guild education

In this final episode of season 2 of the Horizons podcast, host Tameshia Bridges Mansfield and special guest Maria Flynn, President and CEO of JFF, dissect some of the efforts that are in motion to create a more equitable workforce post-pandemic and how the approach of dual transformation can help address the change that’s needed now and in the future.

The lessons from the pandemic could not be more clear. Disparities in wealth, education, opportunity, and safety proved devastating for millions of American workers who are now demanding change. So, how do today’s businesses build a better tomorrow?

Guest Speakers from the stage:

Panelists:

● Rachel Romer, Cofounder and CEO, Guild

● Brent Parton, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary/Acting Assistant Secretary for

Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

● Tyra Mariani, President Schultz Family Foundation & Member JFF Board of Directors

Moderator: Hari Sreenivasan, Host Amanpour & Company, PBS & CNN International

This week Chris and Adam speak with Bijal Shah, the Chief Experience Officer and Head of Platform at Guild Education. As CXO, Bijal is responsible for driving and delivering a world-class member experience, with the aim of enabling millions of Americans to unlock economic opportunity. In this episode, Bijal talks about her experience at two Colorado tech unicorns, Guild and Ibotta, and we learn how burning the midnight oil helped lead to her biggest lesson.

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In this episode, Tameshia Bridges Mansfield is joined by special guest Zoe Weintraub, senior vice president of Executive and Community Partnerships at Guild Education. How do we reimagine the workforce – the opportunities and challenges -- as corporations shift to skills-based hiring and expand access to on-the-job training? Mansfield and Weintraub carry the conversation forward from JFF’s annual Horizons summit, where leaders across the private sector discussed shifting systems to attract and retain a diverse and talented workforce.

Guest Speakers from the stage:

• Monique Baptiste, Executive Director, Corporate DEI Talent Advisor, JP Morgan Chase & Company
• Lydia Logan, Vice President for Global Education and Workforce Development at IBM
• Ryan Stowers, Executive Director at the Charles Koch Foundation.
• Moderator, Cat Ward: Vice President of Employer Mobilization, JFF