Meet the Team
Our Leadership & Program Team
EdYouth Foundation | Workforce Readiness & Employer Connection
Our work is led by a dedicated team of professionals committed to helping youth and young adults prepare for work, continued education, and long-term success. With experience in workforce readiness, career exploration, employment preparation, individualized coaching, employer connection, and community partnerships, our team works collaboratively to help participants strengthen workplace skills, identify career goals, build confidence, and take meaningful next steps toward employment and career growth.
Dr. Elizabeth Malveaux-Hudson, PhD
Founder & Executive Director
EdYouth Foundation | Workforce Readiness
Dr. Elizabeth Malveaux-Hudson founded EdYouth Foundation with a vision of helping youth and young adults prepare for work, continued education, and long-term economic independence. Through workforce readiness, career exploration, individualized coaching, employer connection, and community partnerships, she is committed to creating practical pathways that transform potential into opportunity.
With more than 25 years of experience in education, counseling, leadership, and workforce development, Dr. Malveaux-Hudson has served as a middle school counselor, high school counselor, Director of Guidance and Counseling, university professor, and School Counseling Program Coordinator. Throughout her career, she has remained dedicated to helping young people identify their strengths, build confidence, explore career options, and take meaningful next steps toward education and employment.
Dr. Malveaux-Hudson holds a PhD in Counseling and brings extensive experience in education, workforce readiness, program leadership, career development, and community collaboration. As Founder and Executive Director, she provides strategic leadership for EdYouth Foundation’s Workforce Readiness initiatives, advancing efforts that help participants strengthen workplace skills, prepare for entry-level employment, develop professional goals, connect with employers, and navigate pathways to continued education, external training, apprenticeships, and long-term career growth.
Under her leadership, EdYouth Foundation works alongside schools, employers, workforce organizations, government agencies, juvenile-justice partners, colleges, external training providers, churches, and community organizations to create coordinated pathways that connect youth and young adults to workforce readiness, employment preparation, employer connection, education, external training opportunities, and community resources.
Today, Dr. Malveaux-Hudson leads a dedicated team of educators, workforce professionals, and success coaches who share a commitment to helping young people build workplace confidence, career direction, professional relationships, and greater economic opportunity.
Our mission is simple: Empower Youth. Build Futures. Transform Communities.
Program Coordinator
Coordinates participant recruitment and intake, program administration, participant support, scheduling, records management, employer-connection logistics, and daily workforce-readiness operations.
Career & Job Coach
Provides career exploration and workforce-readiness coaching, résumé development, interview preparation, digital job-search support, employer-introduction coordination, participant follow-up, and career-pathway navigation.
Student Success Coach
Partners with participants to provide individualized workforce-readiness coaching, career and goal planning, accountability, and community-resource navigation. The Success Coach helps participants remain engaged, strengthen workplace habits, prepare for employment, overcome barriers, and take meaningful next steps toward continued education and long-term career growth.