Workforce Realigned: New Incentives for Improving Workforce Outcomes
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The official launch of Workforce Realigned, Volume II took place on Thursday, July 17th at the Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
Workforce Realigned, Vol. II is produced by the Social Finance Institute in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Richmond. Through 21 case studies authored by 35 authors representing more than 20 organizations, the book explores how outcomes-based partnerships and innovative finance approaches can reorient our workforce to meet the needs of workers, employers, and communities.
Highlights
Trends and Opportunities in Workforce Development
Shifting Risk and Stretching Funding
Tackling the Talent Gap: Community Colleges & the U.S. Workforce
Opportunities for Economic Mobility
Scaling “Earn and Learn” Models
Different Approaches to Pay for Success
Agenda
8:30 a.m. Registration Opens
9:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks
Karen Anderson, Managing Director, Social Finance Institute
9:45 a.m. Author Roundtable: Shifting Risk and Stretching Funding
Tara Colton, Chief Economic Security Officer, New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Shanika Hope, Director for Americas & Knowledge, Skills, and Learning, Google.org
Jeannie Virden, Chief People Officer, Central Health
Kirstin Hill, President and COO, Social Finance (moderator)
10:30 a.m. Author Roundtable: Different Approaches to Pay for Success
Michael Bettersworth, Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Marketing Officer, Texas State Technical College
Xavier de Souza Briggs, Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro
Ashley Putnam, Director of the Economic Growth & Mobility Project, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Jake Edwards, Vice President of Impact Investments, Social Finance (moderator)
11:30 a.m. Break
12:00 p.m. Luncheon Discussion: Opportunities for Economic Mobility
Cecilia Elena Rouse, President, The Brookings Institution
Margaret Spellings, President and CEO, Bipartisan Policy Center
Eduardo Porter, Columnist and Editorial Board Member, The Washington Post (moderator)
1:00 p.m. Talk: Using Evidence to Improve Workforce Training Outcomes
Lawrence F. Katz, Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics, Harvard University
1:30 p.m. Author Roundtable: Scaling “Earn and Learn” Models
Jeremy Bernard-Sasges, Analyst, Achieve Partners
John Colborn, Executive Director, Apprenticeships for America
Julianne Dunn, Senior Program Officer, Rural LISC
Amelia Nickerson, CEO, First Step Staffing
David Socolow, Head of Policy, Social Finance Institute (moderator)
2:30 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Author Roundtable: Trends and Opportunities in Workforce Development
Kate Bahn, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research, Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Kristen Broady, Director of the Economic Mobility Project, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Claire Casey, President, AARP Foundation
Sarah Miller, Principal Advisor on Community & Economic Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Karen Anderson, Managing Director, Social Finance Institute (moderator)
4:00 p.m. Closing Plenary: Tackling the Talent Gap: A Conversation on Community Colleges and the U.S. Workforce
Tom Barkin, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Tracy Palandjian, Co-Founder and CEO, Social Finance (facilitator)
4:45 p.m. Wrap-up and Adjournment
Tracy Palandjian, Co-Founder and CEO, Social Finance
5:00 p.m. Networking Reception
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