Thomas Showalter is an expert on education and workforce policy and related areas (disability policy, juvenile justice, antipoverty programs), as well as Congressional politics and processes. Thomas is the director of the National Youth Employment Coalition, a leading voice for opportunity youth (young people who are out of school and out of work). With NYEC Thomas sets the organization’s direction and strategy, and lifts up promising strategies and practices of NYEC members. Prior to NYEC, he was an advisor on the majority staff of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, working for chairmen Sens. Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) and Tom Harkin (D-IA). He also advised advocacy organizations and foundations on communications and strategic planning at The Hatcher Group, a Bethesda-based communications firm.
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