Our Team of
Professionals
Meet Our Team
Chong-Anna Canfora
Executive Director
Colleen Sullivan
Deputy Executive Director
Annette M. Donnelly
Contract Manager
Dylan Jordan
Human Resources Director
Aaron Pelo
Communications Director
Ken Toll
Training Director
David Rowden
Finance Director
Courtney Towsley
Human Resources Specialist
Walter Lodes, Jr.
Director of Apprenticeship
Russ Davis
Workforce Liaison
Jillian Dutch
Graphic Designer
Anne Fairchild
Program Assistant
Henrietta Hadley
Fund Development Director
Michelle E. Fowler
MIS Coordinator
Rochelle Gray
Assistant MIS Coordinator
Nathan Walker
Program Assistant
Ashley Temsey
Accounting Specialist
Kaitlin Rathbun
OSMIS Coordinator
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
Geovany Ulario
Career Coach
Emma Robbins
Career Coach
Julie Wischmeyer
Career Coach
Alfred Fowler
Case Manager
Southeast Michigan
Our Southeast Michigan experts are ready to serve you in the greater Detroit area in our Highland Park office.
Sherry White-Harrison
Operations Director
Regina Jones
Business Services Representative
Tawanna King
Lead Case Manager
Edna Burton
Interim Greeter
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
Program Supervisor West
Shukri French
Program Supervisor East
Daniel Mahoney
Case Manager
Ivy Chandler
Case Manager
Rayonte Bell
Recruiter
Vanessa Lee
Case Manager
Freddie Kelly
Case Manager
Troy Pearson
Recruiter
Tarsha Works
Case Manager
Michael Greening
Case Manager
Devon Ivy
Case Manager
Chris Clissold
Case Manager
Dana Lalonde
U.P. Apprenticeship Readiness Liaison
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
Carol Cool
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.
