Navjeet Singh

Deputy Director, National Fund for Workforce Solutions

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Navjeet Singh is deputy director for the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, which is an unprecedented initiative of national and local funders whose goal is the career advancement of low-wage workers using a model of substantial employer engagement to increase the potential for successful outcomes.

Mr. Singh has more than 25 years of experience in workforce and economic development, and in the technology sector. Most recently he served as vice president at Commonwealth Corporation leading its Applied Research and Evaluation team that researches trends in education and workforce, and measures the success of related programs. He also worked on projects such as evaluation of sector partnerships, analysis of labor supply and demand, and studies of the health care and manufacturing workforce. Mr. Singh has also served on the staff of the Southeastern Massachusetts Partnership, an innovative economic development partnership of a university and five cities.

Publications and presentations that Mr. Singh has produced for these organizations relevant to his current work at JFF include:

• Measuring Business Impact: A Workforce Development Practitioner’s Guide;
• Measuring Business Impact: Lessons Learned from Workforce Development in Massachusetts;
• Breaking the Language Barrier: A Report on English Language Services in Greater Boston;
• Identifying Labor Shortages and Influencing Policy in Massachusetts; and
• Massachusetts Manufacturing Chartbook.

Mr. Singh holds a Bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, and a Master’s from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He serves on both the Advisory Board of the New England Public Policy Center and the Oversight Committee of English for New Bostonians.