Richard ("Dick") Judy directs studies integrating economic development and workforce development at various levels from the global to the local. Among the most innovative is the Workforce 21st Century series of original studies focused on the state and local levels. One of these studies, Workforce 21st Century: Central Illinois, recently was awarded the Illinois Governor's top Award for Excellence. That study, co-authored with Jane Lommel, may be seen here on the world wide web.
Dick was co-author of the book, Workforce 2020, published by Hudson Institute where he was a Senior Research Fellow from 1986 to 2001. Recently, Dick has assisted numerous Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) in their planning and board member orientation. He has consulted with state WIBs in Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon and Virginia as well as local WIBs in those and many other states. Other recent engagements were with the Council of State Governors, the Midwestern Legislative Leadership Council, and the Southern Legislative Leadership Council. He serves as an advisor to the National Science Foundation on science and engineering workforce statistics.
Dick's previous work has included project directorships for studies of economic reform and development in Hungary, the Baltic states, Russia, and Ukraine. He was a member of the Blue Ribbon Commission for the Reform of the Hungarian Economy. At the request of the prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, he established and headed the Baltic Economic Commission. Besides Workforce 2020, Dick was the principal author of several books including Mechanical Engineering in the 21st Century, and The Information Age and Soviet Society.
Earlier, Dick was Professor of Economics and Computer Science at the University of Toronto where he was a founder of the Center for Policy Analysis. He also served as a founder and CEO of companies involved in software, consulting and agribusiness. He is a senior officer of Workforce Associates, Inc., a private consulting firm. He has worked with more than 50 organizations worldwide including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, General Electric Corporation, State Farm Insurance Co., TRW, National City Bank, National Association of Manufacturers, the OECD, the World Bank and many others. He has been a frequent keynote speaker at national and international conferences sponsored by the Society for Human Resource Management. Recently, he delivered the keynote addresses at international HR conferences in Brazil and Venezuela.
Dick's doctoral work was in economics at Harvard University. He also studied at the University of Kansas, Columbia University, and as an exchange scholar at the University of Moscow. He has also been a visiting scholar at Hangzhou University in China and at the Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk, Russia. He is a veteran officer of the United States Air Force with ten years of reserve and active duty.
Dick's Email address is dickjudy@workforceassociates.com
Copyright © 1995-2007 Gary Johnson Communications. All rights reserved. BraveNewWorkWorld, NewWork, NewWork News, Careers in the NewWork World, WITNE, and WITNE: Women in the New Economy are trademarks of Gary Johnson Communications.
