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Mallory Dwinal-Palisch

President of Craft Education

Mallory Dwinal-Palisch is the President of Craft Education, a nonprofit division of Western Governors University that is developing the ecosystem platform for enabling work-based pathways across higher education and the workforce.

Dwinal-Palisch has devoted her career to merging education with tech innovation. Her work streamlines regulatory data and addresses labor shortages, unlocking opportunities for working learners and providing real-time talent solutions for businesses.

She began her career as a Spanish teacher with Teach for America and later co-founded a public charter school in the San Francisco Bay Area. She went on to co-found Reach University, an apprenticeship-based university that helps hundreds of school districts grow their own teachers.

Areas of Expertise:

  • Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Pathways
  • Teacher Workforce Development
  • Educational Technology and Data Systems
  • Strategic Employer Partnerships

Education:

  • B.A. Economics, Spanish and International Studies, Northwestern University
  • M.B.A. Harvard University
  • Ph.D. Education, Oxford University (U.S. Rhodes Scholar)

Areas of Expertise:

  • Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Pathways
  • Teacher Workforce Development
  • Educational Technology and Data Systems
  • Strategic Employer Partnerships

Education:

  • B.A. Economics, Spanish and International Studies, Northwestern University
  • M.B.A. Harvard University
  • Ph.D. Education, Oxford University (U.S. Rhodes Scholar)

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