Horizons

In this episode, we hear from a group of ambitious entrepreneurs who are betting that they can use the power of business to help build a sustainable workforce by addressing the needs of workers and employers at scale. Host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield is joined by special guest Mallory Dwinal-Palisch, CEO of Craft Education System and Chancellor of Reach University. Together, they carry the conversation forward from JFF’s annual Horizons conference, where entrepreneurs harnessing the power of business to build a better workforce took the stage.

Guest Speakers from the stage:

Panelists:

Thomas Brunskill, CEO & co-founder of Forage

Muriel Clauson, CEO & founder of Anthill

Hamoon Ekhtiari, CEO of FutureFit AI

Moderator:

Jena McGregor, Senior Editor at Forbes

Guest:

Mallory Dwinal-Palisch, CEO, Craft Education System and Chancellor, Reach University.

In this episode, Tameshia Bridges Mansfield is joined by special guest Zoe Weintraub, senior vice president of Executive and Community Partnerships at Guild Education. How do we reimagine the workforce – the opportunities and challenges -- as corporations shift to skills-based hiring and expand access to on-the-job training? Mansfield and Weintraub carry the conversation forward from JFF’s annual Horizons summit, where leaders across the private sector discussed shifting systems to attract and retain a diverse and talented workforce.

Guest Speakers from the stage:

• Monique Baptiste, Executive Director, Corporate DEI Talent Advisor, JP Morgan Chase & Company
• Lydia Logan, Vice President for Global Education and Workforce Development at IBM
• Ryan Stowers, Executive Director at the Charles Koch Foundation.
• Moderator, Cat Ward: Vice President of Employer Mobilization, JFF 

In this episode, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and special guest Sarah Miller of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta carry forward the conversation from JFF's annual Horizons summit. They discuss the challenge of financing the future of work and how today's future of learning -- with or without a college degree -- can prepare workers for sustainable careers and a viable U.S. labor market.

This podcast was recorded on December 1, 2022. The comments offered by Sarah Miller are her opinions and do not necessarily reflect those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta or the Federal Reserve System.

Guest Speakers from the stage:

• Troy Blackwood, Head of Structured Investments, Google
• Jukay Hsu, CEO and Founder, Pursuit
• Nitzan Pelman, CEO and Founder, Climb Hire
• Moderator: Jake Edwards, Vice President of Impact Investing, Social Finance

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In this episode host, Tameshia Bridges Mansfield examines the future of work and learning as experts in education, workforce development, and business ask the important question – what constitutes success? Most Americans do not have a college degree. So how do workers gain the crucial skills employers need? And how do employers ensure that America is building a viable workforce? The Horizons Podcast takes topics from the stage at JFF’s annual Horizons conference and carries the conversation forward.

Bridges Mansfield interviews special guest Lee Lambert, Chancellor, and CEO of Pima Community College in Tucson, Arizona.

Guest Speakers from the stage at Horizons include:

• Meghan Hughes, President of Community College of Rhode Island
• Julie Peller,  Executive Director of Higher Learning Advocates
• John Katzman, CEO of Noodle
• Maurice Jones, CEO of OneTen
• Bertina Ceccarelli, CEO of NPower.

In this episode, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and her expert guests explore the economic benefits of Fair Chance Hiring to businesses and the US economy. Each year more companies are committing to hiring people with criminal records, still hundreds of thousands of workers are still being left out of the workforce costing our economy billions. The Horizons podcast takes topics from the stage at JFF’s annual Horizons conference and carries the conversation forward. Bridges Mansfield interviews guests:

Lucretia Murphy, Director of JFF’s Center for Justice and Economic Advancement Deepti Rohatgi, Executive Director of Slack for Good

Guest speakers from the stage at Horizons include:

• Ken Oliver, Executive Director of the Checkr Foundation
• Larry Miller, Former President & current Chairman, Nike Brand
• Ken Kuwamaura, Talent Acquisition & Manager Effectiveness at Union Pacific Railroad
• Sean Hosman, Co-Founder Persevere

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Wrapping up Season 1 of Jobs for the Future’s Horizons podcast series, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and JFF President and CEO Maria Flynn take a look back to explore what it means to See Beyond—the theme of JFF’s 2022 Horizons summit, which takes place June 7-8 in New Orleans. Be sure to listen in as Maria and Tameshia explore key themes that emerged in the first seven episodes in preparation for two days of conversations among Horizons attendees from across the learn and work ecosystem. The urgent topics they address include the need for all stakeholders to collaborate on efforts to drive change in our workforce and education systems, and questions about the role artificial intelligence will play in education. And be on the lookout for Season 2 of JFF’s Horizons podcast, which will begin in the fall.

Learn more at https://horizons.jff.org/podcast. 

In this episode of JFF’s Horizons podcast, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield shares insights from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Appearing together for the first time in a Horizons 2021 session titled “Advancing Equity and Opportunity at Scale,” the three members of President Joe Biden’s cabinet discussed strategies for developing education, training, and workforce development initiatives that lead to well-paid jobs and economic opportunity for all Americans. “Cabinet Secretaries Commit to Scaling Equity and Opportunity” includes the following speakers:

• Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona
• Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh
• Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo

Learn more at https://horizons.jff.org/podcast. 

 In this episode, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield explores Jobs for the Future’s bold concept “The Big Blur,” which blends educational pathways across high school, postsecondary education, and career development opportunities to make it easier for all learners to obtain the skills they need to succeed in the workforce, regardless of their zip code or background. Listeners will hear highlights of the Horizons 2021 session “The Big Blur: Reimagining the Transitions Between Grade 11, Postsecondary, and Career,” including insights from the following speakers:

• Joel Vargas, Vice President of Programs, JFF
• Kim Hunter Reed, Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education
• Russell Lowery-Hart, President of Amarillo College
• Michael Matsuda, Superintendent of Anaheim Union High School District
• Lande Ajose, Vice President and Senior Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California
• Kyle Hartung, Associate Vice President, JFF

Learn more at https://horizons.jff.org/podcast. 

Title: Future Proof: Leading to an Equitable Economic RecoveryDescription: This episode of JFF’s Horizons podcast explores strategies for achieving an equitable economic recovery following the pandemic. Host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield shares clips from four sessions from Horizons 2021 that highlight partnerships, agility, collaboration, and employer leadership as key elements of efforts to “future-proof” an equitable economy. Listeners will hear insights from the following speakers: 

• Joe May, chancellor, Dallas College
• Cat Ward, managing director, JFFLabs
• Gayatri Agnew, senior director and head of Accessibility Center of Excellence, Walmart
• Scott Galloway, professor of marketing, New York University Stern School of Business
• Mara Lockowandt, senior program manager, JFF
• Tyrone Roderick Williams, former deputy executive director, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
• Julius Austin, coordinator, Sacramento Promise Zone, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
• Lauren Kennedy, executive director, North Valley Housing Trust

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https://horizons.jff.org/podcast

. For more information about JFF’s Recovery Playbook, visit

https://www.jff.org/what-we-do/impact-stories/corporate-leadership/recovery-playbook-impact-employers/

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This episode of JFF’s Horizons podcast explores the exciting yet unpredictable world of artificial intelligence, or AI. Host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield shares clips from two Horizons 2021 presentations that portray AI as a double-edged sword of a technology. Listeners will hear insights from Tod Loofbourrow, CEO and Chairman of ViralGains and chair of JFF’s board of directors; MIT professor Cynthia Breazeal, a roboticist, entrepreneur, and founder and director of the Personal Robots group at MIT’s Media Lab; Catie Cuan, a dancer and robot choreographer who’s pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering at Stanford; and award-winning technologist Noelle Silver, the CEO of the AI Leadership Institute.

Learn more at https://horizons.jff.org/podcast