Megan Baird serves as the Deputy Administrator in the Office of Apprenticeship (OA) at the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA). She has responsibility for oversight and activities related to OA’s industry engagement, strategic partnerships, and investment activities. This includes providing leadership for over $1 billion in investments as well as OA’s engagement with industry, workforce, equity, labor, and education leaders across the private and public sectors to promote, establish, diversify, and expand the use of registered apprenticeship and ensure access to all.
Prior to this role, she was the Program Manager for H-1B grant programs in ETA’s Office of Workforce Investments. She is a proud graduate of Smith College with a bachelor’s degree in Government.