Adam Walsh, Vice President, Career Readiness and Workforce Growth, ACT
In his role at ACT, Adam Walsh builds resilient talent ecosystems that connect education, industry, and local economies. With an extensive background in delivering human capital solutions and scaling high-performing teams, Walsh has spent his career helping employers improve their talent pipelines, increase retention, and grow their businesses. Today, he leverages this deep employer-centric experience to unite the entire workforce ecosystem. By addressing the shared goals of the market — helping educators prepare students, empowering individuals to secure meaningful careers, and enabling economic developers to attract new businesses — Walsh ensures communities have the qualified talent necessary to thrive.
Cindy Hill, Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychologist, ACT
Dr. Cindy Hill is an industrial/organizational psychologist on ACT’s Behaviors and Skills Measurement team. She has contributed to ACT Workforce Solutions for 27 years. Her expertise encompasses a comprehensive suite of job analysis, test development, and test validation skills for widely used assessments and bespoke company-specific tests. As part of ACT’s collaboration with the Association for Talent Development, Dr. Hill has been instrumental in creating the test design and delivery certificate program. As the program’s facilitator, she empowers professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to design and implement effective assessments.
Phil Noach, Senior Work Ready Community Development Manager, ACT
Phil Noach brings more than 20 years of sales and leadership experience, including eight years with an assessment company that helped employers improve hiring through objective measures. As a small business owner who built a company from the ground up, Noach understands firsthand the challenges local employers face in finding, developing, and retaining skilled employees. As a Senior Work Ready Community Development Manager at ACT, Noach works with employers, educators, chambers, and economic development partners across New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio to strengthen talent pipelines and put skills-based hiring into practice, supporting better hiring decisions, stronger retention, and economic growth.
Anita Bracken, Senior Work Ready Community Development Manager, ACT
Anita Brackin is a workforce and education leader with more than two decades of experience connecting education, industry, and workforce systems to build sustainable talent pipelines and support regional economic growth. Most recently, she served as Vice President of Workforce Development for the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce, leading regional workforce development strategies across western Arkansas and aligning employers, K-12, higher education, and community partners around initiatives in advanced manufacturing, healthcare, IT, and skilled trades. She has also held workforce leadership roles with Southwest Tennessee Community College, Greater Memphis Chamber, and Arkansas Northeastern College, directing training programs, employer engagement, and grant-funded initiatives.