Joseph Dragone

Joseph Dragone has over 30 years of experience in both urban, suburban and regional school district leadership with a focus on cross-sector partnerships, school improvement, workforce and program development, data analysis, and building organizational and instructional capacity. He has led school and district improvement planning, commitment to 21st Century Skills, regional early college high school design, and extensive facilities projects.

Dragone served on the board of trustees of The College Board, was a member on Workforce Development and Education for the Obama Administration’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership 2.0 Initiative and in 2018 represented New York state at the White House State-Federal STEM Summit under the Trump administration. As a gubernatorial appointee to the Capital Region Economic Development Council, he serves on the executive committee and co-chairs the Workforce Workgroup.

Dragone currently serves on the executive committee of the New York Association for Training and Employment Professionals, the executive advisory board of New York Tech Valley FIRST Robotics, the board of advisors for the National Institute for Industry and Career Advancement and on the leadership council of Clarkson University’s STEM Ed Institute. He also serves on the University at Albany School of Education Dean’s Leadership Council, the NYSERDA Offshore Wind Jobs and Supply Chain Technical Work Group Workforce subcommittee, the SUNY Future of Healthcare Workforce taskforce, and is a member of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Offshore Wind Workforce Network.