Staff

Abby Snay

Former Board Member

Adrian Esquivel

Deputy Director, Chicagoland Workforce Funder Alliance

Alice Pritchard

Allison L. Dembeck

Amanda Bergson-Shilcock

Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield

Former Senior Fellow, NSC

Andy Van Kleunen

Chief Executive Officer

Angela Carr Klitzsch

President & CEO, EmployIndy

Anneka Bell

Senior Accounting Manager

Ayobami Olugbemiga

Bill Pink

President, Grand Rapids Community College

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

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 Cannady Powell

Digital Media Manager

Brooke DeRenzis

Chief Strategy Officer

Bryan Wilson

Caroline Treschitta

Carolyn Lee

President of The Manufacturing Institute

Chandler Morse

Vice President, Corporate Affairs at Workday

Chelsea Miller

Christina Peña

Clair Minson

Daniel Bustillo

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. Ana Luz Gonzalez-Vasquez

Project Manager, UCLA Labor Center

Dr. Girard Melancon

Board Vice Chair

Dr. Lisa Bly-Jones

CEO, Chicago Jobs Council

Dr. Sekou Siby

Eboni Speight

Chief Finance and Administration Officer

ECMC Foundation

Skills Summit Sponsor

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

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

Manager, Business Leaders United

Jessica Cardott

Former Senior National Network Manager, NSC

Jessica Fraser

Board Secretary

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

State Strategies Director (West)

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

Laure-Jeanne Davignon

Vice President – Workforce, IREC

Lindsey Reichlin Cruse

Senior Fellow, Postsecondary Education

Liza Smitherman

Chief People Officer, Jostin Construction, Inc.

Mark Mitsui

President of Portland Community College

Martha L. Bahamón

Managing Director, Development

Matt Summy

Vice President, Strategic Planning for Impact & Inclusion, Comcast

Megan Evans

Senior Government Affairs Manager

Melinda Mack

Melissa Johnson

Managing Director, State Strategies

Melissa Sommer

Vice President, Brighton Center

Michael Richardson

Director of Worker and Student Voices

Michele Chang

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

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

Nicky Lauricella Coolberth

NSC Staff

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

Portia Wu

Priyanka Sharma

Vice President, World Education, Inc.

Rachel Hirsch

Rachel Unruh

Chief of External Affairs

Rachel Vilsack

Former Senior Fellow, NSC

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

Roderick Taylor

Research and Policy Analyst

Rory O’Sullivan

Board Treasurer

Ryan Campbell

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

Scott Paul

Former Board Member

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

Tina Posterli

Managing Director, Communications

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