Annie Phillips

Annie Phillips joined Education Strategy Group in 2017 to support its postsecondary work.. She brings deep expertise in higher education and workforce development, especially short-term training and non-degree credentials. Annie has provided technical and strategic assistance to states, institutions and intermediary organizations supporting their efforts to build the policy, practice and data systems that result in quality outcomes for learners.In this role, Annie has led numerous initiatives including the Noncredit and Credit Alignment Lab, Noncredit Mobility Academy, and Opportunity Alliance.

Before ESG, Annie worked as a Graduate Research Assistant for Jobs for the Future’s Pathways to Prosperity initiative and as a Program Director at CUNY – LaGuardia Community College. Annie has a bachelor’s degree in Economic and Chinese Language from Hamilton College and a master’s degree in higher education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Why are you in this work?

While working at a community college, I witnessed the American higher education system act as an authentic engine of economic and social mobility. Yet that same experience also opened my eyes to our nation’s deeply isolated and devastatingly misaligned K-12, higher education and workforce establishments. I am in this work to build partnerships across these systems in order to strengthen our economy, our society and our future.

Why ESG?

I was attracted to ESG because I believe in their theory of change. That is, I believe that bringing together stakeholders from across many different sectors of society is one of the most effective ways to enact real change in our education system.