WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP
STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS

As Vice President of Strategic initiatives, Kim partners with the Director of WDSS to deliver Leeper's innovative workforce development program. Kim is an attorney and executive strategist, with over 24 years of experience in management, workforce development, health and human services, higher education administration, and labor and employment relations. She earned her bachelor's degree from Columbia University in the City of New York and law degree from Fordham University. She most recently served as the Ohio Governor's appointed Director of the Department of Job and Family Services, a state agency that provides critical workforce development and family support services. She also served as Senior Vice President of Administration and General Counsel at Columbus State Community College. She began her career as a labor and employment attorney, and then served in leadership roles at the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.