Alyssa Thomas

Alyssa Thomas is an experienced workforce and economic development professional committed to creating a just and equitable transition to a clean energy economy.

Alyssa has worked in government, private sector, and philanthropy. She is currently the Program Officer over the workforce development portfolio with Invest in Our Future, a pooled philanthropy accelerating the equitable deployment of clean energy across America. In her position, she partners with non-profits, industry, labor, and government to build training programs, enhance job quality, and give workers a voice.

Prior to Invest in Our Future, she was the Senior Manager of Workforce Development and the SunPower Foundation for SunPower Corporation. In her role, she supported the development and implementation of initiatives to train, recruit, and retain a skilled and diverse workforce, ranging from apprenticeships to employee resource groups. As the lead of the SunPower Foundation, Alyssa redesigned the mission, funding areas, and standard operating procedures to increase transparency and equitable outcomes.

Alyssa’s government experience includes workforce and economic development roles for the City of New York and City of Philadelphia. There she launched and led initiatives including: ApprenticeNYC for Advanced Manufacturing, Inside Industrial for NYC DOE, and an Industrial DE&I Taskforce. Alyssa holds a Master of Science in Urban Strategy from Drexel University, and a Bachelor of Science in International Business and Marketing from Quinnipiac University. She currently resides in Oakland, California.

Alyssa loves the outdoors, and you can find her hiking everyday with her dog, Apollo, in the East Bay.