White House Author
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Van Ton-Quinlivan
As vice chancellor of workforce and economic development of California's system of 112 community colleges, Van Ton-Quinlivan is working to transform the country's largest higher education system through Doing What MATTERS for Jobs and Economy™. Van previously worked in the energy and utility industry, where she architected the best-practice model PowerPathway™, which demonstrated the type of collaboration between industry, the public workforce system, education, and organized labor that effectively transitions military veterans and members of underserved communities into energy sector jobs.