Amanda Winters serves as Program Director for Postsecondary Education at the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. In this role she oversees a team that supports governors offices and state policy makers on issues that connect postsecondary pathways to economic mobility and workforce outcomes. Her current portfolio is focused on economic mobility for families and communities, skills-based education/hiring pathways, state data systems, career-connected learning, postsecondary financing, and quality postsecondary credentials. She came to her position from roles at the Illinois Board of Higher Education, where she also sat on the state workforce board,  and the University of Illinois. She centers her work on the importance of collaboration and partnerships to create impact and real outcomes.