Josh Easton | Director of Transformation | Governor's Office of Administration, Commonwealth of PA
About Presenter
Joshua Easton works in the Governor’s Office of Performance Through Excellence (OPE) as a Director of Transformation, where he guides the learning and development needs of the Lean initiative for PA. He is passionate about making state employment more fulfilling through employee engagement and ensuring state employees have a platform and voice to make their processes easier, better, and faster. He has facilitated trainings for over 6,000 commonwealth employees, voiced multiple wbts, and established an online catalogue of learning to engage the statewide workforce. In addition, Josh directly partners with Lean leads to support the cultural adoption and Lean activities of the Dept of Education, Transportation (PennDOT), Community and Economic Development (DCED), and Labor and Industry (L&I). Prior to joining OPE, Josh started in the Human Resources Service Center (HRSC) serving the HR and payroll needs of the enterprise. He later moved to Talent Development where he was able to leverage his passion for training, development, and workplace psychology in his role as the Assistant Leader Development Institute (LDI) Director in the Office of Administration (OA) . He earned his Bachelor's degree at Penn State University in Psychology with an Industrial Occupational Focus. When he’s not eating, breathing, and dreaming about Lean and data governance, he is spending time with friends and family, spoiling his niece and nephew, and enjoying all things nature and geek.