Economic Development Expert, Kaslow, Joins Council on Competitiveness as Senior Fellow?

WASHINGTON—The Council on Competitiveness announced that Amy Kaslow will be joining the Council as a senior fellow. She will advise the Regional Innovation Initiative and focus on bolstering workforce skills in the fields of energy, technology and manufacturing.

“Amy possesses an impressive amount of research and field experience in the areas of economics, employment, workforce training and public policy,” said Deborah L. Wince-Smith, president of the Council. “She will play a vital role in the Council’s efforts to cultivate an American workforce that has the skills that are urgently needed to compete in the rapidly changing global economy.”

Kaslow is the author of Winning the Skills Race (1998), which explored the income and skills gaps among American workers. In January 1999, the report helped provide the framework for the White House Summit on 21st Century Skills for 21st Century Jobs. Kaslow was an advisor and writer for the 21st Century Workforce Commission, a body mandated by Congress to explore ways to boost the number of American workers prepared for information technology jobs. As a member of the Aspen Institute Young Leaders Program, she spent two years probing joblessness in the world’s richest countries and developing prescriptions for reform. She pursued similar work with the Ditchley Foundation in Oxford, England, and as a member of the United States-Italy Young Leaders Program.

For 20 years, Kaslow has reported on international economic developments. She was the lead economic correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor. She has published features and opinion pieces in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Journal of Commerce, The International Economy (Washington), The Middle East (London), Institutional Investor (New York), Euromoney (London), Infrastructure Finance (New York), World Monitor Magazine (Boston), International Development Review, CEO Magazine, Emerging Markets (New York), European Affairs, Durrel’s Money and Banking (Virginia), The Washington Quarterly, The Jerusalem Star (Amman), Pharaohs (Cairo), Gulf News (Dubai), Metropolis (Jerusalem) and other publications.

Kaslow is a trustee of the Holton-Arms School, the Norwood School and other local organizations. In January 2009, the White House appointed Kaslow to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, the governing board of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She chairs the education committee and is a member of the executive committee.