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The Lyceum Group staff offers a wide range of expertise. With more than 50 years of combined workforce development and consulting experience, we work together to provide clients with a full range of workforce development and human resource services from initial assessments and root cause analyses to final project evaluations.
The links here provide biographical information and some insight into the variety of skills and abilities that we can bring to bear to solve problems for our clients. Whether you need help with employee selection, job profiling, job descriptions, workplace learning and performance, workforce development strategies, training design and implementation, job classification, or related issues, we are here for you.
Dr. Jane Heiple
President,
Lyceum Group
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Dr. Heiple is responsible for developing and implementing projects directed at increasing the quality and quantity of human capital available to support economic growth. Her work intersects with both public education systems and private industries to assure the supply and demand side of human capital development is supported. One of her focus areas includes being the principal project manager for the $2.4million dollar United States Department of Labor High Growth Initiative grant to increase the academic and technical skills for individuals working in the biotechnology and medical device industries. Additionally, she is focused on various research and evaluation projects related to improving the human capital capacity within various industry sectors including advanced manufacturing and life sciences.
Dr. Heiple previously served as the Vice President of Workforce Education and Development for the Pittsburgh Technology Council and Catalyst Connection. During her time with the Pittsburgh Technology Council and Catalyst Connection she was instrumental in developing and implementing industry driven workforce development programs that encompassed an 11-county region, over 100 secondary school districts and 40 post-secondary education institutions. She was responsible for managing in excess of $5million dollars of grant funded projects during the past 3 years. The projects she was the principal director for; 1) United States Department of Education Office of Innovation grants for $750,000 to increase the technology literacy skills of secondary professional staff and students, 2) Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Workforce Leadership grants for $600,000 to develop and implement a seamless biotechnology curriculum encompassing high school, community colleges and 4-year institutions, and introduce students to science through experiential learning experiences, and 4) Multiple private foundation funded projects totally in excess of $1million dollars focused on increasing the academic and technical skills capacity of the workforce. She also collaborated with other entities including the Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Institute to secure numerous grants including a United States Department of Education Fund for Improving Post-Secondary Education grant for $2million to improve the preparation of individuals entering the biotechnology field. Dr. Heiple served on the Partnership for Regional Innovation in Manufacturing Education advisory board to oversee projects including a National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education grant funded project.
Dr. Heiple earned her B.S. in Agriculture and Resource Management from West Virginia University and Ph.D. in Workforce Education and Development from the Pennsylvania State University. She also received the following certifications: Pennsylvania Administrative I, Pennsylvania Cooperative Education and Pennsylvania Vocational Instruction I.
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