This in-person quarterly convening of the New York City Workforce Funders Collaborative will focus on the pivotal role major corporations are playing in New York City’s workforce development ecosystem. The session will feature leaders from corporations in in-demand sectors that have committed to developing new work-based learning opportunities and hiring initiatives focused on low-income New Yorkers. The discussion will include an examination of the ways these leading corporations are meeting their talent needs and diversity goals, increasing pathways to high-quality jobs, and improving NYC’s public workforce and education systems through public-private partnerships.
What will you learn?
- Corporate-led workforce development initiatives.
- Business leaders’ perspectives on the NYC economy and labor market.
- Opportunities for corporations to inform career pathways and strengthen NYC’s workforce and education systems.
Who should attend?
- All interested funders in grantmaking roles. What to expect: presentation followed by Q&A.
Speakers
- Kiersten Barnet, Executive Director, New York Jobs CEO Council
- Eli Dvorkin, Editorial and Policy Director, Center for an Urban Future
- Ghizlane El haddad, Vulnerability Analyst (and Former Apprentice), MasterCard
- Marcus Felder, Principal, Portfolio Operations, Blackstone
- Randy Moore, President, CD&R Foundation
- Kate Oh, Former Apprentice, AIG
- Alysia Steinmann, Metro NY Office Managing Partner, Ernst & Young
- Rachel Stephenson, Chief Transformation Officer, CUNY
Additional speakers to be announced
How do you sign up?
Members: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please log in and click the “Register Now” link above. (No fee.)
Members of Collaborators: Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org with your name, title, organizational affiliation, business mailing address, and phone number. Please indicate by which organizer you were invited. (No fee.)
Non-Members: Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org. ($150 fee.)
Please email register@philanthropynewyork.org with any questions. Registration is required by Tuesday, June 20th.
What else should you know?
This is in-person event. Space is limited and will be first come, first serve basis.
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