Career Pathways in Action

Robert B. Schwartz is Professor of Practice Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Professor in Residence at JFF. Before joining the HGSE faculty in 1996, Schwartz served in a variety of roles in education, from high school teacher and principal to education adviser to the mayor of Boston and the governor of Massachusetts to founding president of Achieve, Inc. In 2011, he coauthored Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century, the report that led to the founding of the Pathways to Prosperity Network. In 2017, he coauthored with Nancy Hoffman Learning for Careers, The Pathways to Prosperity Network (Harvard Education Press).

Amy Loyd is vice president at JFF and leads the Pathways to Prosperity and college and career pathways work. In this role, she guides states and regions in developing and scaling effective policies, infrastructure, and practices to build sustainable systems of college and career pathways aligned with regional labor markets. Before joining JFF, Amy led a public-private partnership network of K–12 schools providing culturally responsive education and wraparound services to Alaska Native and American Indian students and their families.