Micah Sanders is a Senior Research Associate at the George Washington Institute of Public Policy (GWIPP) Program on Skills, Credentials and Workforce Policy (PSCWP) and the project lead for Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Skills Extraction and Research (LAiSER). Prior to joining GW, he was a research project manager for Educational Testing Service’s Policy Evaluation and Research Center and an Education Research Analyst for the State of Washington’s Education Research and Data Center. He has served as an expert in higher education policy and data analytics for topics ranging from skills to education finance and financial aid. He holds a masters in economics and an education specialist degree in education policy and leadership studies from Florida State University and is a PhD student in Public Policy at George Washington University.