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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