Mary Gardner Clagett

Mary Gardner Clagett is former senior director of workforce policy for the Workforce and Education Policy Group at Jobs for the Future (JFF). She has more than 25 years experience working with the U.S. Congress in the fields of education, workforce development, and human services policy. Gardner served at the National Center on Education and the Economy and as the lead staff for Republicans on the United States House Committee on Education and Workforce. She has also served in the U.S. Senate on the Labor and Human Resources Committee for West Virginia Senator Jennings Randolph. Gardner did her graduate work at George Washington University.

updated 2025