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Karin M. Norington-Reaves is a lifelong public servant with more than 25 years of experience in education, law, advocacy, community and workforce development. In 2012, Karin became the founding Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership (The Partnership) upon her appointment by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle.

As CEO and change agent, she led the merger and re-structuring of three diverse workforce systems into what is now the nation's most extensive workforce system managed by a non-profit administrative agency. Karin leads The Partnership's mission to ensure that every person has the skills to build a career and every business has the talent it needs to compete in a global economy.

She oversees the administration of federal, state and philanthropic funds and the creation of effective programs that assure alignment between the skills demanded by a changing economy and those offered by the region's labor force. She also works to generate both private and public funding to expand the services available throughout Chicagoland. In her tenure, The Partnership has raised nearly $50 million in diverse funds, including a $10.9 million grant awarded by the Walmart Foundation, the most significant gift in the history of the foundation.




Chris Beckage serves as Senior Vice President of North America for Acara, an Aleron company providing industry-leading talent solutions.  Beckage has been with the company for more than 20 years, and leverages that experience to continually refine and improve Acara?s business development efforts.  His understanding of market trends and best practices have helped to craft effective talent acquisition and retention plans that maximize productivity and cost savings for companies.  Prior to his current role, Beckage operated as Regional Manager for Acara.  He received a bachelor?s degree and master?s degree in business administration, both from the State University of New York at Buffalo.






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