Ryan Stowers is a senior vice president at Stand Together and executive director of the Charles Koch Foundation. CKF is a member of the Stand Together community, a philanthropic community of organizations dedicated to helping America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems. Over the next several months, Stand Together is partnering with Forbes.com to highlight the critical importance of lifelong learning and the value it provides for individuals, employers, and our society. This platform will serve to amplify this key conversation about the future of work and learning.