Christi McBride

Christi McBride is an educator and consultant focused on workforce readiness, employability skills, and secondary education. She is the coauthor of Ready for the Workforce: Engaging Strategies for Teaching Secondary Learners Employability Skills, a guide for teachers and administrators that introduces the Youth Employability Skills (YES!) framework for building students’ soft skills and career readiness. The book outlines nine core employability skills and provides practical activities, instructional strategies, and resources to help secondary students develop the attributes needed to succeed in the modern workplace.

McBride has more than 30 years of experience in areas including education, individual and group counseling, workforce development, project management, and strategic growth. Her work emphasizes problem-solving and aligning development strategies with workforce readiness goals, drawing on expertise in counseling psychology and educational leadership. She serves as Chief Executive Officer of McBride Educational Consulting, LLC, where she focuses on helping organizations and educators support students in becoming confident, career-ready learners.