Next Generation Sector Partnerships are an initiative of the Institute for Networked Communities (INC). INC developed and scaled the Next Generation Sector Partnership model as a proven approach for mobilizing business leaders and aligning community assets around the needs of regional economies.
The team behind INC and Next Gen Sector Partnerships are the nation’s leading experts in the who, what, why and how of building regional economic partnerships. In over 20 states, our model and tools harness the power of industry and the resources of a community into strategies that align education, workforce development and economic development around the real needs of regional economies. The team combines diverse on-the-ground and state policy advising experience to ensure each unique state and community succeed.
Lindsey Woolsey
Co-Principal, INC
Lindsey Woolsey is a national expert in the field of industry sector and cluster strategies. She is known for her unique capacity to engage CEOs directly, harness their passions, and sustain their co-investment in shared solutions to pressing workforce and other issues. Lindsey earned a Masters in Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University where she studied labor economics and workforce development, and her BA in International Relations from American University.
Francie Genz
Co-Principal, INC
Francie Genz has worked in over a dozen states around the country to advise state and regional leaders on launching and sustaining regional sector partnerships that act as vehicles for aligning education, workforce and economic development programs. She has also advised state system leaders on policies and practices that deepen industry engagement. Francie holds a Bachelor’s degree from McGill University and a Master of Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley.
John Melville
Senior consultant and board director, INC
Senior Consultant to INC and CEO of Collaborative Economics, John Melville is a national leader in the design and practice of next generation industry engagement. Over the past thirty years, he has worked with public and private leaders in over fifty communities across the U.S. and abroad, helping them launch concrete partnerships to improve workforce development, economic development, regional innovation, and quality of life. He holds a B.A. with honors in Political Science from Stanford University, and has co-authored two books on civic entrepreneurship.