Our Work

Civic Impact

Advances a people-centered policy agenda that strengthens the education, workforce, and healthcare systems underpinning Silicon Valley’s talent pipeline and quality of life. Ensures the region remains an extraordinary place to live, work, and build a career.

Svlg Civic Impact

Overview

Serves as SVLG’s engine for policy and advocacy on education, workforce development, healthcare systems, and community partnership strategies. Through applied research, employer-driven insights, and cross-sector collaboration, the COE translates workforce and community priorities into actionable policy – supporting strong STEM pathways, resilient healthcare infrastructure, and inclusive talent development aligned with the needs of the innovation economy.

Committees, Initiatives & Partnerships

 Focus: STEM education, career pathways, and regional workforce alignment

Focus: [to be defined]

Focus: AI skills, reskilling, and talent mobility

Focus: Regional hospitals, healthcare delivery, and public health infrastructure

Focus: Convening employee resource group (ERG) leaders to exchange best practices, build a trusted community of practice, and strengthen organizational and social impact

Advocacy Priorities

Drives a solutions-oriented legislative and regulatory agenda focused on education, workforce, and healthcare – the human infrastructure of the innovation economy. Works in close partnership with employers, educators, healthcare leaders, and policymakers to shape public investment, legislation, and regulation that expands STEM pathways, strengthens talent pipelines, and supports a resilient regional healthcare system.

Key Focus Areas

STEM pathways, K – 16 alignment, career-connected learning, regional workforce coordination

AI skills, reskilling, upskilling, and talent mobility

hospital capacity, healthcare workforce, delivery systems, and public health infrastructure