Ron Gifford

President and Chief Executive Officer of The Indy Partnership

"Educational attainment is a key issue, both for Indianapolis and for the broader region. Educational attainment is the key to not only having a trained workforce but, more importantly from the business perspective, having a trainable workforce. And that's because the jobs today aren't necessarily the jobs five years from now in those specific companies. And so as the jobs change, as technologies change, the businesses that are most successful have workers who can change with the jobs, change with the responsibilities, have not just the skill set of today, but the ability to develop and grow into skill sets required for five, 10 years from now."