Dana Westgren

Assistant Commissioner, Policy & Programs, Virginia Works

Dana brings over ten years of workforce policy experience, most recently at the Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, a nonprofit that supports workforce projects nationwide.

She also served at the U.S. Department of Labor—first in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) program office as a data and policy expert, then as the Unit Chief for WIOA governance. Dana has experience with turning outcomes data into policy change, focusing on improving program access for historically underserved populations. Dana holds a Bachelor of Science in Management and in Marketing from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Public Administration from Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy.