Dr. Steve Ashby – Director, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Carol Burns – Deputy, Director Berkeley Lab
Dr. Elizabeth Cantwell – President, Utah State University
Mr. Nick Pinchuk – President & CEO, Snap-on Incorporated
Dr. Gregory Washington – President, George Mason University
Dr. Pradeep Khosla – Chancellor, University of California, San Diego
At the end of the day, what matters most for competitiveness is PEOPLE. With this in mind, how are leaders across industry, academia & the national labs strategizing to expand, educate, train, retain, & reskill America’s workforce? Pradeep Khosla of UC San Diego, Steven Ashby of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Carol Burns of Berkeley Lab, Elizabeth Cantwell of Utah State University, Nick Pinchuk of Snap-on, and Gregory Washington of George Mason University discussed this at the 2023 National Competitiveness Forum. Read a summary of their thought-provoking conversation in the 2023 National Competitiveness Forum Summary Report.