Joanne Pokaski is the Assistant Vice President of Workforce Planning and Development at the Beth Israel Lahey Health system, the second largest private employer in Massachusetts.  Her team sponsors employees’ training and to hard-to-fill roles, supports all employees in their career development, and partners to connect community members to careers at BILH. Joanne is the Chair of the Massachusetts Workforce Board and a member of Boston’s Workforce Board. Joanne founded and for seven years chaired the Boston Healthcare Careers Consortium.  Joanne was a founding member and for three years chaired the executive committee of CareerSTAT, an initiative of the National Fund for Workforce Solutions.