TRACKS: E&T and WLMI

State-Led Strategies to Strengthen the Nation’s Healthcare Workforce

As the U.S. emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, revitalizing the healthcare workforce is a major priority across the country. To meet this challenge, state workforce agencies are increasingly collaborating with their health and human services partner agencies around strategic workforce development initiatives for the healthcare sector. This session will feature insights on the healthcare workforce as well as promising practices from state-led efforts to strengthen this workforce over the short- and long-term.

MODERATOR

Stephanie Beckhorn, Director, Employment & Training, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity

PANELISTS

Angelina Klouthis Jean, Director of Strategy and Innovation, Bureau of Employment Services, Maine Department of Labor
Jessica Pitt, Ph. D., Assistant Deputy Secretary for Healthcare Workforce, California Labor & Workforce Development Agency
Anneliese Vance-Sherman, Ph.D., Chief Labor Economist, Washington State Employment Security Department