Ryan O’Grady’s expertise lies in leveraging libraries to support individuals’ entrepreneurial and career goals – playing a significant role locally and nationally in deepening the library’s role in workforce development. He is currently the LATI Coordinator through the Maryland State Library and formerly served as the Deputy Director of the Enoch Pratt Free Central Library in Baltimore, Maryland, providing literacy and workforce resources to the community including managing the library's Mobile Job Center. Ryan also provides training to librarians across the U.S. to facilitate library-based professional development, works with the ALA on its Media Literacy Education in Libraries for Adult Audiences project, and served on a regional project for the national Urban Library Council seeking to elevate libraries as transformative institutions in workforce development. Prior to entering the library and information science field, Ryan’s interest in the combination of technology, instructional design, and media knowledge led him to roles in radio production and K-12 teaching. In recent years, Ryan has been an active adjunct lecturer at the UMD iSchool and in 2020 joined as a new faculty member.