Jenny Weissbourd joins the Families and Workers Fund as Senior Program Manager, Policy and Partnerships

February 7, 2022 – Announcement

The Families and Workers Fund is pleased to welcome Jenny Weissbourd as our Senior Program Manager, Policy and Partnerships. In this role, Jenny will collaborate with governments, nonprofits, and employers at the federal, state, and local levels to support them in improving jobs and delivering equitable, effective public benefits.
Jenny brings more than a decade of experience advancing policies and practices to increase economic mobility to the Families and Workers Fund, most recently as Associate Director of the Workforce Strategies Initiative at the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program.

“As we rebuild from the pandemic, trillions of public dollars are being invested into communities, the workforce system, and our social safety net,” said Jenny. “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to partner with federal, state, and local governments to leverage this once-in-a-generation opening to build a more equitable economy that uplifts all – especially those most locked out of the country’s prosperity.”

Prior to joining the Families and Workers Fund, Jenny led applied research and capacity building projects to improve job quality, in partnership with public agencies, workforce development nonprofits, community lenders, employers, and workers.

“Jenny’s analytical brilliance, deep grounding in job quality and workforce policy, and commitment to equity and frontline workers will make her an invaluable member of the Families and Workers Fund team, said Rachel Korberg, Executive Director of the Families and Workers Fund.

Previously, Jenny built the capacity of nonprofit and public agencies to scale their impact. At The Food Trust, Jenny guided the development of food access initiatives, including a small business marketing program that created 100 jobs and $11M in economic impact, and a public/private partnership to increase SNAP utilization. Early in her career, Jenny was a consultant to nonprofit and public agencies at Fairmount Ventures.

Jenny holds an MPA from Harvard, where she was a Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership and editor of the LGBTQ Policy Journal, and an MBA from MIT, where she worked with the Institute for Work and Employment Research to study strategies to increase worker voice. She also served as a Dukakis Policy Fellow for Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo.

Jenny is a regular public speaker and writer on workforce issues. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Federal Reserve’s Invested Magazine, and other outlets.

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