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Eloy Oakley, President and CEO of College Futures Foundation: Post-Secondary Education Is Key to Equity And Prosperity

The Fastest-Growing Workforce Pathways Are the Ones We Know Least About: Dr. Michael Kirst, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University

Dr. Zainab Okolo of The JED Foundation: Building the Workforce and Systems Needed to Support Youth Mental Health

Michael Jones, Director of Workforce Development at UCSF Health: Where Goodwill and Good Business Strategy Meet

Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education: A “Red Beans and Relationships" Recipe for Workforce Development

Dr. Diane Rittenhouse, Senior Fellow at Mathematica: Fixing Primary Care's Broken Math

Carolyn Campbell, President and CEO at NorQuest College: We Are Who We Include

Dr. Linda Ng Boyle, NYU Tandon School of Engineering: The Role Of Cars In The Future Of Work

Caitlyn Brazill, President Of Per Scholas: Turning Structural Gaps Into Tech Career Opportunity

Reigniting Education Journeys with a Personalized Approach: Terah Crews, Chief Executive Officer at ReUp Education

Dr. Zakiya Ellis, Principal Consultant at  EducationCounsel: Why Higher Ed Needs Firefighters and Architects in the Age of AI

Dr. Joshua Travis Brown, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Education: How Higher Education Went From Mission-Driven to Margin-Obsessed

Dr. Andrea Austin, Emergency Medicine Residency Program Director at Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital: How to Create Changemakers in Healthcare

Dr. Pam Eddinger, President of Bunker Hill Community College: Blurring Traditional Education Boundaries

David Zuckerman, President & CEO of Healthcare Anchor Network: Boosting the Local Economic Impact of Hospitals

Teresa Chapman, Chief People Officer with Santa Clara Family Health Plan: Helping Employees Adjust to AI Disruption

Kaitlin Lemoine and Julian Alssid, Partners At Work Forces: Moving Workforce Development to the Center of Education

Professor Mitchell Stevens, Stanford University: Linking the Conversations About AI, Learning and Longevity

Lisa Larson, CEO of Education Design Lab: How Micro-Pathways Can Boost Workforce Development Success

How to Unleash Your Inner Innovator: Dr. Tessa Forshaw and Richard Braden, Co-Authors of Innovation-ish

How Hospice Care Has Changed and Why It Matters: Fran Smith, Co-author of Changing the Way We Die

Francie Genz, CEO of Formation: Workforce Collaboration Requires Checking Egos at the Door

Dr. Thomas Tannou, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal: Dementia Research is Informing New Approaches to Care

Dana Stephenson, Co-Founder and CEO of Riipen: How Colleges and Employers Can Scale Work-Based Learning

Kate Connor, PhD, Professor at Harry S. Truman College: The Magic Sauce of Working with Adult Learners

Corinne Eldridge, President and CEO of the Center for Caregiver Advancement: Why In-Home Caregivers Need Training

Alfredo Mathew III, Founder and CEO of SPCC.1: Making the Jump From Wage Earner to Asset Owner

Dr. Carole Bennett, VP of Talent Management and Development at Sutter Health: Fostering an “Every Day, Everywhere” Learning Culture

Jarmin Yeh, Institute for Health and Aging at University of California, San Francisco: Making the Future A Better Place to Grow Old

Sabari Raja, Managing Partner of JFFVentures: Using Venture Capital to Boost  Workforce Training

Sam Schaeffer, CEO of the Center for Employment Opportunities: Keys to Building An Economic Future After Incarceration

Dr. Angela Jackson, Author of The Win-Win Workplace: How Thriving Employees Drive Bottom Line Success

Ned Scott Laff and Scott Carlson: Authors of Hacking College: Why the Major Doesn't Matter and What Really Does

Dr. Patricia Cuff, National Academies of Sciences Global Forum on Innovation in Health Professional Education: Fostering a Multidisciplinary Approach to Improving Healthcare

Carlina Hansen, Senior Program Officer at California Health Care Foundation: Amplifying the Role of Community-Connected Health Workers

Missy Hopson, PhD, Chief Learning and Workforce Development Officer at Ochsner Health: Retention through Moving Them Up

Dr. William Hazel, CEO of Claude Moore Opportunities: Building Virginia’s Workforce Highway

Dr. Joanne Spetz, Director, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF: Where Futuro Health Fits in the Workforce Training Landscape

Matt Sigelman, President of Burning Glass Institute: Will AI Start Careers In The Middle?

Anika Heavener, Vice President of Innovation and Investments at The SCAN Foundation: Ageism and the Aging Workforce

Natalie Foster, President and Co-founder of Economic Security Project: Making the Case for a New Economic Paradigm

Shalin Jyotishi, Founder and Managing Director of New America's Future of Work and Innovation Economy Initiative: New Opportunities in the Innovation Economy

Joe E. Ross, President of Reach University: Turning Jobs Into Degrees

Dr. Alan Glaseroff, Co-Director of Stanford University’s High Value Healthcare Incubator: Solutions For the Shortage of Primary Care Physicians

Dr. Stacey Ocander, Nebraska Hospital Association: Helping Young People Choose Healthcare Careers

Elizabeth Landsberg, California Department of Healthcare Access and Information and Jessica Pitt, California Labor and Workforce Development Agency: Collaboration to Grow the Behavioral Health Workforce

States Are Laboratories of Workforce Development Innovation: Jennifer Davis, Senior Policy Advisor on Human Services, Wyoming Governor’s Office

John Colborn, Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America: Raising the Visibility of Apprenticeships

Stephen Handel, ECMC Foundation: Redesigning Higher Ed for A Changing Student Body

Vinz Koller, Senior Strategist for Capacity Building at Social Policy Research Associates: The Future of Learning is Work

Aquilina Versoza, Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California: Could Worker Co-ops Transform the In-Home Care Workforce?

Anson Green, Senior Manager of Digital and Automation Upskilling at Tyson Foods: AI-Powered Tools Are Transforming Worker Training

Rachel Wick, Blue Shield of California Foundation: Respecting the Work That Makes All Other Work Possible

Renee DeSilva, CEO of The Health Management Academy:  How Health System Leaders Are Tackling Workforce Challenges

Wendi Safstrom, President of the SHRM Foundation: HR as a Driver of Social Change

Curtis Johnson, Senior Fellow at Education Evolving: It’s Time to Upend Current Models of Education

David Jarrard, Chairman of Jarrard, Inc.: Keeping The Human Touch In The Age of Digital Communications

Karilyn Van Oosten, VP of Strategic Business Development at Unitek Learning: Partnering with Employers for Onsite Training

Rick Brooks, Rhode Island’s Director of Healthcare Workforce Transformation: Creativity Born of Crisis

Dr. Sarita Mohanty, President & CEO of The SCAN Foundation: Collaborative Solutions to Support Aging Well

Paula Nickelson, Director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services: The Long and Short Game of Addressing Workforce Shortages

Michael Horn, Co-Founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute: Bringing Disruptive Innovations to Education

Dr. Sriram Shamasunder, Co-Founder of HEAL: The Power of Perspective in Caring for the Underserved

Dr. David Ferreira, Provost of Charter Oak State College: Turning Employee Tuition Benefit On Its Head

Lupe Alonzo-Diaz, Physicians for a Healthy California: The Doctor Shortage Is About More Than Numbers

Laura Beeth, VP for Workforce Partnerships at Fairview Health Services: Tips for Reaching Untapped Labor Pools

Rachel Korberg, Families and Workers Fund:  A Once In A Generation Chance To Advance Economic Mobility

Parvati Dev, CEO of SimTabs: When to Use Virtual Simulation in Healthcare Training

Carissa Moffat Miller, CEO of the Council of Chief State School Officers: Imagining a Modernized K-12 System

Tanya Harris, Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship: Fostering Collaboration to Improve Healthcare

Mardy Leathers, Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America: Reinvigorating a Proven Strategy for Workforce Development

Troy Clark, President & CEO of the New Mexico Hospital Association: Growing Your Own Healthcare Workforce

Sameer Gadkaree, President & CEO of The Institute for College Access and Success:  Creating Paths To Debt-Free College

Matthew Rascoff, Vice Provost of Digital Education at Stanford University: EdTech Bright Spots for Collaborative Learning

Paul Fain, Higher Education Journalist: Experiential Learning Gains Traction

Sandra Hernandez, CEO of California Health Care Foundation: Improving Access to Care Through Smart Workforce Strategies

Allen Blue, Co-Founder of LinkedIn: Leveraging 900M Career Profiles for Employment Insights

Mark Burns, Executive Director of Homebridge: Innovative Retention Strategies in Home Care

Matt Sigelman, President of The Burning Glass Institute: Connecting Skills to Opportunity

Mark Milliron, President and CEO of National University: The Future Will Favor Flexible Educators

<strong>Futhi Mtoba, Former Chair of Deloitte South Africa and Co-Convener of Women Economic Assembly: A Fair Shot at Economic Opportunity</strong>

Shiv Gaglani, Co-Founder of Osmosis: A Once and Future Med Student Shakes Up Health Education

<strong>Paurvi Bhatt, MPH, Healthcare Executive and Care Economy Leader: Retaining Employees By Supporting Their Role in Caring for Others</strong>

<strong>Dr. Angela Jackson, Founder of Future Forward Strategies: Reimagining Employee Benefits for a More Equitable Future of Work</strong>

<strong>Robert Espinoza, Executive Vice President of Policy at PHI: The Direct Care Crisis Hits Home</strong>

Mark Argosh, Social Venture Partners Connecticut: What Connecticut Does Right on Job Training

Jon Marcus, Higher Education Editor for The Hechinger Report: The Trust Factor in Higher Ed

Dr. Marjorie Hass, President of the Council of Independent Colleges: Innovation Buoys Higher Ed in Challenging Times

Dr. Tom Mitchell, Carnegie Mellon University: The Impact of AI on the Future Workforce

Dr. Nader Nadershahi, Chair of the American Dental Education Association: Benefits of Integrating Oral and Medical Care

Jane Oates, President of WorkingNation: Eliminating “Buts” In The Hiring Process

Dr. Kamiar Alaei, Chair of Health Science at California State University Long Beach: Lessons From a Global Health Hero

Johnathan Holifield, Senior Vice President at Bitwise Industries: Opening Economic Opportunities To The Underestimated

Jacqueline Burandt, President of Award-Winning Results: Rethinking Employee Development

Ron Painter, CEO of the National Association of Workforce Boards: Helping American Workers Be Their Best

WorkforceRx Live Book Launch: Free the Data

Dr. Imelda Dacones, President of Washington Optum Care: The 3 “Rs” of Improving the Patient and Provider Experience in Healthcare

Dr. Adaeze Enekwechi, Operating Partner at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe: Private Equity and the Healthcare Workforce

Dr. Jeff Strohl, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce: Is Education Still the Great Equalizer?

WorkforceRx Live Book Launch: Leveling the Slope of Unconscious Bias