Full Name
Avril Ussery Sisk
Job Title
Independent Director
Company
AUS Success Strategies
Speaker Bio
Avril Ussery Sisk NACD.DC currently serves on the Board of NextUp Solutions, a company focused on information technology, software
engineering and workforce development. She is Immediate Past Chair, Arlington County (VA) Economic Development Commission (EDC) and chaired the EDC’s Workforce Taskforce, the Commission’s collaborative initiative to address workforce development, business recruitment and realignment, business climate and other economic development concerns. This initiative led to the creation of the Arlington Talent Pilot, a technology apprenticeship program which is currently expanding throughout Virginia. She also spearheaded Arlington County’s Framework for Prosperity 2.0- Equity Update providing a strategic framework for the county board’s equity resolution with emphasis on economic development. During her tenure, the National Landing area of Arlington County became the first “smart city” in the United States through a public private collaboration establishing new 5G digital infrastructure, drawing more technology companies to the area.
An attorney with more than 30 years of professional and community leadership, Avril’s portfolio combines governance and ethics expertise, employee relations and community engagement successes with excellent presentation and negotiation skills, as well as thought leadership regarding the transformation of work and the competition for talent. Her career includes a variety of leadership roles in public policy and state governments. Avril is recognized for her abilities in risk assessment, process improvement and ROI initiatives, innovations in large and mid-size government, business and nonprofit organizations, consulting experience in both Japan and the United States. She couples these with government and regulatory, business, public affairs and legislative experience.
A frequent speaker and panelist on these and related issues, Avril is a certified Leadership Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC) through the Ethics and Compliance Certification Institute (ECCI). Formerly a North Carolina State Court judge and Ethics Counsel at the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), she is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley Law School and UCLA.
engineering and workforce development. She is Immediate Past Chair, Arlington County (VA) Economic Development Commission (EDC) and chaired the EDC’s Workforce Taskforce, the Commission’s collaborative initiative to address workforce development, business recruitment and realignment, business climate and other economic development concerns. This initiative led to the creation of the Arlington Talent Pilot, a technology apprenticeship program which is currently expanding throughout Virginia. She also spearheaded Arlington County’s Framework for Prosperity 2.0- Equity Update providing a strategic framework for the county board’s equity resolution with emphasis on economic development. During her tenure, the National Landing area of Arlington County became the first “smart city” in the United States through a public private collaboration establishing new 5G digital infrastructure, drawing more technology companies to the area.
An attorney with more than 30 years of professional and community leadership, Avril’s portfolio combines governance and ethics expertise, employee relations and community engagement successes with excellent presentation and negotiation skills, as well as thought leadership regarding the transformation of work and the competition for talent. Her career includes a variety of leadership roles in public policy and state governments. Avril is recognized for her abilities in risk assessment, process improvement and ROI initiatives, innovations in large and mid-size government, business and nonprofit organizations, consulting experience in both Japan and the United States. She couples these with government and regulatory, business, public affairs and legislative experience.
A frequent speaker and panelist on these and related issues, Avril is a certified Leadership Professional in Ethics and Compliance (LPEC) through the Ethics and Compliance Certification Institute (ECCI). Formerly a North Carolina State Court judge and Ethics Counsel at the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), she is a graduate of the University of California Berkeley Law School and UCLA.
