Greater Memphis Alliance for Competitive Workforce (GMACW)

Disonnected workforce development efforts are estimated to cost taxpayers $15M per year. The Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce (GMACW) a 501c3 non-profit was created to build a pipeline of high-skilled workers to address the needs of businesses in the Mid-South area. It was born out the the Memphis Tomorrow Fast Forward initiative to address the heavily cited need to improve the Memphis workforce in order to support regional economic development efforts.

GMACW born out of the Memphis Tomorrow Fast Forward collaborative was a designated Memphis Chamber of Commerce Chairman’s Circle Moon Mission that failed under the initial board of directors and was taken over by new board of directors under the control of EDGE. The new board of directors has ceased having public meetings since June 2017. Please see video below:

 

References for this can be found below:

• Commercial Appeal – GMACW loses leader -2/1/17
• Commercial Appeal – Evanoff questions local community Board effectiveness – 2/11/17
• Commercial Appeal – Harvard Tech / GMACW progress questioned -3/25/17
• Memphisworks / GMACW Concerns Goes Public City Council – 4/11/17
• GMACW Board Dissolution and EDGE Takeover – 4/20/17
• GMACW Editorial – 4/28/17
• Memphis Business Journal – 5/19/17
• Memphis Business Journal Workforce Solution Editorial – 5/26/17
• Commercial Appeal – Guest Column “All Hands on Deck” – 5/26/17
• Complete Tennessee Report 6/17