PBN 40 Under Forty Awards 2025
ALYSSA ALVARADO | 39
Executive director, Governor’s Workforce Board Rhode Island
What is the biggest challenge currently facing your industry and how are you responding to it? Helping young adults find that family-sustaining employment. I’m relentlessly focused on trying to expand partnerships, programs and resources to help this population succeed.
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What is the best advice you have ever received? Progress over perfection.
What was your first job? When I was in high school, I worked as a cashier at a local car wash. I met my husband when he started working there cleaning cars and we’ve been together ever since.
What advice would you give your 22-year-old self? Don’t worry so much. It doesn’t help anything.
What is your greatest attribute that you bring to your job? A genuine desire to listen, support new ideas and empower others to be their best.
What is your favorite Rhode Island food or drink? Coffee from Seven Stars Bakery. It’s so good.
What is your favorite personal activity/pastime away from the office? Reading, writing and visiting new places.
