Rural places have the jobs. Let’s build the workforce to fill them.
I help employers, schools, towns and workforce partners build workforce systems that are sustainable and inclusive, and that keep working long after the project ends.
Find where to start.
Tap the one that sounds like you. You’ll see the problems I hear most, where I’d start, and the work that fits.
Six ways I can help.
Most projects use two or three of these together. You don’t need to know which ones yet.
Small places can’t build two of everything.
Rural regions are aging, open jobs are harder to fill, and the people who could fill them face the same barriers: training, transportation, health care and housing. The answer is one system that works for everyone, built with the employers, schools and agencies you already have.
“Rural communities can’t afford to create entirely separate systems for immigrants and refugees. So, we’re working on solutions that will make life better for all Vermonters.” Alex Beck, to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, 2024
From first call to a system that runs itself.
Listen
A first conversation about your people, your jobs and what’s in the way.
Map
Who needs what skills, who’s already helping, and where the money is.
Build
Design the training, pathway or program with your partners, and line up the funding.
Hand it off
Leave you with something your own team can run, measure and keep improving.
A decade inside the workforce system.
I know the policies, the funders and the people at the local, regional and state level, so your project starts with the map already drawn.
Tell me about your place.
The first conversation is free. Tell me a little about your region or workplace and what you’re hoping to change, and I’ll write back within two business days.