Terrence Robinson is the co-founder and vice president of Workforce Systems Design at Success Pathways Alliance, a nonprofit consulting firm that focuses on policies and systemic initiatives that align a regions workforce and education systems.
Since co-founding Success Pathways Alliance, Dr. Robinson has become recognized as a thought leader and expert on aligning our workforce and education systems. He has partnered with the Urban League of Greater Cleveland to guide the growth and re-emergence of their workforce division since 2018. This partnership has led to the Urban League of Greater Cleveland being a consistent voice and advocate for diversity, inclusion, and economic equity within several workforce development initiatives such as the Cuyahoga County Workforce Funders Manufacturing Sector Partnership. Under his leadership, Success Pathways Alliance has partnered with, advised, and/or consulted on various workforce development, career pathways, and talent pipeline initiatives with the Cleveland Foundation, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Ohio’s Governor’s Office of Workforce Transformation, Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL), and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).
Prior to co-founding Success Pathways Alliance, Dr. Robinson was the vice president of workforce development and economic inclusion at MAGNET. During his tenure, Dr. Robinson was the primary architect of the highly acclaimed Early College Early Career (ECEC) manufacturing pre-apprenticeship program that is recognized throughout the State of Ohio as a best practice model, due to the partnership structure that was built out by Dr. Robinson. Since his time at MAGNET, Dr. Robinson has become widely recognized as an expert in building out career pathway models for multiple industry sectors and has completed extensive research around work-based learning models, sector partnerships and talent pipeline management.
Dr. Robinson is a community leader who has served as a board member with Breakthrough Charter Schools Network, The Friendly Inn Settlement House, and the Consortium for African American Organizations (CAAO). He currently serves on the advisory board of The REACH Program at University School and is a member of Ideastream’s American Graduate Workforce Development Task Force. http://www.ideastream.org/education/american-graduate/ideastream-task-force
Dr. Robinson earned his Doctor of Education (Ed. D) in Community College Leadership from The Roueche Graduate Center at National American University. In addition to his doctoral degree, Dr. Robinson also holds two graduate degrees from Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University: Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Strategic Management and a Master of Science (MS) degree in Positive Organizational Development. Dr. Robinson completed his undergraduate work at the historic and prestigious Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Finance.