Front row, left to right: Margarita Ramirez, Executive Director of Centro Unido Latino Americano; Rep. Dudley Greene, 85th district, NC House; Robin Ramsey, Field Representative, U.S. Senator Richard Burr; and Sarah Morse, Grants Coordinator, Isothermal Community College. Second row: Stacy Buff, Dean of Career and Technical Education, McDowell Technical Community College; Chuck Abernathy, Executive Director, McDowell Economic Development Association; David Lee, Director, Foothills Workforce Development Board; Dr. Margaret Annunziato, President, Isothermal Community College; Dr. Brian S. Merritt, President, McDowell Technical Community College; Rob Flannery, Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Coordinator, McDowell Technical Community College; and Dr. Thad Harrill, Vice-President, Isothermal Community College.
McDowell Technical Community College (MTCC), Isothermal Community College (ICC), Foothills Workforce Development Board and Centro Unido Latino Americano launched a collaborative workforce development initiative on Monday to help address the regional labor shortage in McDowell, Rutherford and Polk counties in western North Carolina.
Front row, left to right: Margarita Ramirez, Executive Director of Centro Unido Latino Americano; Rep. Dudley Greene, 85th district, NC House; Robin Ramsey, Field Representative, U.S. Senator Richard Burr; and Sarah Morse, Grants Coordinator, Isothermal Community College. Second row: Stacy Buff, Dean of Career and Technical Education, McDowell Technical Community College; Chuck Abernathy, Executive Director, McDowell Economic Development Association; David Lee, Director, Foothills Workforce Development Board; Dr. Margaret Annunziato, President, Isothermal Community College; Dr. Brian S. Merritt, President, McDowell Technical Community College; Rob Flannery, Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship Coordinator, McDowell Technical Community College; and Dr. Thad Harrill, Vice-President, Isothermal Community College.
