Job Quality Fellows – Workforce Development

This is the final event in our Job Quality in Practice series. In this conversation, hosted by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program on May 7, 2026, we hear from the Institute’s Job Quality Fellows who are embedding job quality into their work across a range of contexts and strategies — from employee ownership models that give workers a direct financial stake in their company’s success, to apprenticeship programs that create structured pathways to higher-wage careers, to worker advisory committees that bring employee voice into business decision-making.

In this conversation, hosted by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program on April 1, 2026, we hear how the Institute’s Job Quality Fellows are embedding job quality into their work across a range of contexts and strategies — from employee ownership models that give workers a direct financial stake in their company’s success, to apprenticeship programs that create structured pathways to higher-wage careers, to worker advisory committees that bring employee voice into business decision-making.

Resilience Force is more than just a response to immediate disaster needs.

We seek to mobilize solutions that can reverse the decades-long decline in job quality and advance our vision of an economy with high-quality jobs that truly works for everyone.

By uniting the needs of workers and businesses, workforce development leaders play a significant role in promoting good and better jobs.

Quality jobs are a competitive advantage. Mardia Shands helps businesses understand the return they get from investing in their workers.

Maryland residents face huge economic and racial disparities. Caryn York is confronting these inequities through service and advocacy.

Mandy Townsend partners with businesses to develop training programs, create career ladders, and assess job quality to attract and retain workers.

Rebecca Kusner partners with local stakeholders to elevate the importance of quality jobs in workforce conversations.