“Everything is STEM” with Deb Mumm-Hill & Kyle Ritchey-Noll (GWTW766)

Getting Work To Work

I love talking with people who dream big and work together to overcome systemic challenges and affect change. Today, I have the benefit of talking with two amazing women who work with Oregon STEM, an organization that supports “the development of the next generation of innovators and leaders through statewide strategic leadership, collaboration, and alignment.” Deb Mumm-Hill is the Executive Director of Oregon STEM, and Kyle Ritchey-Noll is the President of Oregon STEM and the Education & Workforce Policy Director of Oregon Business Council. In this conversation, they bring stories and examples of how their work throughout Oregon impacts students. We talk about data-driven decision-making, overcoming massive challenges to create a resilient education system for the future, collaborating with industry partners to help students prepare for careers, cutting-edge technology that uses data and generative AI tools to align students’ aptitudes and interests with opportunities, and the power of career-connected learning. Special thanks to Leverenz & Associates for their hospitality and providing a lovely space to record this conversation.

Show Links

• Oregon STEM
• Oregon Business Council
• Career Connected Learning
• YouScience® Brightpath
• Lam Research
• Hillsboro Youth Apprenticeship Program
• Lost River Schools
• Catalyze Challenge
• Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
• Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
• Street Data: A Next-Generation Model for Equity, Pedagogy, and School Transformation by Shane Safir & Jamila Dugan
• Shifting Schools
• Leverenz & Associates
• Midjourney prompt for episode art: careers of the future, career-connected learning, semiconductors, quantum computing –ar 16:9