Lashonna Dorsey
Executive Director at Aksarben Scholarships and Internships
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
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Top SchoolLashonna Dorsey is a workforce and tech talent leader with 20+ years of experience designing and scaling statewide programs that connect employers, educators, and communities to grow Nebraska’s high-skill talent pipeline. As Vice President at the Aksarben Foundation she leads initiatives like the Nebraska Tech Collaborative, ELEVATE Apprenticeship Consortium, and a $20M internship rollout that supported 1,300+ positions and deployed $13M+ to businesses in 15 months. Her background blends hands-on tech education—co-founding a web developer school later acquired by a nonprofit—with program design, data-driven strategy, and employer partnership development across nonprofits and corporate IT. She has built practical pathways into tech through scholarships, apprenticeships, and summits while advising statewide workforce dashboards and diversity-focused meetups. A North Omaha native and UNO MIS master’s graduate, she pairs local roots with strategic influence to make high-growth careers more visible and accessible. Notably, she moves fluidly between classroom instruction, corporate IT talent development, and large-scale public-private initiatives, giving her rare perspective on both individual learner journeys and system-level workforce outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Management Information Systems, Master of Science - MS Management Information Systems at University of Nebraska at OmahaCertifcate - Web Development: Ruby on Rails Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Certifcate - Web Development: Ruby on Rails Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at Interface Web SchoolGithub contributions (5)
shonnadorsey/shonnadorsey.github.io
Jul 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:43 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
nickgordon1/nickgordon1.github.io
Aug 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:17 pushes in 1 day
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