The Workforce Supply Chain Crunch and Need for Workforce Development
Shari Liss serves as the Executive Director of the SEMI Foundation, the 501(c)(3) arm of SEMI, the global industry association representing the microelectronics manufacturing and design supply chain, connecting over 2,500 member companies. For 20 years, the SEMI Foundation has led SEMI's workforce development and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
BIOGRAPHY
Shari is responsible for driving the SEMI Strategic Initiatives for Workforce Development. Specifically, she provides leadership to the SEMI Foundation with sustainable programs that attract and fill the global electronics industry talent pipeline. Shari is also responsible for leading our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives.
Shari joined SEMI from Ignited, where she was the Chief Executive Officer. At Ignited, she recruited, trained, and placed more than 400 educators in summer fellowships at top companies for transformative professional development that grew the Bay Area’s STEM talent pool and workforce pipelines. Prior to Ignited, Shari piloted an alternative high school for at-risk students, taught college calculus, and developed a mathematics programs to serve both gifted and challenged students in the Bay Area. She was also named a Woman of Influence in 2017 by the Silicon Valley Business Journal for her long-standing service to the education and nonprofit communities.
Shari received a Bachelor of Science, Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Master of Science, Mathematics from the State University of New York at Albany.