Partners

Atlas Service Corps, Inc. (Atlas Corps) is an international network of social sector leaders and organizations that promotes innovation, cooperation, and solutions to address the world’s 21st-century challenges. Its’ mission is to address critical social issues by developing leaders, strengthening organizations, and promoting innovation through an overseas fellowship of nonprofit professionals.

The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for advancing the tech industry and its workforce. 

George Mason University is Virginia’s largest public research university. Located near Washington, D.C., Mason enrolls 37,000 students from 130 countries and all 50 states. Mason has grown rapidly over the last half-century and is recognized for its innovation and entrepreneurship, remarkable diversity and commitment to accessibility.

Educational & entertaining live streaming shows where aspiring IT pros learn about IT to prepare for certification. With more than 4,000 hours of IT training, there are courses available in order to stay current and get the latest certifications. 

John Zogby Strategies is a marketing and political consulting firm.  For four decades it has worked with governments – both big and small – Fortune 10 and Fortune 500 companies, startups, small non-profits and the United Nations, political candidates from the local sheriff to the presidency of the United States and has polled in 80 countries.

SkillSmart is a skills-based, tech-enabled platform that helps growing organizations and industries find the talent they need by matching job seekers to employment opportunities based on skills and abilities. To accomplish this, SkillSmart partners with companies from a variety of industries and provides access to their proprietary technology to allow them to search and filter through a pipeline of qualified candidates. 

TechGirlz, the principal organization in local STEM education for middle-school girls founded in 2010, was recently acquired by Creating IT Futures, a nonprofit arm of IT trade organization CompTIA. TechGirlz mission is to inspire middle school girls to explore the possibilities of technology to empower their future careers.

Founded by venture capitalist Art Bilger, WorkingNation exists to educate and communicate the hard truths about the looming unemployment crisis and bring the country together to create new jobs for a changing economy. In addition, WorkingNation produces innovative content and reporting on the future of work.