Susie Freedman

Susie Freedman is a dedicated professional with twenty-five years higher education experience across workforce, market, program and strategic relationship development and management, landscape analysis, and product feedback. At NLET and with clients, she identifies key regional stakeholders including workforce boards, economic development organizations, Chambers of Commerce, employer sector associations and employers for education-to-employment ecosystem analysis. Her main focus on developing skills acquisition and job/career opportunities and programs for women, veterans, their spouses and underserved populations includes all training modalities from pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, non-degree credential programs, continuing education to community college workforce training. Employer understanding and acceptance of non-traditional, non-degree certifications and KSAs, thus increasing their available talent pool, is also a primary focus. Recent work includes project manager and information design strategist for WISE Career Pathways, a career and training awareness portal for women in fields where they are critically underrepresented, part of a U.S. Department of Labor Scaling Apprenticeship grant awarded to Lorain County Community College.