Diaz Cabrol

Operations Manager

Mark Mitsui

President of Portland Community College

Matt Summy

Vice President, Strategic Planning for Impact & Inclusion, Comcast

Mauricio Garcia

Megan Evans

Senior Government Affairs Manager

Melinda Mack

Melissa Johnson

Managing Director, State Strategies

Melissa Sommer

Vice President, Brighton Center

Michael Richardson

Director, Worker and Student Voices

Michele Chang

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Economic Development Administration, Department of Commerce

Michelle Rafferty

Chief Program Officer, National Fund for Workforce Solutions

Michelle Wilson

Director of Evaluation and Learning, National Fund for Workforce Solutions

Microsoft

Skills Summit Sponsor

Mitch Landrieu

White House Senior Advisor to the President and Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator

Molly Bashay

Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of Labor

Nakeisha Ricks-Pettyjohn

Senior Fellow, Workforce Development

Ned McCulloch

Former Board Member

Nicky Lauricella Coolberth

Nyerere “Nye” Hodge

CED Research Analyst II, Federal Research Bank of Atlanta

Paige Shevlin

Strategic Advisor for Infrastructure Workforce Development at the U.S. Department of Transportation

Patrick Mortiere

Peter Beard

Senior Vice President for Regional Workforce Development at the Greater Houston Partnership

Portia Wu

Former Board Member

Priyanka Sharma

Vice President, World Education, Inc.

Rachel Hirsch

Rachel Unruh

Chief of External Affairs

Rachel Vilsack

Former Senior Fellow, NSC

Rachel Wilkerson

New Orleans, Louisiana 

Randy Stamper

Associate Vice Chancellor for Career Education and Workforce Programs with the Virginia Community College System

Rebecca Kusner

Director, Ohio Workforce Coalition

Rob Garcia

Robert Espinoza

Chief Executive Officer

Roderick Taylor

Research and Policy Analyst

Rory O’Sullivan

Former Board Member

Ryan Campbell

Co-Owner, Director of Strategy and Operations, Chris’ Caribbean Bistro

Sarah Steinberg

Scott Paul

Former Board Member

Seanniece Bamiro

State Network Manager

Shana Peschek

Executive Director, Machinists Institute

Sheridan Nixon

Assistant Vice Chancellor, Workforce Programs, Dallas College

Tara A. Moore

Operations Manager

Teresa Johnson

Communications Associate

Tianna Montgomery

Communications Associate

Tracey Carey

Executive Director, Midwest Urban Strategies

Trista Kendall

Valerie Richardson

Director, Workforce Development, Prisma Health

Van Ton-Quinlivan

Former Board Member

Walmart U.S.

Skills Summit Sponsor

Xinge Wang

Deputy Director, International Transportation Learning Center

Yasmin Fallahkhair

Senior State Network Manager

Yasmin Khan

Chief Development Officer