Congratulations to Maura Healey @Maura_Healey and MA Business Roundtable on launching the MassSkills Coalition to promote #skillsfirsthiring ! @GradsofLife is proud to be a founding partner and looks forward to supporting this new partnership closely. mass.gov/news/governor-…

We are grateful for this partnership, your leadership, and most importantly, the terrific impact of the Network. Here’s to another year of progress!

MBR was delighted to co-host a discussion on sustainability and climate tech in collaboration with the NACD New England focused on how strategies of companies, their Boards, and states to promote sustainability translate into improved competitiveness and stakeholder value.

Glad to join Boston Chamber, Accenture, MassLWD
and many other employers and training providers yesterday to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of the Massachusetts #Apprenticeship Network!

Hope you can join us tomorrow for the 2-year Anniversary Celebration!

Thanks to MBR Member Nutter for hosting a thoughtful and timely conversation with MassLWD Sec. Lauren Jones Lauren, who outlined the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s ambitious workforce plan. “People need to be at the heart of our competitiveness agenda.” We agree!

Strong call for unity & collaboration by Speaker Speaker Ron Mariano at Boston Chamber to collectively address our competitiveness. “I am optimistic about the future of the Commonwealth. Our success will ultimately be defined by our ability to work together.” Thanks for your leadership!

Thrilled to be partnering with you on this
exciting new initiative!

Thank you Maura Healey and MassLWD Sec. Lauren Jones Lauren for joining our Board meeting today to discuss shared competitiveness priorities and to launch MassSkills, a new public private partnership to promote skills based hiring. Learn more: mass.gov/news/governor-…

Congratulations Maura Healey Lauren MassLWD for today’s release of the Administration’s Workforce Agenda. It outlines a vision and strategy for how to attract, retain, and develop a strong workforce. We look forward to collaborating on its implementation!

Great morning with AIM for a conversation with Blue Cross MA CEO Sarah Iselin on healthcare in the Commonwealth. “There is not a bigger issue than affordability. It is a competitiveness issue.” Thanks Brooke Thomson for your leadership and to Alkermes for hosting!

Thanks ML Strategies for hosting a “fireside chat” with Kim Driscoll , discussing priority competitiveness issues like housing costs, workforce, childcare and lengthening our lead in areas like life sciences and promising new industries like climatetech. Thanks for your leadership!

Inspirational morning at Franklin Cummings Tech celebrating the groundbreaking of their new facility in #NubianSquare . We were pleased to join so many friends and leaders to celebrate this “unparalleled education resource for Boston and beyond.” Congrats Pres. Francis and team!

Thanks to MA EOED Sec. Yvonne Hao for briefing MBR members on Maura Healey’s economic development legislation, MassLeads. What a lively discussion about competitiveness and the Administration’s vision for growth and investment. Thank you for your leadership and partnership!

Thank you Jo Comerford Andy X. Vargas for inviting us to testify at the Ways & Means Committee hearing on education issues Greenfield Community College. “We are laser focused on…intentionally connecting educational and workforce opportunities to in-demand jobs.” bit.ly/48BBrjd

.MA Business Roundtable President & CEO JD Chesloff (@JDChesloff) spoke about the talent shortages Massachusetts employers are facing, and the role #EarlyCollege can play in building robust, durable workforce pipelines in high-demand sectors.

Manufacturing Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and MA Business Roundtable published a new report on the importance of investing in #digital #technologies in the U.S. #industrialbase , particularly small- and medium-sized #manufacturers , which are the backbone of U.S. #supplychains . …italtransformationinmanufacturing.com