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
Walter R. Lodes
Director of Apprenticeship
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Daniel Torres
Placement Manager
Russ Davis
Workforce Liaison
Chad Campbell
Marketing Manager
Jillian Dutch
Graphic Designer
Anne Fairchild
Program Assistant
MiChelle E. Fowler
MIS Manager
Rochelle Gray
MIS Coordinator
Nathan Walker
Program Assistant
Ashley Temsey
Accounting Specialist
Sherry White
Apprenticeship Readiness Program Manager - Manufacturing
Cristal Aguayo
Accounting Manager
Michael Greening
Manager of Instruction
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
Megan Tappenden
Training Coordinator
Matthew Gregory
Career Coach
Trent Bronsink
Career Coach
Julie Smoker
Career Coach
Nyesha Wilson
Career Coach
Bri Ward
Career Coach
Meghan Eilenfield
Career Coach
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.
Alfred Fowler
Career Navigator
Daniel Mahoney
Career Navigator
Devon Ivy
Career Navigator
Mahogany Brown
Career Navigator
Denisha Carney
Career Navigator
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Mary Liz Estrada
Climate and Energy Jobs Liaison
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Mar Ganbaatar
Placement Specialist
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Will Slone
Health and Safety Administrator
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.
