Deborah Kobes
Senior Project Manager
Deborah Kobes is a senior project manager with JFF’s Building Economic Opportunity Group. She helps manage JFF’s work in the green sector, including support for workforce partnerships that recruit, train, place, retain, and advance new and incumbent workers in key industry sectors.
Before joining JFF, Ms. Kobes was projects director and the first employee of the Emerald Cities Collaborative, a partnership of diverse organizations united around the goal of greening cities in ways that further high-quality job creation, equity, and democracy. She has also held research positions or fellowships at MIT, the Brookings Institution, and the Urban Institute.
Ms. Kobes has a Ph.D. in urban political economy and governance from MIT and a Bachelor’s in civil engineering with architecture from Princeton University.
Jobs for the Future develops, implements, and promotes new education and workforce strategies that help communities, states, and the nation compete in a global economy. In more than 200 communities in 43 states, JFF improves the pathways leading from high school to college to family-sustaining careers.
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