Experience

Workforce Development Institute (WDI)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  -Leads workforce development programs that support unions and employers with their strategic workforce development.-Supports and develops programs that set a path for workers to attain and adapt to the skills needed to compete and succeed in the "future of work”.-Provides consultation and guidance to partners on workforce development strategies and guide them in adapting resources to address their strategic priorities.-Addresses emerging workforce challenges, propose innovative solutions, and support employers that place workers as full partners to improve economic productivity in New York State.-Create a more diverse workforce in industries where women and people of color are underrepresented and build a pipeline to high-quality jobs with on-the-job training.-Grow an equitable cannabis industry that will include skills training and job readiness programs for disenfranchised communities.-Build a greener economy with renewable energy supply chain opportunities for workers in construction, maintenance & operation, and manufacturing American-made components large & small. -Enhance infrastructure projects that support apprenticeship programs to rebuild roads and bridges, rail and transit, and modernize the electrical grid.-Advocate for human infrastructure needs and workforce supports like affordable and accessible childcare and help improve wages for those who care for our most vulnerable.-Through ongoing education and research works to provide resources and guidance on industry workforce development challenges and opportunities.



New York State AFL-CIO

• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant to the President for Internal Operations

  • Dec 2011 - Oct 2021

  -Senior management position in the office of the President; served as strategic and policy advisor to the President of the organization; work with the President, and senior management to establish and implement organizational strategies using member engagement on issue advocacy.-Directed labor’s field activities for member-to-member issue education and training programs/workshops around politics, legislation & organizing -Coordinated with Area Labor Federation & Central Labor Councils on governance and organizational development to strengthen their effectiveness while implementing labor's programmatic goals.-Developed and implemented strategic plans, including community engagement programs as well as organized mobilization campaigns for local and statewide issues. -Directed, managed, designed, and budgeted organization’s Constitutional Conventions and annual fundraising events.

• Director of Field Mobilization

  • Aug 1992 - Dec 2011

  -Prioritized and organized electoral mobilizations including labor walks, member-to-member communication, phone banks and mailings, worker rights, and economic development mobilizations including rallies, petitions, issue forums.-Directed grassroots legislative issue education including communications to statewide network of ALFs & CLCs, coordinating legislative visits, legislative town halls, rallies, letter writing of issue advocacy.-Oversaw political endorsement recommendations from ALFs & CLCs, field questionnaires, interviews, and legislative voting records- federal, state & local offices, as well as organizing rallies and conventions-Responsible for researching and drafting legislative memorandums to Congressional, State, and local representatives on important labor related legislation.