Georgia Reagan

Strategy Officer for Credentials of Value at Lumina Foundation, where she focuses on aligning postsecondary credentials with workforce and economic opportunity. Previously, she led an employer–higher education partnership at Mi Casa Resource Center and served in admissions leadership at Emily Griffith Technical College.

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