Spotlight.

On August 12-13, 2009, National Skill Coalition's Leadership Council met in Washington with Jane Oates, Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration at the Department of Labor and Glenn Cummings, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and Adult Education at the Department of Education.

View photos from the 2009 Leadership Council meeting.

The Leadership Council is comprised of a cross-section of National Skill Coaltion's leading members and serves as the programmatic advisory body to National Skills Coalition staff and Board of Directors. The Council helps to develop and vet new policy positions on behalf of the Coalition, as well as the implementation of organizing, communications and advocacy strategies to advance that agenda.

2010 Leadership Council Members

Anne Bacon
North Carolina Rural Center
Raleigh, NC

Steve Bender 
1199 NE Training and Upgrading Fund
Hartford, CT


Elsa Bengel
 
YMCA Training, Inc.
Jamaica Plain, MA

Tiffany Bluemle
Vermont Works for Women
Essex Junction, VT

Andrew Brower 
The SOURCE
Grand Rapids, MI

Rob Brown 
Opportunity Maine
Portland, ME

Earl Buford 
Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership
Milwaukee, WI

Fredell Butler
Louisiana Workforce commission
Baton Rouge, LA

Rob Carmona
STRIVE National
New York, NY

Linda Collins
California Career Ladders Projects
Oakland, CA

Gail Coppage 
Connecticut Community College System
Hartford, CT

Lee Crean 
Gulf Area Training Enterprises
New Orleans, LA

Fred Dedrick 
National Fund for Workforce Solutions
Boston, MA

Mary Kay Devine 
Women Employed
Chicago, IL

Phyllis Eisen 
The Eisen Group
Washington, DC

Theresa Feeley
Consultant
San Francisco, CA

Cheryl Feldman 
District 1199c Training & Upgrading Fund
Philadelphia, PA

Chuck Forster
Lane Workforce Partnership
Eugene, OR

Peggy Frame
Training Inc.
Indianapolis, IN

Kim Freeman 
Mt. Hood Community College
Portland, OR

Roberta Garber 
Community Research Partners
Columbus, OH

William Gary
Northern Virginia Community Colleges
Annandale, VA

Maurita Graves-Thompson
Fairfax Water
Reston, VA

Michael Gritton
KentuckianaWorks
Louisville, KY

Virginia Hamilton
California Workforce Association
Sacramento, CA

Bruce Herman 
New York State Department of Labor
Albany, NY

James Jacobs 
Macomb Community College
Warren, MI

William Jones 
Focus: HOPE
Detroit, MI

Linda Katz 
The Poverty Institute
Providence, RI

Mike Leach 
Southern Good Faith Fund
Little Rock, AR

Stephen Lease 
Arkansas Association of Two-Year Colleges
Fort Smith, AR

Sheila Maguire 
Public/Private Ventures
New York, NY

Darlene Miller 
National Council for Workforce Education
Santa Cruz, CA

Holly Moore 
Education and Workforce Solutions
Burien, WA

Mary Anne Nickle 
Community College of Denver
Denver, CO

Jeanette Nigro
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Brooklyn, NY

Lisa Nisenfeld
Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council
Vancouver, WA

Anne Olson
Minnesota Workforce Council
St. Paul, MN

Tom Orr 
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Indianapolis, IN

Steven Ovel 
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids, IA

Jennifer Phillips
Consultant
Chicago, IL

Ray Prendergast 
Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council
Chicago, IL

Alice Pritchard 
Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund
Hartford, CT

John Quinterno 
South by North Strategies, Ltd.
Chapel Hill, NC

Charissa Raynor
SEIU 775
Federal Way, WA

Jeremy Reiss 
East River Development Alliance
Long Island City, NY

David Rubin 
Central Vermont Community Action Council
Barre, VT

Jerry Rubin
Jewish Vocational Services of Boston
Boston, MA

Phyllis Russell 
Power Transmission Distributors Assoc. Foundation
Chicago, IL

Hermelinda Sapien 
Center for Employment Training
San Jose, CA

Jim Scheibel 
Hamline University
Saint Paul, MN

Pat Schramm 
Workforce Development Board of South Central WI
Madison, WI

Eric Seleznow 
Governor's Workforce Investment Board
Baltimore, MD

Marlena Sessions 
Workforce Development Council of Seattle, King County
Seattle, WA

Abby Snay 
Jewish Vocational Service
San Francisco, CA

Ted Stalnos
Calumet Area Industrial Commission
Chicago, IL

Susan Swanton 
Maine Marine Trades Association
Portland, ME

Carrie Thomas 
Chicago Jobs Council
Chicago, IL

Eric Treworgy 
STRIVE - National
New York, NY

John Twomey 
New York Assoc. of Training & Employment Professionals
Albany, NY

John Walstrum
Glover Park Technical College
Lakewood, WA

Luke Weisberg 
LukeWorks, LLC
Minneapolis, MN

Sarah White 
Center on Wisconsin Strategy
Madison, WI

Faith Wiggins
1199 Training & Upgrading Fund-SEIU
New York, NY

Bruce Wyngaard 
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association
Westerville, OH

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View photos from the 2008 Leadership Council meeting.
 

 

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