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
Elaine Carroll
Vice President of Strategic Initiatives
PHONE: 410.900.1441
EMAIL
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
Danielle Hoske
Director of Development, Data & Communications
PHONE: 773.751.7118
EMAIL
Yewande Peters
HR/Operations Director
PHONE: 773.751.7121
Gwendolyn Love Thomas
Finance Director
EMAIL
Andrea Tovar
Fundraising and Marketing Manager
PHONE: 773-7517120
EMAIL
John Gleason
HR and Finance Manager
EMAIL
Marianna Zapata
Training Service Manager
PHONE: 7737517106
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
Nissa Papienski
Program Coordinator - CMP
PHONE: 773.751.7117
Derek Mays
Employment Coach
EMAIL
Technical Training Center
Bianca De Rango
Sr. Job Developer
PHONE: 773.751.7122
EMAIL
Anthony Grochowski
Senior Metalworking Skills Instructor-Welding
PHONE: 773.751.7133
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
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