Stacey Jarrett Wagner
Senior Associate
jarrettwagner@futureworksweb.com

Stacey Jarrett Wagner, Senior Associate, has twenty years of experience in workforce development, conducting research and providing strategic thinking and technical assistance on workforce development issues for the American Society for Training and Development, the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Association of Community Colleges, the National Center for Education and the Economy, the Center for Energy Workforce Development, and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, among others. In 2008, Stacey partnered with the PAROS Group and Corporation for a Skilled Workforce to provide the Washington State Training and Education Coordinating Board with a report on defining and measuring the value of Washington's Industry Skill Panels.

While at ASTD in the 1990s, Stacey worked with a consortium of global companies to research their training practices and provide them with networking and learning opportunities on best practices. A particular expertise of Stacey's is in research-to-practice thinking and implementation, and understanding companies' decision-making for corporate training initiatives. She has strong organizational development (OD) expertise, including human resource and training issues, companies' use of "outside" training providers (e.g. community colleges, technical schools and universities), and corporate social responsibility initiatives.

From 2002 to 2007, Stacey was the Managing Director of the National Association of Manufacturers' Center for Workforce Success. As Managing Director, Stacey was responsible for the Center's strategic planning and for its research and programs. She was also responsible for the creation and implementation of products and services, such as the NAM's veteran-hiring initiative with RecruitMilitary, the Filling America's Jobs series of workforce how-to guides, and its seminar series on industry sector workforce development. She additionally managed relations with federal and private philanthropic funders, and contributed technical assistance to the Center's grant-funded initiatives, including the Workforce Innovation Networks, Building Sector Strategies for Employer Engagement, Community Development Partnerships, Business Champions for a 21st Century Workforce, and the Dream It Do It manufacturing careers campaign.

During her tenure, she positioned the Center to become a significant provider of innovative public/private sector policy initiatives concerning issues such as: emerging career paths in manufacturing; opportunities for returning veterans and for disadvantaged and immigrant workers within the US industrial base; understanding new requirements in K-16 education, and for enhancing employer engagement strategies in workforce development.

Stacey is currently a member of the technical assistance and program support team for the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. She advises sites on their development of innovative partnerships among the public and private sectors, how to create and sustain positive community and systems change, and how to maintain board-level engagement over time and throughout changes in leadership. Her most recent publication for the National Fund include "Unions as Partners: The Role of Organized Labor in Workforce Development". She also just completed, for Corporate Voices for Working Families, a publication on "The Economic Rationale for Business Engagement in Workforce Readiness".

Among her professional affiliations, Stacey has served as a member of the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technology Education Center's initiative in the pulp and paper industry; as a Board member of the Precision Metal-forming Association; and as a member of the Heritage Foundation's 21st Century Workforce and National Security Working Group. Her articles and commentary appear in the press and in professional literature; she is cited or interviewed on NPR, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, in trade publications, and elsewhere in the media. She was a founding board member of MeansforDreams.org in Washington, DC, now part of DonorsChoose.org.

Stacey has a B.A. in International Relations from American University in Washington, DC and a certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility from Harvard Business School in Boston, MA.