MISSION & Impact
Staff & Board
leadership
Regan Brewer Johnson
President
PHONE: 773-751-7110
EMAIL
Guy Loudon
Executive Vice President- Business and Industry Services
EMAIL
Emily Doherty
Vice President – Client Services
PHONE: 773.751.7115
Emily Peters
Director of Training Services - Austin and Chatham
PHONE: 773.751.7112
EMAIL
James Yoo
Director of Business & Workforce Services
PHONE: 773.751.7131
EMAIL
JD Lipa
Director of Manufacturing Operations
PHONE: 773.751.7127
EMAIL
John Perez
Director of Manufacturing Skills Program
PHONE: 773.751.7125
Danielle Hoske
Director of Development, Data & Communications
PHONE: 773.751.7118
EMAIL
Liz Czarnecki
Director of Training Services - Ravenswood
EMAIL
Yewande Peters
HR/Operations Director
PHONE: 773.751.7121
Alyssa Recoon
Development & Communications Manager
EMAIL
Gwendolyn Love Thomas
Finance Director
EMAIL
Main Office
Britt Bartholomew
Sr. Financial Coach
PHONE: 773.751.7132
Patricia Arias
Intake Specialist/Database Admin
PHONE: 773.751.7104
EMAIL
Natalie Shields
Resource and Partnership Specialist
EMAIL
Ania Pienkowska
Finance Coordinator
PHONE: 773.751.7129
EMAIL
John Gleason Teske
HR & Finance Manager
PHONE: 773.751.7108
EMAIL
Nissa Papienski
Program Coordinator - CMP
PHONE: 773.751.7117
Marianna Zapata
Senior Program Coordinator
PHONE: 773.751.7106
Technical Training Center
Bianca De Rango
Sr. Job Developer
PHONE: 773.751.7122
EMAIL
Anthony Grochowski
Senior Welding Instructor/Metalworking Skills Instructor
PHONE: 773.751.7133
Dan Maali
Senior Metalworking Skills Instructor
PHONE: 630.317.5947
Jose Ramirez
Senior Metalworking Skills Instructor
PHONE: 773.751.7126
Adonis Summerville
Senior Metalworking Skills Instructor
PHONE: 773.751.7124
Catherine Pumphrey
ALPS Coordinator
PHONE: 773.751.7134
EMAIL
AUSTIN
Ema Mailhot-Beutel
Program Coordinator - Austin
PHONE: 773-751-7119
Shakir Meux
Welding Instructor
EMAIL
Gabe Lopez
Bridge Instructor/Senior Metalworking Skills Instructor
Darryl Bush
Employment Coach - Austin
Jasmine Gooden
Program Coordinator- Austin and Chatham
Board of directors
Tammy Phillips, Chair
Howe Corporation
Darnell Shields, Vice Chair
Austin Coming Together
Gary H. Smith, Treasurer
Law Offices of Gary H. Smith
Andrew Bray, Secretary
MXV Ventures
MacKenzie Garvin
Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Employment Development
Udayan Das
St. Mary's (CA)
Linda Dworak
Maryland Philanthropy Network
Rob Eakins
Providence Consulting Group
Briana Eames
Associate Board chair, nonvoting
Michael Fisher
Retired - COUNTRY Financial Insurance Company
Timm Hipp
Nortrak
Sequane Lawrence
Revolution Works
Paul Shadle
Law partner, DLA Piper
Teaera Strum, Vice Chair
Strum Contracting
JP Paonessa
Freedman Seating Company
Brett Mueller
IFF