About Us

Christian Lagarde is the Founder and CEO of the Lagarde Consulting Group, a firm focused on higher education and workforce and economic development initiatives. His clients range nationally from Jobs for the Future in Boston, MA to California State University's MERLOT-SkillsCommons in Long Beach, CA. He has developed partnerships with educational and workforce stakeholders, which include national and state organizations like Achieving the Dream, American Council on Education, The Aspen Institute, National Association of Workforce Boards, National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, National Council for Workforce Education and The Urban Institute. Before starting his consulting firm, he served as the Project Manager in the Workforce and Economic Development department at the American Association of Community College (AACC) in Washington, DC. His work at AACC was supporting over 700 community colleges awarded with the U.S. Department of Labor's Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grants. Christian completed his Ph.D in Human Capital Development at the University of Southern Mississippi, and holds a M.B.A. and Bachelors in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Administration from the University of New Orleans.