Our Team of
Professionals
Meet Our Team
Chong-Anna Canfora
Executive Director
Colleen Sullivan
Deputy Executive Director
Charisse Ross
Human Resources Director
Chad Cyrowski
Communications Director
Ken Toll
Director of Operations and Facilities
Laura Nemecek-Harmelink
Finance Director
Courtney Towsley
Human Resources Manager
Walter Lodes, Jr.
Director of Apprenticeship
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Daniel Torres
Placement Manager
Russ Davis
Workforce Liaison
Jillian Dutch
Graphic Designer
Anne Fairchild
Program Assistant
Henrietta Hadley
Director of Development and Strategic Outreach
Michelle E. Fowler
OSMIS Manager
Rochelle Gray
MIS/Contract Coordinator
Nathan Walker
Program Assistant
Ashley Temsey
Accounting Specialist
Kaitlin Rathbun
OSMIS Coordinator
Sherry White
Manufacturing ARP Program Manager
Claudia (Cloud) Kelley
Partnership Engagement & Grants Manager
Cynthia (Cindy) Richmond
Financial Analyst
Danielle Lares
Technical Advisor
Southwest Michigan
Our world-class experts in Southwest Michigan are ready to serve you in the Kalamazoo, Three Rivers, Coldwater, and Battle Creek areas.
Blaine Farr
Director of Operations, Southwest
Sandy Payne
Program Technician III
Julie L. Gregory
Program Technician III
Karen Knox
Career Coach
Megan Tappenden
Training Coordinator
Nikki Lumsden-Romeri
Lead Career Coach
Tina Ferguson
Career Coach
Trent Bronsink
Career Coach
Julie Wischmeyer
Career Coach
Alfred Fowler
Case Manager
Matthew Gregory
Career Coach
Southeast Michigan
Our Southeast Michigan experts are ready to serve you in the greater Detroit area in our Highland Park office.
Training Division
Our Training Division team serves every area of Michigan, maintaining active partnerships with apprenticeship programs across the state to ensure our pre-apprenticeship training programs provide the most up-to-date training and development.
Si’Eirria Edmonds
Apprenticeship Readiness Program Manager
Daniel Mahoney
Case Manager
Ivy Chandler
Case Manager
Vanessa Lee
Program Supervisor West
Troy Pearson
Deputy Database and Placement Specialist
Michael Greening
Manager of Instruction
Devon Ivy
Case Manager
Chris Clissold
Case Manager
Dana Lalonde
U.P. Apprenticeship Readiness Liaison
Tamiko Baldridge
Case Manager
Darell Brown
Case Manager
Denisha Carney
Recruiter
Maricela Franco
Recruiter
Julius Montgomery
Recruiter
Instruction Division
JoAnn Bailey
Instructional Designer
David Gregory
Instructor
Malik Rollins
Instructor
Tyrese West
Instructor
Zachary El Amin
Instructor
Theodore Spencer
Instructor
John Perkins
Instructor
LaTasha Smith
Instructor
Larry Tolbert
Instructor
Linwood Bailey
Instructor
Jim Dravenstatt-Moceri
Instructor
Contact Us
Questions? Get in touch here.
MAIL
419 S Washington Square Ste. 300
Lansing, Michigan, 48933
Call or Fax
Phone : (517) 372-0784
Fax: (517) 372-0787
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Our mission is to combat economic and environmental injustice by connecting the unemployed or underemployed with the training and resources necessary to find gainful employment and transition Michigan to a cleaner, greener economy.
The Michigan Workforce Development Institute is affiliated with the Michigan State AFL-CIO.
