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Holly Zanville | Research Professor and Co-Director of Program on Skills, Credentials and Workforce Policy in the Institute of Public Policy, George Washington University

Holly Zanville | Research Professor and Co-Director of Program on Skills, Credentials and Workforce Policy in the Institute of Public Policy, George Washington University

Current Position and Past Experience
Holly Zanville is currently Research Professor and Co-Director of Program on Skills, Credentials and Workforce Policy in the Institute of Public Policy at George Washington University. Prior, she was Strategy Director at the Lumina Foundation. In her role at Lumina, she focused on the emerging new landscape of the work and learn ecosystem, including the cultivation of networks and partnerships, collective action initiatives, and research that increases awareness of and solutions related to credentialing, workforce-education alignment, and quality assurance especially with regard to new credentials and learning pathways.

Zanville held a number of roles in system-level higher education leadership before moving over to Lumina. She was the Senior Academic Officer with the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, which followed 18 years as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for the Oregon University System. This followed three years as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Oregon State System of Higher Education. For six years prior, Zanville was the Program Director for Economic Development and Program Director of the Regional Internship Program at Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE).

Education, Honors and Achievements
Zanville earned her B.A. in English and Biology from Lindenwood University and her M.A. in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Zanville earned her Ph.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

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You can connect with Holly Zanville on her LinkedIn profile and through the Lumina Foundation website.

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