Workforce

P33, co-chaired by Trustee Penny Pritzker, is a non-profit organization committed to strengthening Chicago's leadership as a global technology hub. The organization leads several employer-designed workforce programs to equip Chicagoans of all backgrounds with the skills needed to build tech careers.

mHUB is a leading hardtech and manufacturing innovation center based in Chicago, supporting entrepreneurs developing physical products across energy, medtech, advanced manufacturing, and emerging technologies. Through access to prototyping labs, product development expertise, and strategic programming, mHUB helps founders move from concept to commercialization. Its growing community of startups, corporate partners, and investors is focused on building scalable technologies that strengthen the Midwest’s innovation economy

Elevate Energy's Contractor Accelerator partners with local organizations to help contractors from all backgrounds capitalize on new federal and state policies to enter the rapidly growing energy efficiency retrofit industry. The program provides contractors with training, accreditation, project pipeline, and access to finance, and is expected to produce more than 1,000 new high-quality jobs over the next five years.

Founded by Trustee Penny Pritzker, Skills for Chicagoland's Future is a public-private partnership working to match businesses that have current, unmet hiring needs with qualified, unemployed and underemployed job seekers. The organization places more than 1,500 Chicagoans each year in quality employment.

National Louis University's (NLU) Accelerate U provides students with rapid employer-designed training and paid employment as a first step toward beginning a four-year degree. NLU is a private, not-for-profit, and Minority Serving Institution in Chicago delivering innovative curriculum that dramatically improves workforce outcomes for low-income students. Our support will go to Accelerate U’s expansion to new in-demand career pathways like IT and Behavioral Health.