Global Business Coalition for Education

Driving Corporate Impact for Global Education

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

By 2030 an estimated 1.6 billion youth worldwide will not have the skills or qualifications required to participate in the workforce. An inadequately trained workforce will lead to greater income inequality, increased unemployment, increased government expenditures, and more mass migrations.

At the same time, businesses need a skilled and talented workforce to conduct business and ensure reliable supply chains. The private sector can make a significant difference in education for employability by leveraging their unique resources, talents, and capabilities to improve curricula, provide job training opportunities, tap into their employees’ skills and technical expertise to build capacity and more.

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Elizabeth Guevara from SoCal CAN works with project participant Ciara Collier.

About the event

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

Webinar

Join us for a lively conversation co-hosted by Team4Tech and the Global Business Coalition for Education, where industry leaders will share their strategies and experiences in driving skill-building initiatives through their people, products, and philanthropic funding.

This event will offer a global perspective on the education vs. employability mismatch and a unique opportunity for shared learning.

Speakers

Justin van Fleet

CEO, Global Business Coalition for Education

Justin W. van Fleet, Ph.D is President of Theirworld and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Business Coalition for Education. Justin previously served as the Director of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity and Chief of Staff to the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and prior to that as a Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education.

Julie Clugage

Co-Founder and Executive Director, Team4Tech

Julie Clugage is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Team4Tech, an education-focused nonprofit accelerator that supports over 900 NGOs across 95 countries. She is responsible for leading Team4Tech’s global team to maximize support for community-based NGOs who are advancing teaching and learning through technology integration and capacity building.  Julie brings to this work more than 20 years of experience in the fields of education, technology, and international development. Before founding Team4Tech, Julie served as Chief of Staff for Intel Corporation’s Corporate Affairs Group and as Global Operations Manager for Intel’s Education Market Platforms Group. Prior to joining Intel, Julie worked in international development for seven years at the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, USAID, and a teacher training high school in rural Guatemala. She holds an MPA from Princeton University, an MBA from UC Berkeley, and an AB from Dartmouth College.

Maia Wagner

Director of Giving and Impact and the Digital Inclusion Portfolio Lead, Dell Technologies

Maia Wagner is the Director of Giving and Impact and the Digital Inclusion portfolio lead at Dell Technologies. Maia partners across the business to find ways that Dell’s team members, technology, and partnerships can address community challenges. Maia’s portfolio includes Dell’s signature impact programs such as Girls who Game, Student Tech Crew, Pro Bono, and Solar Community Hubs as well as strategic nonprofit community partners. Maia draws on a deep well of experience in the private, social, and public sectors. Prior to joining Dell, Maia worked in the nonprofit sector designing and implementing social impact programs addressing agriculture, healthcare, and economic development in global communities. Maia holds a graduate degree in International Trade from the University of Valencia in Spain and an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Georgia. Maia lives with her family outside of Washington, D.C.

Nicole Johnson

Global Director of Social Impact & Inclusion, Cadence Design Systems

Nicole Johnson is a Social Impact leader who brings decades of experience building, designing, launching and supporting innovative social impact programs around the world. As the Global Director of Social Impact & Inclusion for Cadence Design Systems, Nicole has ensured Cadence’s spot on the Top 10 Fortune Great Place to Work list for its tenth consecutive year. Nicole has brought her knowledge as a Teach for America teacher, Executive Director of national non-profit organizations, and leading social impact and sustainability teams to build Cadence’s social impact programs in a meaningful way. Nicole received her bachelor's degree in English literature from Mills College and lives in Burlingame with her husband and two teenagers.