Sarah Oldmixon

About

Sarah Oldmixon is an independent consultant who specializes in connecting students and workers to good jobs and equipping businesses with effective strategies to attract, retain, and grow talent. She has collaborated with over two dozen communities to design and deploy successful workforce development initiatives, including sector partnerships, career pathways, and apprenticeships.

Over the past 20 years, Sarah has worked with workforce boards, employers, industry associations, community colleges, public agencies, nonprofits, and foundations as a consultant, grantmaker, researcher, and policy analyst. Most recently, she was Managing Director of the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship at the non-partisan think tank New America. She previously served as Co-Director of the Workforce Matters Funders Network, was on the leadership team of the National Skills Coalition, led the workforce development grantmaking portfolio at the Greater Washington Community Foundation, advised governors and state agency leaders at the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, and was a fellow at the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources. 

Sarah is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a BA in American Studies and a Master of Public Affairs degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs.