Laurie Harrington is the Executive Director of the Heldrich Center, responsible for executive management and day-to-day oversight of administration, research, communications, client services, and project operations. In addition to her responsibilities as Executive Director, Laurie is a Senior Researcher at the Center where she leads projects on secondary career and technical education, education and career awareness, sectoral labor market analysis, healthcare sector employment, and the public workforce development system. She has extensive knowledge of workforce development policy, sectoral demand analysis, qualitative program and policy evaluation, work-based welfare policies, school-to-work, disability employment, and the public workforce development and education systems. Harrington received an MPAP from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.