ART RECESSO has dedicated over 30 years to leading strategic initiatives at the intersection of talent development, education, and economic growth. His work is built on systematic, evidence-based methodologies, ensuring that learning and skills development are directly aligned with the evolving needs of learners and economic demands. Art’s career includes serving as Vice Chancellor within a major university system, leading research and development of advanced technologies as a principal investigator at a major research university, and directing numerous statewide initiatives focused on systemic change. These efforts have consistently aimed to improve learning outcomes and build robust talent pipelines for economic prosperity and competitive advantage. As Co-Founder of the Skill Bridge Foundation, Art now concentrates on developing globally scalable systems to deliver effective learning opportunities.
Art specializes in translating complex talent needs into specific, actionable skill requirements. He has created advanced technologies and deployed methodologies to identify sector-specific priorities, analyze talent gaps, and design targeted talent development pipelines. This work has spanned a wide range of sectors, including education, healthcare, financial technology, supply chain management, national security, cybersecurity, and entertainment.
BONNIE FERRI is the vice provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development at Georgia Tech, and she is a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Ferri previously was the associate chair for Undergraduate Affairs in ECE and the associate chair for Graduate Affairs in ECE. She does research in embedded control systems and in engineering education. Dr. Ferri has received many honors and awards including the 2017 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award and the 2016 Regent’s Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She is the co-chair of a campus-wide commission at Georgia Tech on the future of higher education, and she was an invited speaker at a National Academy of Engineering workshop on education.
Dr. Ferri has been active with the IEEE Control Systems Society and served two terms on its Board of Governors. She was the program chair for the 1998 American Control Conference and will be the general chair for that conference in 2012. Dr. Ferri received the B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame and the M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton. She then worked for Honeywell for two years prior to returning to school to earn her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech
With over 15 years of industry project management experience, CHRIS CARTER brings valuable real-world expertise and was instrumental in the redesign of the Georgia Tech Project Management program. As chief engineer and executive general manager for the Toyota and Lexus brands, he has spent his time developing and launching new model-year cross-platform technologies. Carter’s large-scale projects include launching the MY16-18 Lexus RX, MY22 Lexus NX, and Lexus Interface® system. He is a Georgia Tech alumnus (ISYE 2007, PM Certificate 2015) who was named a 2023 Georgia Tech Alumni Association 40 Under 40 honoree and serves as the director of the Project Management academic program. He is an active speaker for various campus career development events, including Georgia Tech’s third annual Organizational Effectiveness Conference, Georgia Tech Alumni Association’s Career Clarity Series, and the PMI-Atlanta 40th Anniversary Celebration. Carter has distinctions from the State of Texas for Community Leadership (Senator Nathan Johnson) and is a Leadership Dallas 2020 alumnus, serving as executive advisor from 2020 to 2021.
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ERIC SEMBRAT leads software development at Georgia Tech's Center for 21st Century Universities. His team is charged with the strategy, design, and development of educational technology software innovations—their work partners with internal and external collaborators, such as the Digital Credentials Consortium. Eric co-leads Georgia Tech's Educational Technology Steering Committee. Eric is a board member of the Digital Collegium Association.
Eric received his bachelor of science in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his master of science in information systems (with a certificate in leadership) from Kennesaw State University. He received his Doctor of Philosophy in instructional technology from Georgia State University, researching the intersection of instructional design and software development and developer-focused cultural and historical impact, which received the Outstanding Dissertation in Learning Technologies Award.
Eric lives in Atlanta, GA, with his wife, two sons, and two dogs.
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JEONGHYUN (JONNA) LEE is the director of research in education innovation at the Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U). Her expertise is students' learning motivation and engagement from behavioral, cognitive, and socio-cognitive perspectives. Based on her background as a learning scientist, Lee is interested in how technology facilitates effective learning and student success in higher education settings. Before her current position, she worked as a research associate in the Chatbot Scaling Project team at the Office of Senior Vice President for Student Success at Georgia State University. Lee earned her Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.
LEIGH HOPKINS is the assistant director of the Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) at Georgia Tech. As a planner specializing in economic and community development, Hopkins empowers her clients with the tools to build strong and resilient regions, create a prepared and trained workforce, and help communities secure the resources they need to capitalize on their strengths.
Hopkins works with her team at CEDR to help create competitive economic climates for communities and businesses to grow and thrive. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she worked as a senior planner for the city of Atlanta with a focus on zoning and development compliance and in the private sector as a planning consultant with a focus on place-based economic development issues.
NELSON C. BAKER is the inaugural interim dean of the College of Lifetime Learning and professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. As dean, Nelson leads a multifaceted enterprise comprising Georgia Tech's research, educational programs, activities, and services for the ongoing educational needs of individuals and the workforce throughout a lifetime, from the early stages of one’s life to the later stages of their career.
Baker’s award-winning work on the impact of technology on engineering students’ learning has generated projects such as multilingual web-based intelligent simulations for problem-solving, among others. Leading Nelson’s list of honors are the W.M. Keck Foundation Award for Engineering Teaching Excellence and the University Professional Continuing Education Association (UPCEA) Julius M. Nolte Award for Extraordinary Leadership.
STEPHEN HARMON is the associate dean of research in Georgia Tech Professional Education (GTPE), the Center for 21st Century Universities (C21U) executive director and professor at the Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design. At GTPE and C21U, he leads the invention, prototyping, and validation efforts associated with educational innovation and manages facilities available to all Georgia Tech researchers and faculty members.
His previous position was professor and chair of the Learning Technologies Division in the College of Education and Human Development at Georgia State University. Harmon has over 120 professional publications and presentations. He was the 2011 recipient of Georgia State University's Innovative Instruction Award and the spring 2016 commencement speaker at Georgia Southern University.
STUART ANDREASON is executive director of Programs at the Burning Glass Institute where he leads efforts in research and engagement on workforce innovation, higher education, and economic mobility. At BGI, Andreason has helped to lead the development of Jobs that Mobilize, an initiative that builds data strategies to align talent development and economic development. He’s also developed measures of skill-based hiring, the identification of skills in demand in the growing green economy, the measures of non-degree credential quality in the Education Quality Outcomes Standards (EQOS) initiative, and skill-based educational strategies.
Andreason’s work focuses on state and regional dynamics of opportunity and economic development and innovative workforce solutions. He publishes widely on workforce innovations and labor market trends, including analysis of opportunity occupations, or middle-skill jobs that pay high wages. He is the editor of Workforce Realigned, Investing in America’s Workforce, Developing Career-Based Training, and Models for Labor Market Intermediaries.
Andreason has taught at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
TIM BROWN is the academic program director for AI at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he holds joint appointments as research faculty with Georgia Tech Professional Education and Tech AI. Before this role, he served for nearly a decade as the managing director of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute.
With over 35 years of experience in professional education and supply chain optimization, Brown has held positions in industry operations, consulting, and education. His career includes key roles at IBM, Accenture, Chainalytics, Frito-Lay, and Tropicana. In consulting, he has served as an executive advisor in supply chain engineering, providing strategic guidance to C-level executives at some of the world’s most respected companies.
Brown's expertise spans multiple industry sectors, including consumer electronics, industrial products, higher education, consumer goods, food and beverage, oil and gas, utilities, telecommunications, forest products, automotive, heavy equipment, footwear and apparel, retail, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and other key industries.
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