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Bridgepoint Strategies

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Bridging Education & Industry 

Green Suede

Consulting Services

Assessments
   Snapshots of team performance
   Find team-driven solutions

Cultural Quotient Assessment
   Managing culture change

Build a co-op or internship program at your company
    Design impactful experiential learning  programs for student in the workforce
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Maureen Schomaker, M.Ed.
 

President & CEO
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Maureen Schomaker, M.Ed., is the President and CEO of Bridgepoint Strategies LLC, where she partners with organizations to strengthen talent pipelines, improve workplace culture, and advance retention strategies—particularly within construction and civil engineering industries. She brings more than 25 years of experience in higher education, including a distinguished career at the University of Cincinnati, where she now serves as Professor Emerita.

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Throughout her career, Maureen has worked at the intersection of education and industry, helping to connect students, employers, and institutions through innovative approaches to cooperative education and work-integrated learning. She has supported hundreds of students entering the workforce and built lasting partnerships with leading organizations across engineering, construction, and technical fields.

Global Perspective & Thought Leadership

Maureen’s work has extended well beyond the United States. She has presented internationally on cooperative education and workforce development, including engagements in:

  • Istanbul, Turkey – presenting on hybrid learning in co-op education at the World Association for Cooperative Education conference

  • Dubai, UAE – advancing global dialogue on co-op and workforce readiness

  • New Delhi, India – engaging with international education leaders and students

  • Kyoto, Japan – contributing to global conversations on experiential learning

  • Hamburg, Germany – sharing best practices in work-integrated learning and industry partnerships

 

Her international work has shaped her perspective on how organizations can better prepare talent for a rapidly changing, global workforce.

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Blueprint for Respect & Culture

Maureen is the driving force behind the Blueprint for Respect & Culture initiative, a collaborative effort focused on addressing the recruitment and retention challenges facing women in construction and civil engineering. This work brings together industry leaders, educators, and stakeholders to move beyond awareness and toward measurable, actionable change.

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Grounded in research and informed by the lived experiences of students and professionals, the Blueprint initiative focuses on three critical areas:

  • Power

  • Working Conditions

  • Relationships

 

Through facilitated dialogue, data-driven insights, and structured action planning, Maureen helps organizations translate research into real-world improvements.

How I Help Industry

Maureen works directly with construction and civil engineering organizations to strengthen workforce culture and build sustainable talent pipelines. Her approach is practical, research-informed, and focused on outcomes.

She helps organizations:

  • Improve recruitment by aligning messaging, expectations, and workplace realities with the needs of today’s workforce

  • Increase retention by identifying and addressing the cultural and structural factors that lead to early career attrition

  • Strengthen talent pipelines by building stronger connections between education and industry, including co-op, internship, and early career pathways

  • Enhance workplace culture through facilitated dialogue, group-level assessment, and actionable strategies that improve belonging, communication, and day-to-day experiences

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