Patty Alper

Patty Alper’s 35-year career in business, coupled with two decades of hands-on experience working directly with youngsters, uniquely qualifies her to understand the growing skills gap from both perspectives: the employers who seek to better-prepared youngsters for 21st century jobs, and the youth who are often ill-equipped or ill-trained to enter the new workforce. She is President of the Alper Portfolio Group, a marketing and consulting company, and is a board member of both the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and US2020, the White House initiative to build mentorship in STEM careers. Patty’s experiences have led her to roles as a prominent speaker, consultant and the author of ‘Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America’. For more information visit: www.teachtowork.com/meet-patty-alper.com