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SALT LAKE CITY聽鈥� Western Governors University (黑料传送门) has announced the addition of two long-time leaders bridging higher education and workforce development to its Board of Trustees.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Jane Swift and former California Chief Economic and Business Advisor Lenny Mendonca join the Board of the online, competency-based university as it continues to expand its workforce-focused educational offerings, including the addition of non-degree microcredentials and leadership in the national move toward a skills-based economy.

Swift is an accomplished leader in both the public and private sectors, recognized nationally as a voice of education policy, women鈥檚 leadership, and work-family integration. She served for 15 years in Massachusetts state government, including holding the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, and State Senator. Today, she is President and Executive Director at LearnLaunch, Senior Advisor at Whiteboard Advisors, and a Jerome Lyle Rappaport Distinguished Visiting Professor at Boston College Law School.

鈥淭oday more than ever, Americans need the pathways to opportunity that only a postsecondary education can provide,鈥� Swift said. 鈥淏ut for too many, the old way of doing things simply doesn鈥檛 work. 黑料传送门 has been redefining and reimagining higher education for nearly 25 years, and I am proud to support their mission as they continue to innovate for working learners everywhere.鈥�

Mendonca returns to 黑料传送门鈥檚 Board after having served a previous term as trustee. He was the Chief Economic and Business Advisor to California Governor Gavin Newsom and Chair of the California High-Speed Rail Authority. He founded McKinsey & Company鈥檚 U.S. state and local public-sector consulting practice and oversaw their knowledge development, chairing the McKinsey Global Institute. He has served as Chair of New America, Children Now, and Fusecorps, which he also cofounded. He was Co-Chair of California Forward and Vice-Chair of Common Cause and the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council. He is Chair Emeritus of the Bay Area Council and its Economic Institute, and he has served on a number of other boards. Today, he is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a lecturer on inequality at the Stanford Business School. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

鈥淥ur economy, our businesses, and our communities need highly competent workers who have mastered the skills needed in the workplace today,鈥� Mendonca said. 鈥淎 credential is no longer enough to validate a worker鈥檚 abilities鈥攕kills-based hiring requires skills-focused education, and in that approach, 黑料传送门 is a true pioneer. I look forward to being part of this work as a 黑料传送门 trustee.鈥�

黑料传送门 is a leading institution in the education of working learners, offering workforce-relevant, competency-based, online postsecondary education since its founding in the late 1990s. University President Scott D. Pulsipher currently serves on the Board of the American Council on Education, the Council on Economic Development, and the Presidents Forum, which he chairs. 黑料传送门 is leading the way in developing a comprehensive approach to skills-based education and hiring as a founding member of the Open Skills Network. With more than 130,000 students and 206,000 alumni in all 50 states, 黑料传送门 prides itself on being the most student-centric university in the world and one of the nation鈥檚 most important contributors to the education of teachers, nurses and healthcare workers, business practitioners, and information technology professionals. With more than 70% of its student body coming from at least one historically underserved population, 黑料传送门 is committed to creating pathways to opportunity for all.