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The 2006 Class of Academy Fellows
The 2006 class held its final meeting in June 2007. Participants accepted into the Academy are listed below. Read our press release about the graduates.
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FELLOW |
ORGANIZATION |
SERVICE AREA |
SECTOR(S) |
| Rajani Adhikary |
Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY) |
New York, N.Y. |
Restaurant industry |
| Randall G. Blakely |
Portland Community College |
Portland, Ore. |
Transportation, construction |
| Diana L. Carpenter |
Mich. Dept. of Labor & Economic Growth, Bureau of Workforce Programs |
Michigan (statewide) |
Health care, manufacturing, construction, forest/timber |
| Mary Coonan |
Transition to Work |
Dorchester and Boston, Mass. |
Health care/acute
care |
| Camille Cormier |
Wider Opportunities for Women |
Washington, D.C. |
Protective services |
| Erin Currier |
Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment |
Nationwide |
Information technology |
| Drew Douglass |
Rubicon Programs, Inc. |
Berkeley, Calif. |
Health care/allied health, biotechnology |
| Eugenie FitzGerald |
SFWorks |
San Francisco, Calif. |
Bioscience, legal services |
| Andrea Fozard |
Fair Cities Brent |
Wembley, United Kingdom |
Transportation |
| Eileen Haggerty |
Commonwealth Corporation |
Massachusetts (statewide) |
Health care, manufacturing, transportation, hospitality |
| Matthew E. Houghton |
Shoreline Community College |
Seattle, Wash. |
Automotive |
| Rebecca Kusner |
WIRE-Net |
Cleveland, Ohio |
Manufacturing |
| Brenda Lopez |
Mi Casa Resource Center for Women, Inc. |
Denver, Colo. |
Hospitality |
| Guy Loudon |
Jane Addams Resource Corporation |
Chicago, Ill. |
Manufacturing |
| Catherine McNair |
Fair Cities Central Team Nationwide (UK) |
London, England |
Various |
| Juan Medina |
Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee |
San Diego, Calif. |
Construction, building trades |
| Elizabeth A. Nilsen |
Institute for Advanced Learning & Research |
Danville, Va. |
Various |
| Valerie Palamountain |
Piedmont Virginia Community College |
Charlottesville, Va. |
Construction |
| Jerry Petrick |
SW WA Workforce Development Council |
SW Washington |
Metals Manufacturing, Semiconductor Manufacturing |
| Renee L. Pietrangelo |
American Network of Community Options and Resources |
Nationwide |
Direct care for disabled |
| Colleen Price |
MY TURN Inc. |
Massachusetts and New Hampshire |
Various |
| Elise Scala |
Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine |
Maine (statewide) |
Health care/long-term and home care |
| Susan Speetzen |
Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development |
Minnesota (statewide) |
Health care |
| Jim Torrens |
JVS |
San Francisco, Calif. |
Health care, business services, non-profit, retail/hospitality |
| Kathleen R. Zavala |
Stearns-Benton Employment & Training Council |
St. Cloud, Minn. |
Health care/long-term care |
Academy participants'
testimonials
One good way to get a sense of the Academy's value, is to hear from participants.
I came full circle in my work throughout the Academy – from the practical to the conceptual model of sectoral workforce development and back again. I applied to the Academy to learn about systems change and I did, but I came away with a deeper level of understanding than I expected as a result of all the various applications of the concept I saw among the other Fellows. And, I liked having the opportunity to see the learning tools applied and to work with them before I applied them to my own work.
Elise Scala
Research Associate, Institute for Health Policy
Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
Portland, Maine
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