Contributors

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Rachel Ludwig

Rachel serves as the Florida Chamber Foundation’s VP of Talent Development for the Future of Work. In this role, Rachel leads initiatives to improve Florida’s talent pipeline from cradle to career, a key component in achieving the Florida 2030 mission of growing Florida to a top 10 global economy.  

In addition to building the Future of Work Florida Initiative, Rachel also: 

  • Oversees the Florida Business Alliance for Early Learning Project’s efforts to ensure 100% of Florida’s kindergarteners are kindergarten-ready, and 100% of 3rd-graders are reading at grade level by 2030. 
  • Collaborates with the Talent Supply & Education pillar’s 2030 goal leaders and stakeholders to meet the pillar’s six goals. 
  • Manages The Florida Talent Center’s efforts to unite key stakeholders in business, education, and workforce development to focus on talent development, retention, and recruitment.   
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Producer

Polly Morgan

Polly Morgan is the Vice President of Marketing & Communications for the Florida Chamber of Commerce.

Guests

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Victor Pu

Victoria Pu is the co-founder and CEO of Pace AI, a company that offers personalized English language lessons using artificial intelligence. Victoria started this role in November 2022. Prior to their current position, they worked as an Applied Research Scientist at Flexport in 2022. In 2021, they had a role in Auctions Consulting at Auctionomics. From 2019 to 2021, they worked at Microsoft Research. In 2018, they worked in TMT Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs.

Victoria Pu has a PhD in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Victoria also has a Master's degree in Operations Research (MS&E) and a Bachelor's degree with Honors in Economics, both from Stanford University. Victoria attended Castilleja School for their secondary education.

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