Illinois Career Development Task Force Goals
The goal of this Illinois Career Development Task Force is to create a vision for career development in Illinois that spans educational and workforce environments, including K-12 educators, community colleges, 4-year colleges and universities, workforce development agencies, and Illinois employers.
With a team of representatives from all of these areas, we will benchmark Illinois' activities against state-wide and national programs, and will create a set of recommendations to help make this vision become a reality for Illinois youth.
The final product will be a vision statement that promotes excitement regarding career and youth development, as well as highly tangible next steps activities that may be easily integrated into current educational programming.
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Illinois Career Development Task Force Chair
J. Mark Williams
Division Administrator, Career Development and Preparation
Illinois State Board of Education
mawillia@isbe.net
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Illinois Career Development Task Force Members
Bashir Ali
Director
City of Peoria Workforce Development Department
Amy Alsop
UPD Director
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Tom Ashby
Community Transportation Development
Driver Training Center
Jack Becherer
President
Rock Valley College
Marguerite Boyd
President
Truman College
Mike Cermak
Director of Manufacturing Education Initiatives
Rock Valley College
Mitch Daniels
Assistant Manager, Economic Information & Analysis Division
Illinois Department of Employment Security
Charles DiMartino
System Director
Chicago Public School District #299 EFE
Lolita Hardiman
Tech Prep Manager
Chicago Public School District #299
Ava Harston
Educational Issues Director
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Vicki L. Haugen
President & CEO
Vermilion Advantage
Mike Johl
Manager Community Relations
United Parcel Service
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Elaine Johnson
Vice President of Instruction & Policy Studies
Illinois Community College Board
Dennis Johnson
Principal
Morton High School
Carol Leach
System Director
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Jason Leahy
Executive Director
Illinois Principals Association
Kathy Lively
Executive Director
ManTraCon Corporation
Debbie Meisner-Bertauski
Associate Director, Academic Affairs
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Lavon Nelson
Director for Workforce Systems
Illinois Community College Board
Gary Niehaus
Superintendent
Charleston Community Unit School District #1
Barb Oilschlager
Director of System Services
Lake County Area Vocational System
Dave Schippert
Technology Department Head
Normal West High School
Blanche Shoup
Director
LWA 14
Darrell D. Stevens
Superintendent
Bement Community Unit School District #5
Greg Sutton
Director
Tech Services Consulting Incorporated |
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Illinois Career Development Task Force Consultants / Researchers
Debra D. Bragg
Professor of Higher Education & Director of the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
dbragg@uiuc.edu
Julia Panke Makela
Research Assistant, Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
jpmakela@uiuc.edu
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