Workforce Development

Workforce Development Mission and Vision

The SUNY Geneseo Workforce Development unit creates pathways to upward mobility for our students, our community, and our partners. We provide accessible and responsive professional development and educational opportunities, rooted in our identity as an equity-centered public liberal arts college, to meet the evolving needs of our students, communities, non-profit organizations, government agencies, businesses/industry, and other organizations.  

It is our vision to:

  • Equip all students with knowledge, technical and durable skills, and the social capital to launch and advance in careers. 
  • Engage faculty and staff to design and embed high quality career education into all degree programs and other areas of the honors college experience at Geneseo.  
  • Partner with employers to address industry training needs and talent pipelines in our respective communities.  
  • Deliver customized, high-quality, and lifelong learning opportunities to a broad range of learners.  
  • Innovate in workforce development, by ensuring effective use of emerging technologies, ensuring equity of outcomes, and integrating experiential learning into our programs. 

Leadership Team: 

  • Melanie Blood, Dean for Workforce Development, Associate Provost for Curriculum, Professor of English and Music  
  • Alexis Clifton, Director of the Teaching and Learning Center  
  • Laurie Fox, Director of Educational Technology, Adjunct Lecturer of Business  
  • Jesse Stack Lombardo, Executive Director, Career Design Center  
  • Melanie Medeiros, Director of the Center for Integrative Learning, Professor of Anthropology  
  • Nick Palumbo, Associate Director of Student Life for Assessment, Educational Initiatives, and Research; Adjunct Lecturer of Psychology   
  • Joanna Santos-Smith, Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives  
  • Paul Schacht, Director of the Center for Digital Learning, Professor of English 
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