Rosemary Lahasky

Rosemary Lahasky is Vice President of U.S. Government Relations at Pearson, helping to navigate the legislative, regulatory, and political landscape impacting the education and workforce sectors at both the federal and state level. She previously worked at Cengage and was the Director of Domestic Policy at the White House’s Office of Economic Initiatives, overseeing a portfolio of workforce-related policies including paid family leave and childcare. She also managed the White House’s American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, a 25-member taskforce with leaders in business, education, and government aimed at developing a national strategy for the future of work. Prior to this role, she served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), which managed over $9 billion annually in federal job training funding. Rosemary previously served as a professional staff member for both the U.S. House Committees on Ways and Means and Education and Workforce, where she led negotiations for the reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.