Keri Faulhaber is JobsFirstNYC’s Vice President. In this role, she leads work solutions and communications, identifying, designing and advancing practices and policies that achieve better outcomes for employers and workers. She plays a pivotal role in advancing strategic objectives for the organization and systems-level transformation. Keri joined JobsFirstNYC in 2013, and most recently served as senior fellow, including leading partnership development and the design and implementation of new models for emerging initiatives, notably JobsFirstNYC’s place-based workforce initiatives and the Young Adult Sectoral Employment Project. Prior to that, Keri served as director of operations at Public/Private Ventures, where she oversaw several large-scale, complex workforce projects. Prior to her career in workforce development, Keri was an executive in film and television post production. Keri holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University at Buffalo, and Certificates, Aspen Institute’s Sector Skills Academy Fellowship, and Executive Education, Senior Leaders Program, Columbia University Business School.