Kristine Joy Bacani is a Research Project Coordinator at the Heldrich Center where she is involved in research on workforce development and program evaluations. Kristine has extensive experience working in higher education administration, most recently serving as the...
Pamela Blumenson is a Program Coordinator at the Heldrich Center, supporting the Research and Evaluation team. Prior to joining the center, Pam worked as a Project Manager in the Creative Services departments of IEEE, Rutgers University's Department of University...
Jimmy Green is a Research Project Manager at the Heldrich Center. He is primarily responsible for managing aspects of New Jersey’s centralized longitudinal data system, the New Jersey Statewide Data System. Jimmy has primarily worked as a leader in performance...
Melanie Willoughby recently retired from her role as Executive Director of the New Jersey Business Action Center (NJBAC). Named one of New Jersey’s most influential economic development leaders in 2019, Melanie is no stranger to the New Jersey business community....
Bill Palatucci is a partner at McCarter & English, where he works with the firm’s Business Litigation and Government Affairs groups. He has decades of experience advising corporate clients in a wide array of industries and often focuses on the regulatory aspects...
Ann Obadan is a Research Project Manager at the Heldrich Center. She is also an education policy specialist and a project manager. She received her Ph.D. from the Harry S. Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she...
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Who we are HISTORY | MISSION & VISION | DIRECTIONS & PARKINGThe John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development is based at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. The Center, founded...
Offers an overview of the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on work in the United States, and how GenAI may affect workers and employers in the life sciences and technology sectors of the economy and in New Jersey. Highlights the ways in which the...
The Rutgers Child Care Research Collaborative has released two new research briefs by Heldrich Center researchers. New Jersey’s Childcare Workforce: An Examination of Internet Job Postings from October 2023, by Liana Lin, Brittney Donovan, and Andrea Hetling, Ph.D.,...