by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | Jan 13, 2026 | Workforce Strategy & Leadership
America’s workforce and education landscape is moving in the right direction, and it’s happening with real momentum. Across the country, employers, educators, and public partners are building better systems to connect people to opportunity. The conversation has...
by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | Sep 5, 2025 | Registered Apprenticeship
Every September, workforce boards, educators, employers, and civic leaders spotlight the people and programs that move local economies forward. This Workforce Development Month, there’s one proven, scalable tool that deserves center stage: Registered Apprenticeships...
by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | Sep 2, 2025 | Workforce Strategy & Leadership
As the Founder & Chief Strategist at @Padilla Futures Group, a former workforce strategist, and nostalgic higher ed administrator, I’ve spent years helping education systems, private employers, chambers, economic development organizations, and state agencies align...
by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | Jul 22, 2025 | Economic Development
En route to Philly for the #ACCE25 convention, and there’s a palpable energy for me. As a former board member for several chambers, I feel like I’m on the way to see “my people”. I get it, and could not be more thrilled about the week ahead. Chambers are claiming...
by padilla.edgar1@gmail.com | Jul 10, 2025 | Workforce Pell & Federal Policy
Just a few months ago, in April 2025, I wrote about the promising, yet uncertain, future of the Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act. The question then was: “Game Changer in the Making?” Today, in July 2025, we have a definitive answer. The “Big Beautiful...
