Taylor White is the director of postsecondary pathways for youth at New America's Center on Education and Labor, which focuses on policies and programmatic innovations designed to strengthen the link between education and economic opportunity. In this role she oversees a range of research and technical assistance activities, including the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA), a national field-building initiative she has directed since 2020. Under her leadership, PAYA has more than doubled the size of its grant initiative and technical assistance network, which now supports 70 place-based partnerships working to expand apprenticeship as a high-quality postsecondary option for young adults. Her recent research has focused on apprenticeship intermediaries, systems change strategies, and public/private funding models for work-based learning. White serves as an advisor to several education and workforce initiatives, and in 2024 was appointed by Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su to serve on the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. A resident of Washington, DC, White also serves on the Mayor's Youth Apprenticeship Advisory Committee.
White holds a master’s degree in education policy and management from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree with honors in English from Bowdoin College. She completed a Fulbright Fellowship in Norway in 2010.
