In this third installment, John Colborn, Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America, sits down with award-winning journalist, Ramona Schindelheim, to discuss how apprenticeships can help close critical skills gaps in high-growth industries, AI-disrupted roles, and mid-career disruptions. This episode explores the U.S. approach versus other countries, federal and state expansion efforts, and how apprenticeships can better align the stakeholders, including community colleges, in the workforce system to support a multigenerational workforce.
This interview is the third in a 4-part series generously sponsored by our Presenting Sponsor T-Mobile.
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Meet our Speakers
John Colborn
John Colborn is the Executive Director of Apprenticeships for America, a membership and advocacy organization working to expand apprenticeship in the United States. He has served as an employer sponsor and developer of apprenticeship programs in information technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and social services.
John has amassed over 30 years of experience with community-based and national nonprofits, including serving as an education, workforce, and human services practitioner, Director of the Aspen Institute Skills for America’s Future program, Vice President Operations at the Ford Foundation, and program manager at the Philadelphia-based Reinvestment Fund.
Colborn holds a BA from Oberlin College and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ramona Schindelheim
Ramona Schindelheim is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning journalist and storyteller who has worked in network, cable, and local television news and digital media. She writes about initiatives, programs, and people preparing workers for quality jobs that provide economic stability and mobility in her monthly LinkedIn newsletter, The Future of Work(ers). Ramona also hosts Birds & Nerds, a podcast exploring the sometimes hidden connection between birds and the bigger world around us. You can connect with Ramona through LinkedIn, her website, and her Birds & Nerds podcast.
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