Keystone Research Center Announces Four New Board Members

Harrisburg, December 18, 2006 -- Keystone Research Center, a research and policy organization focusing on the economic health of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvanians, has announced the addition of four new members to its board of directors:

Jill Sunday Bartoli, PhD. Dr. Bartoli is associate professor of social work at Elizabethtown College. 

C. Lu Conser, MPH. Ms. Conser is director of grants, Carlisle Area Health & Wellness Foundation.

Robin C. Greene, BA. Ms. Greene is vice president of operations, Mid-Atlantic Region office of Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.

Hadass Sheffer, MBA. Ms. Sheffer is the founding director of Graduate! Philadelphia, a program to increase the number of college graduates among working adults in Philadelphia

“We are pleased to welcome these new board members who have a wealth of valuable and diverse knowledge, experience, and networks. Since its founding in 1996, Keystone Research Center has conducted research on a variety of issues that affect the quality of life for the citizens of the Commonwealth,” said Steve Herzenberg, executive director. 

“We are pleased that we can draw upon citizens who are active in a broad range of organizations pursuing a variety of activities to inform KRC’s policy research and recommendations.”

Each year the Keystone Research Center publishes The State of Working Pennsylvania, a comprehensive report on the health of the state’s middle class that documents trends in wages, benefits, and other features of the economy that effect economic opportunity in Pennsylvania.

KRC also conducts original research on taxes, workforce and economic development policy, education, childcare and early education, and elder care. The unifying theme of KRC’s research is bringing policies and institutions up to date with today’s “new economy” so that Pennsylvania becomes more productive, and more workers, families, and communities benefit from growth.

Over the last several years, under contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, KRC has played a leading role in reinventing Pennsylvania’s workforce policies based on building “industry partnerships.”

Industry partnerships bring together employers in key regional industries to identify skill needs. The partnerships ensure that job training and education are linked with the demand side of the labor market. By helping companies learn from one another, industry partnerships improve business operations and competitiveness. Industry partnerships help workers by fostering training for good-paying jobs in growing industries.

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