Board of Directors and President
Ronnie L. Bryant, Chair
Ronnie L. Bryant, LLC
Charlotte, NC
Cecilia Wessinger, Secretary
Global Entrepreneurship Network
Tulsa, OK
Robert J. Reiter, Jr., Treasurer
Chicago Federation of Labor
Chicago, IL
Tope Sadiku, Deputy Treasurer
The Kraft Heinz Company
Chicago, IL
Michael Andrews
Alaska Works Partnership (ret.)
Anchorage, AK
Dee Davis
Center For Rural Strategies
Whitesburg, KY
Kelsey Davis
CLLCTVE, Inc
Tulsa, OK
Stephanie Farfan
National Democratic Institute
Washington, DC
Sarah Zehr Gantz
University of Illinois System
Urbana, IL
William Lazonick
Academic Industry Research Network
Cambridge, MA
Cy Richardson
National Urban League
New York, NY
Swati Ghosh
New Growth Innovation Network
Falls Church, VA
Melody Lewis
Indigenous Community Collaborative LLC
Phoenix, AZ
Elizabeth Diane White
Author and Entrepreneur
Washington, DC
S. Mayumi “Umi” Grigsby
City of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Natasha T. Miller
Poet, LGBTQ+ Activist, Film Producer
Detroit, MI
Mary V. L. Wright
Principal, Van Lear Associates
Orleans, MA
Robert Knight
Equus Workforce Solutions
Washington, DC
Chipo Nyambuya
CZL PC
Chicago, IL
Byron Zuidema
Consultant, Workforce & Economy Policy
The Villages, FL
Peter A. Creticos, Ph.D., President & Executive Director (ex officio, non-voting)
Non-resident Fellows:
Carlos Baradello, Sr. Fellow, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, California
Evan M. Breedlove, Fellow, Spatial Research, Ireland
Gustavo Giraldo, Sr. Fellow, Workforce Diversity & Development, Illinois
Jeffrey Marcella, Sr. Fellow, Workforce Development, Illinois
Diana Polson, Sr. Fellow, Employment & Labor, Pennsylvania
Lance Pressl, Sr. Fellow, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Illinois
James Schultz, Sr. Fellow, Human Resources & Workforce Development, Arizona
A. William (Bill) Wiggenhorn, Sr. Fellow, Learning and Development, Florida