Darcie Slanker Milazzo

Associate Dean for Continuing, Professional
and Corporate Education
Georgetown University

Milazzo is responsible for non-credit, professional certificate and customized educational programs and the operation of The Center for Continuing and Professional Education at Georgetown University. Darcie is a designer of highly experiential, context-based and academically challenging educational programming. Since joining SCS, she has lead the design and launch of executive certificate programs and the creation of executive education institutes for leaders in health care, for-profit companies and government organizations across the world.

Milazzo began her career in Washington, DC, gaining professional experience in corporate training, product development, and best practices research for The Advisory Board Company and Corporate Executive Board and Population Action International. She has achieved national notice for her publications and training on youth workforce development and as an invited presenter, she has addressed community-based strategic planning matters at state, national and international conferences, including the U.S. Department of Labor Youth Development Symposium, Building Better Opportunities for Ohio's Youth Conference, National Association of Job Training Assistance Annual Meeting, Department of Youth Services, Division of Children and Families National Youth Summit and the Global Youth Employment Summit in Alexandria, Egypt.

Milazzo was co-founder and co-director of The Ohio State University's LearningWork Connection where she facilitated the development of the Governor's Workforce Policy Board state-wide strategic plan for youth and other programming to increase effectiveness of youth workforce initiatives across Ohio. A natural collaborator, she worked with the state departments of Job and Family Services, Development and Education to carry out the legislative mandates of the Workforce Investment Act. She was the chief architect of a training and technical assistance plan resulting in significant increases in the state's performance on federally mandated performance measures.

As director of her own consultancy, Community Engagement, Darcie has provided performance measurement, strategic planning, program evaluation, education experience design services to state and local governments and non-profit and for profit companies.

Milazzo has a Master of Arts in Higher and Postsecondary Education from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Science in Communication from Ohio University.