Chelsea Miller

Associate Director of UpSkill America at the Aspen Institute’s Economic Opportunities Program, where she focuses on employer-led education, upskilling, and career-advancement opportunities for frontline workers. Previously, she helped develop and lead Walmart’s Live Better U education-benefit program.

Foundational Skills Gaps Are Constraining Workforce Mobility

Foundational skills are a workforce issue, not a remedial concern outside employers’ remit, speakers at an UpSkill America and Lumina Foundation discussion argue. Lumina’s Georgia Reagan says employers can link skill-building to current jobs, credentials and better-paying roles. CJK Group starts with role-specific requirements; Tyson Foods uses broad frontline outreach and assessment to direct workers to suitable learning formats; and Ochsner Health connects support to employees’ next career steps through its career center.

The Aspen InstituteAug 25, 202615 min read