Judith K. Resnick

Judith K. Resnick is the executive director of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) Education Foundation and director of CBIA’s workforce development and training. She manages initiatives designed to help the state’s businesses become more competitive by developing a skilled workforce.

 

An affiliate of CBIA, the Education Foundation was founded in 1983. Its mission is to help prepare a skilled workforce for Connecticut employers through the creation of public-private sector partnerships in education and job training. The Education Foundation seeks grant opportunities and funds to develop programs that further CBIA’s public policy positions at the state and federal levels and develop best practices for its members.

 

Resnick is responsible for CBIA Education Foundation programs including the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Advanced Manufacturing High Skill Job Training Initiative. The $1.75 million grant increases the competitiveness of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts manufacturers by expanding the capacity of the Community College System to provide industry-driven training and education to current and future workers.

 

She also oversees several initiatives funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). These include Advanced Technological Education and Next Generation Manufacturing Programs, as well as the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students (ITEST) program.

 

Resnick has served as project director for two U.S. DOL Grants (an H1-B Grant in the Biosciences and an Incumbent-Dislocated Worker Training Demonstration Grant in Manufacturing) and for a Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Training Networks Program. She has also managed the Employer Services Contract for Capital Workforce Partners.

 

Resnick is on a number of boards and commissions, including the Connecticut Department of Higher Education Advisory Committee on Accreditation, the Senior Human Resources Task Force of the MetroHartford Alliance, the University of Connecticut Advisory Board for the School of Engineering, the Quinnipiac University Advisory Board College of Professional Studies, and the Workforce Solutions Collaborative of Metro Hartford Steering Committee.

Resnick also staffs the Connecticut Energy Workforce Development Consortium.

 

Prior to joining CBIA, Resnick was the director of strategic planning and workforce development at the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services. She founded the Business & Industry Services Network for the Connecticut Community College System and served as its state director for 12 years. She also served as the director of marketing for America Works of Connecticut.

 

She has a B.A in education from the University of Michigan and an M.S. in Higher Education from Indiana University. She also holds a certificate from Harvard University’s Institute for the Management of Lifelong Education and is a graduate of Leadership Greater Hartford class of 1989.

 

Resnick lives in West Hartford with her husband. They have two adult sons.