This mainstage conversation will bring together national philanthropic leaders to focus on a defining opportunity for this moment: building more connected, effective pathways that enhance educational and economic mobility for families and communities across the country. Recent reports on adult literacy, education-to-workforce alignment, and intergenerational mobility underscore both the scale of the challenge and the urgency of coordinated action, while fresh findings continue to point to what’s possible when systems work in concert. 

The discussion will explore how philanthropy is helping to drive stronger alignment across education, workforce, and community systems, and what it takes to connect strategies that support families – acknowledging the reciprocal relationship between parenting adults and their children as drivers of shared success. Panelists will highlight promising approaches, share lessons from their respective fields, and offer actionable ideas for how organizations can better integrate efforts—linking early learning, skill-building, and economic opportunity into more cohesive, family-supportive pathways.

Insights from panelists will offer critical entry points for attendees seeking to strengthen multigenerational approaches to learning.

Moderator: Alice Gonzalez Yates, Chief Executive Officer at George & Barbara Bush Foundation

Panelists: Georgia Reagan, Strategy Officer, Credentials of Value at Lumina Foundation; Gregg Behr, Executive Director at Grable Foundation; Denine Torr, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility & Philanthropy at Dollar General