About
Katie Adams is Chief Delivery Officer at Safal Partners, leading the firm’s workforce practice and serving as Project Director for the firm’s U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) national industry intermediary contract to expand apprenticeship in cybersecurity. She is the co-chair of the NIST National Intiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Apprenticeship Community of Interest which convenes industry, government, and academia to accelerate development of industry-driven, apprenticeship-based career pathways to meet America's cybersecurity workforce shortage. As a subject matter expert in apprenticeship and workforce development she has provided technical assistance to employers, industry associations, colleges, workforce boards, and advocacy organizations through DOL and National Science Foundation contracts and grants, advancing adult and youth apprenticeship programs aligned with academic and industry credentials.