Over many decades, our economy has experienced tremendous growth, yet not everyone has benefitted from these gains. We know we can’t rebuild ladders of opportunity without all the key stakeholders at the table: employers, worker advocates, practitioners, policymakers, philanthropy, and the research community. WorkRise convenes these often-siloed groups to generate evidence-based solutions that drive policy and practice toward durable and meaningful change. As executive director, I am excited about leading my team to catalyze a diverse network to deliver WorkRise’s mission: to rebuild a more equitable and resilient labor market that expands opportunity and economic mobility for all workers.
Todd Greene is a vice president and the executive director of WorkRise, a research-to-action network hosted by the Urban Institute that focuses on jobs, workers, and economic mobility. WorkRise undertakes foundational research on labor market trends to strengthen employers, inform policymaking and practices, and provide genuine economic mobility and security for workers.
Before joining Urban, Greene was executive director of the Atlanta University Center Consortium. There, Greene led a team focused on enhancing academic programs, forging interdisciplinary research and catalyzing a broad economic development agenda.
For more than 10 years, Greene was a vice president in the research department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where he led research, policy, and outreach initiatives to promote inclusive economic growth. Greene founded and led the Federal Reserve System’s human capital and workforce development working group and launched the Federal Reserve Center for Workforce and Economic Opportunity.
Greene has published numerous articles and coedited the 2015 book Transforming US Workforce Development Policies for the 21st Century and Investing in America’s Workforce: Improving Outcomes for Workers and Employers. He served as board chair of the International Economic Development Council and currently chairs the national advisory board for the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. Greene also serves on the board of the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce and on the Social Finance Institute Advisory Council.
Greene, a certified economic developer, earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and master’s degrees from Washington University and Georgia State University. He has completed executive education programs at Stanford University and Universidad ESAN.