National Advisory Board

Todd Greene

heldrich_robb — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:41:13 +0000

Todd Greene

heldrich_robb Fri, 12/18/2020 - 16:41

Greene (chair)

Todd

Todd Greene is Executive Director of WorkRise at the Urban Institute, where he also serves as a vice president. Previously, he was Executive Director of the Atlanta University Center Consortium Inc., the world’s oldest and largest consortium of historically Black colleges and universities. For more than 10 years, he served with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta as Vice President in the research division, leading the Economic and Community Development department. Previously, Todd was a member of the general faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and Master’s degrees from Washington University and Georgia State University. He has completed executive education programs at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Universidad ESAN in Lima, Peru.

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National Advisory Board

Stuart Andreason

heldrich_robb — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 15:04:13 +0000

Stuart Andreason

heldrich_robb Wed, 12/07/2022 - 15:04

Andreason

Stuart

Stuart Andreason is Managing Director of Workforce Innovation at the Burning Glass Institute where he leads efforts in research and engagement on workforce innovation and economic mobility.

Andreason was the founding director of the Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, a first of its kind “think and do” center in the Federal Reserve System. He led major initiatives including Investing in America’s Workforce and Workforce Realigned. He also led the Fed’s contributions to the Rework America Alliance and the Talent Finance Innovation Network. He also served as an officer of the bank and applied innovations in economic mobility in the bank.

Andreason’s work focuses on state and regional dynamics of opportunity and economic development and innovative workforce solutions. He publishes widely on workforce innovations and labor market trends, including analysis of opportunity occupations, or middle-skill jobs that pay high wages. He is the editor of Workforce Realigned, Investing in America’s Workforce, Developing Career-Based Training, and Models for Labor Market Intermediaries.

Previously, Andreason was a research associate at the Penn Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn IUR), where he is now a Fellow. There, he helped develop a set of indicators of sustainable communities for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funded by the Ford Foundation. He was a fellow of the Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences and a Lincoln Institute of Land Policy C. Lowell Harris fellow. Previously, he led two nonprofit organizations focused on economic revitalization in central Virginia and worked for the Pew Partnership for Civic Change.

He is a reviewer for several academic journals and publications. Andreason has taught at Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Pennsylvania. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

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National Advisory Board

Dennis Bone

heldrich_robb — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 02:49:51 +0000

Dennis Bone

heldrich_robb Thu, 12/31/2020 - 02:49

Bone

Dennis

Dennis was the inaugural director of the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, located in the Feliciano School of Business at Montclair State University, from January 2013 to December 2018. He now serves as executive in residence for the Feliciano School of Business, and is a member of the advisory board for the school.

Dennis retired in the summer of 2012 from Verizon New Jersey Inc., where he served as President and CEO for more than a dozen years. Dennis’ 33 year career at Verizon and its predecessor companies challenged him with numerous assignments and responsibilities across many organizations. Outside of Verizon, Dennis has been influential in initiating positive growth within New Jersey’s business sector. He has been active in strengthening the state’s workforce system as chairman of New Jersey’s State Employment and Training Commission. He served as co-chairman on Gov. Chris Christie’s 2009 Economic Development Transition Team, which led to the formation of Choose New Jersey, with Dennis as founding chairman.

He is a graduate of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, with a B.S. in mathematics. He also holds an MBA in finance and economics from Rutgers University and a M.S. degree in counseling from the Johns Hopkins University. Dennis holds a Top Secret federal government clearance and he has been awarded four honorary doctorates.

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National Advisory Board

William H. Foster

heldrich_robb — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:18:24 +0000

William H. Foster

heldrich_robb Mon, 01/04/2021 - 14:18

Foster

William H.

Throughout his professional life, Dr. Foster has focused on finding practical answers to the simple question; “How do individuals come to excel in what they do?”

With a Ph.D. in applied psychology, Bill has served as President and CEO of two national health organizations, as a valued consultant to private and public organizations, executive head of a congressionally convened Presidential Commission, policy advisor to a distinguished U.S. Senator, Dean of the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, director of a cabinet-level state agency and held graduate faculty and executive standing at four universities, the most recent being Columbia University.

Dr. Foster’s has a breadth of executive, social science and academic experience regarding organizational leadership, operational management, applied research, program development and evaluation and public policy formulation in university, non-profit and government sector organizations, especially in regard to the human capital, health and educational sectors of society with a current focus on the impact of technology on employment and income.

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National Advisory Board

John J. Heldrich Jr.

heldrich_robb — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 14:25:56 +0000

John J. Heldrich Jr.

heldrich_robb Mon, 01/04/2021 - 14:25

Heldrich Jr.

John J.

John J. Heldrich Jr. is retired from his longtime position of as President and CEO of Galey & Lord Swift Denim.

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National Advisory Board

William Hobgood

heldrich_robb — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 02:46:28 +0000

William Hobgood

heldrich_robb Thu, 12/31/2020 - 02:46

Hobgood

William

During his career, William P. Hobgood served from 1997 to 2002 as Senior Vice President of People at United Airlines. He has also been Director of Mediation Services for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Assistant Secretary of Labor in the U.S. Department of Labor during the Carter administration, and an adjunct professor of labor law at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Hobgood has served as Vice President of the Mediation, Research, and Education Project at Northwestern University, and has assisted in grievance mediation programs for organizations in industries such as air transportation, telecommunications, and oil and utilities.

He is a graduate of Harvard University’s Senior Managers in Government executive education program. He earned his law degree from the University of Louisville, his Master’s from George Washington University, and his Bachelor’s from Florida State University.

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Christopher King

heldrich_robb — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:38:46 +0000

Christopher King

heldrich_robb Fri, 12/18/2020 - 16:38

King

Christopher

Christopher T. King is a Labor Economist and a Senior Research Scientist at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs’ Ray Marshall Center, which he directed from 1991 to 2014. He has been conducting research on workforce, education and social policy issues for over four decades and has written widely on these topics, authoring or co-authoring numerous books, articles, and reports. He was Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Utah (1973-1976), an Economist with the U.S. Secretary of Labor (1976-1980), and Director of Research and Evaluation for Job Training in the Texas Governor’s Office (1983-1985). He has a B.A. in Economics from The University of Texas at Austin and both an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University.

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Jose Lozano

heldrich_robb — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 02:59:01 +0000

Jose Lozano

heldrich_robb Thu, 12/31/2020 - 02:59

Lozano

Jose

Jose Lozano is Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Partnerships for Hackensack Meridian Health. Previously, he was President & Chief Executive Officer of Choose New Jersey and Chief of Staff & Vice President for Corporate Services and Governance at Hackensack Meridian Health, where he managed several critical executive office functions, including corporate relations, strategy development, operations, board relations, public relations and communications.

Jose served in the Obama Administration as Deputy Chief of Staff and homeland security advisor at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, leading an immediate staff of 100+ in the development and implementation of the agency’s environmental agenda domestically and abroad.

His years of experience in these positions and others, including as Executive Director of the 2017 Transition for Governor-elect Phil Murphy, Director of External Affairs for the newly created New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, Director of Operations for New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine, and Transition Staff for Obama/Biden, have given Jose unique expertise in building and managing organizations through times of crisis, transition, merger and consolidation.

Jose received his Bachelor of Arts from Stockton University and a Master's degree from the University of Maryland, College Park.

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Kevin McCabe

heldrich_robb — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 03:06:18 +0000

Kevin McCabe

heldrich_robb Thu, 12/31/2020 - 03:06

McCabe

Kevin

Kevin P. McCabe is Partner at River Crossing Strategy Group. Previously, he was President of the Carpenter Contractor Trust and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

He served as the Municipal Chair of the Woodbridge Township Democratic Committee, and was elected as the Chairman of the Middlesex County Democratic Organization in 2013 and was recently re-elected for his fifth consecutive term.

McCabe joined the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Board of Commissioners in 2017, and currently serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee, Vice Chair of the Government and Ethics Committee, and a committee member on the Finance and Operations Committees.

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Mary Alice McCarthy

heldrich_robb — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 16:43:52 +0000

Mary Alice McCarthy

heldrich_robb Fri, 12/18/2020 - 16:43

McCarthy

Mary Alice

Mary Alice McCarthy is the Director of the Center on Education and Skills at New America. Previously, she worked at both the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor. She led a variety of technical assistance initiatives in the areas of career pathways, credentialing, and competency-based education. She co-founded the career pathways interagency working group with staff from the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and Labor that continues to meet and coordinate federal investments in relation to career pathways. She has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina.

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