Our inaugural Pathways to Progress: Charting a Course for West Virginia’s Future Workforce conference is packed with powerful sessions designed to equip employers, young professionals, and community leaders with the tools they need to shape a thriving workforce.

Whether you’re seeking fresh ideas, practical strategies, or new partnerships, these sessions are your front-row seat to West Virginia’s workforce transformation.

Across West Virginia, a new generation of leaders is rising, rooted in their communities, fueled by purpose, and redefining what it means to build a future in the Mountain State. During the Spotlight on Emerging Leaders panel at GWV’s inaugural Pathways to Progress conference, one message came through loud and

Our inaugural Pathways to Progress: Charting a Course for West Virginia’s Future Workforce conference is packed with powerful sessions designed to equip employers, young professionals, and community leaders with the tools they need to shape a thriving workforce.

Whether you’re seeking fresh ideas, practical strategies, or new partnerships, these sessions are your front-row seat to West Virginia’s workforce transformation.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 3, 2025 Generation West Virginia is proud to announce the appointment of Jennifer Taylor as its new Director of Development. Taylor will lead GWV’s fundraising strategy, strengthen philanthropic partnerships, and expand the organization’s resources to create more opportunities for young people across the Mountain State. Taylor

Generation West Virginia (GWV) is seeking a consultant to work with rural hospitals and/or health systems on telemedicine program design. The selected consultant will work with health system project teams to design efficient and sustainable telemedicine programs, finalize budgets, and distill scope in preparation for seeking federal and non-federal funding.

Generation West Virginia welcomes four new board members, strengthening its mission to create more opportunities for young West Virginians across the state.

Pictured L-R: Ryan McClain, Mills Group; Dr. Vincent Smith, University of Charleston; Jared Brown, Microsoft; Josh Spence, Chair of the West Virginia Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (Photo by Ben Robinson). Artificial intelligence isn’t the future. It’s now, and whether we’re ready or not, it’s reshaping how we work, learn,

By: Jen Iskow, GWV Marketing & Communications Manager In the push to build a stronger economy in West Virginia, we often zero in on industries, investments, and innovation. But ask nearly any parent, job seeker, or business owner across the state what’s keeping people out of the workforce, and you’ll

Our inaugural Pathways to Progress: Charting a Course for West Virginia’s Future Workforce conference is packed with powerful sessions designed to equip employers, young professionals, and community leaders with the tools they need to shape a thriving workforce.

Whether you’re seeking fresh ideas, practical strategies, or new partnerships, these sessions are your front-row seat to West Virginia’s workforce transformation.

Every NewForce Demo Day marks a milestone —not just for our trainees, but for the industries eager to hire them. Over the past five months, NewForce’s Cohort 10 has mastered data analytics tools and techniques, applying them to real-world problems in public health, environmental science, business, and more. Demo Day