5/24/18: Workforce of the Future | MiWeek Roadshow

May 24, 2018

5/24/18: Workforce of the Future | MiWeek Roadshow

The MiWeek team took the show on the road to discuss the present and future of workforce development in Michigan. Filming on location from Detroit’s Randolph Career & Technical Center, the MiWeek team facilitated more than an hour of enlightening conversation with local experts and community members. Guests included Alycia Meriweather, Deputy Superintendent of DPSCD and Nicole Sherrard Freeman of Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation.
Watch the show Thursday, May 24th at 7 P.M. The show will also re-air on Sunday, May 27th, at 9:30 A.M.

Panelists:

Mario Bueno, Luck, Inc.
Jeff Donofrio, Executive Director, Workforce Development, City of Detroit
Alycia Meriweather, Deputy Superintendent, DPSCD
Dannis Mitchell, Diversity Manager, Barton Malow
Felicia Wiseman, Electrical Workers Minority Caucus (EWMC), Journeyman Inside Wireman, IBEW Local 58
Laura Grannemann, Vice President of Strategic Investments for the Quicken Loans Community Investment Fund
Nicole Sherard-Freeman, President & CEO, Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation
David McGhee, Program Director, The Skillman Foundation
Principal Krista McKinney-King, Randolph Career and Technical Center

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