At Urban, we’re expanding the apprenticeship model that has worked so well in the traditional trades to new heights, taking it to tech, clean energy, and even to small business. Looking forward, apprenticeships must be made more accessible—because we all win when everyone has a shot.
Zach Boren is a senior policy program manager in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban Institute, where he leads various apprenticeship-focused projects, including youth apprenticeship, and is a technical expert on registered apprenticeship and equal employment opportunity. Before working at Urban, Boren spent 11 years with the US Department of Labor, where he was the director of registered apprenticeship and policy.
Boren worked with US Coast Guard on congressional affairs and on Capitol Hill. Boren was selected by the Aspen Institute as a Marano Fellow, participating in the Sector Skills Academy. Boren received a bachelor’s in public affairs from Indiana University and a master’s in congressional and presidential studies from the Catholic University of America.
