Class of 2025-2026, Innovation Fellows
Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo, New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development
Director Joseph M. Barela, Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
Commissioner Danté Bartolomeo, Connecticut Department of Labor
Director Jade T. Butay, State of Hawai'i Department of Labor & Industrial Relations
Director Jane R. Flanagan, Illinois Department of Labor
Commissioner Laura A. Fortman, Maine Department of Labor
Director Anna Hui, Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations
Secretary Stewart Knox, California Labor & Workforce Development Agency
Secretary Lauren E. Jones (Young Leader 2017), The Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD)
Director & State Secretary of Labor Unique Morris-Hughes , PhD, DC Department of Employment Services
Commissioner Gary G. Pan , Virginia Department of Labor and Industry
Commissioner Roberta Reardon, New York State Department of Labor
Undersecretary Jacque Roberts, California Labor & Workforce Development Agency
Commissioner Sarah Swanson, Montana Department of Labor & Industry
Secretary Susana Schowen, Louisiana Works
Commissioner Deniece L. Thomas, Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development
Secretary Portia Wu, Maryland Department of Labor