Gloria Owusu
Senior Manager - Workforce Development JE Dunn Construction
Gloria Owusu is Senior Workforce Development Manager at JE Dunn Construction, where she leads strategies to connect communities with careers in the skilled trades. Based in Denver, she focuses on building sustainable talent pipelines through partnerships, education programmes, and industry collaboration to support complex construction projects. Gloria brings a strong background in public sector workforce initiatives, having led the Denver Construction Careers Program to link local residents with city-funded projects and expand access to opportunities. With experience spanning community engagement, small business development, and higher education, she is passionate about creating inclusive pathways into construction and strengthening the future workforce.
Seminars
- Challenging traditional workforce planning by engaging more than 56,000 students and 4,900 educators, creating construction career awareness years before talent enters the labor market
- Replacing fragmented local outreach with a nationally aligned workforce strategy that enables 26 offices to scale career exposure, community impact, and talent engagement consistently
- Connecting K-12 awareness directly to workforce development programs that have achieved 86% retention across 128 graduates, creating a measurable pathway into skilled trades careers
Join the speaker for an audience-led Q&A designed to explore how early awareness, education partnerships, workforce readiness, and development programs can translate into measurable hiring and retention outcomes.
