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Orijin Acquires Honest Jobs to Create the First End-to-End Education-to-Employment Pathway for Justice-Involved Individuals in the U.S.

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Feb 5, 2026

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Censia AI Adds Peter M. Fasolo to Board, Strengthening the Workforce Intelligence Layer for Enterprise Transformation

Censia AI, the enterprise workforce system of intelligence, announced today the appointment of Peter M. Fasolo to its Board of Directors. Fasolo brings decades of experience leading global talent strategy and organizational transformation and will help guide Censia's mission to make workforce decisions faster, more precise, and continuously adaptive.

Feb 5, 2026

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Instructure and Orijin Partner to Expand Secure, Scalable Education Across United States Correctional Systems

Instructure, the leading learning ecosystem and maker of Canvas LMS, powered by AWS, announced a partnership with Orijin, a leading education and workforce development platform for correctional systems, to expand secure, scalable education across correctional facilities nationwide. Orijin chose to partner with Instructure for its ability to scale alongside Orijin and address the increasing complexity of delivering secure, high-quality education for correctional facilities.

Feb 3, 2026

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Regent Education Joins the CollegeBuys Institutional Purchasing Program

Regent Education, a leader in SaaS-based financial aid and fund management solutions, announced today a new partnership with CollegeBuys. As part of this agreement, California's community colleges will have access to discounted pricing for the Regent Award Suite of financial aid and fund management solutions.

Feb 2, 2026

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Regent Education is Excited to Announce We’re TrustEd App Certified for CBE

Higher education is facing increasing pressure to demonstrate how learning translates into real-world skills, sparking a rise in competency-based education (CBE) programs nationwide.

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The Baltimore Banner announces its 2024 Emerging Leaders honorees

  • Jan 25, 2024
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Updated: Nov 20, 2024

The Baltimore Banner selected 13 community leaders as its 2024 Emerging Leaders honorees, who will be recognized at an event in May.

This is the second year for the event, which launched in 2023 to shine a light on the next generation of leaders under the age of 40 who are making an impact in their community. The honorees were determined to be rising leaders driving change throughout Maryland and have shown a personal commitment to serving the community.

All honorees were nominated by colleagues, leaders or peers. A selection committee made up of members from The Baltimore Banner along with a group of leaders in the community vetted the nominations and selected the final list of honorees.


Here are the honorees:


Max Altmark, CFO,Concentric Educational Solutions

Dr. Christina Brown, pediatrician and module leader for Baltimore Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group

Chelsea Crawford, partner, Brown, Goldstein & Levy

Tyde-Courtney Edwards, founding director, Ballet After Dark

Veronica Jackson, executive director, PIVOT women’s reentry and workforce development program

Tonaeya Moore, director of policy, CASH Campaign of Maryland

Loren Nelson, founder, The Glow Forward Foundation

Danielle Nickles, child protection program coordinator, GBMC HealthCare

Matthew Reeds, deputy director, Baltimore Homecoming

Taiisha Swinton-Buck, executive director, city schools’ high school instructional leadership

Tonaeya Moore, director of policy, CASH Campaign of Maryland

Loren Nelson, founder, The Glow Forward Foundation

Danielle Nickles, child protection program coordinator, GBMC HealthCare

Matthew Reeds, deputy director, Baltimore Homecoming

Taiisha Swinton-Buck, executive director, city schools’ high school instructional leadership

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