Winsome Earle-Sears: “We are able to attract businesses, for example, like Afton…”

“We also know that the future of higher education is about value alignment and connection. And our universities and community colleges must remain engines of opportunity. We are able to attract businesses, for example, like Afton Scientific, like Eli Lilly, because we are working in concert with our community college systems to train their workforce. bespoke talents, so that by the time they finish building their factories, their buildings, their workforce, talent is also ready. I think about Eli Lilly, which the governor announced was coming to Virginia.” (20:41–20:57)

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