Skills2Compete-Massachusetts

Do you believe every Massachusetts resident should have access to at least two years of education or training post-high school leading to a post-secondary degree or credential and the resources, support and financial aid needed to complete such training?

Please join the growing list of organizations and individuals below and endorse the Skills2Compete Massachusetts campaign  to make this vision a reality.

Organizational Endorsements

• 1199SEIU Training and Upgrading Fund
• Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.
• Asian American Civic Association
• Associated Industries of Massachusetts
• Bella Luna Restaurant and the Milky Way Lounge
• Berkshire County Regional Employment Board
• BEST Corp./Hotel Training Center
• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• The Boston Foundation
• Boston Private Industry Council
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Bunker Hill Community College
• Burlington Area Chamber of Commerce
• Career Center of Lowell
• CareerPoint One Stop Career Center
• Children’s Hospital Boston
• Community Action Agency of Somerville
• Conservation Services Group
• Creative Workplace Learning
• Crittenton Women’s Union
• DotWell
• English for New Bostonians
• Franklin Hampshire Regional Employment Board
• Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board, Inc.
• Green Economy
• International Institute of Boston
• JFY NetWorks
• Jobs for the Future
• JVS
• Massachusetts AFL-CIO
• Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education
• Massachusetts Communities Action Network
• Massachusetts Community Colleges Executive Office
• Massachusetts Competitive Partnership
• Massachusetts Hospital Association
• Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)
• Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MassMEP)
• Massachusetts Workforce Alliance
• Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board Association
• Massachusetts Workforce Professionals Association
• Massachusetts YouthBuild Coalition
• Metro South/West REB, Inc.
• New England Clean Energy Council
• Next Step Living
• Northeastern University Center for Labor Market Studies
• Nypro
• Operation Bootstrap, Inc.,
• PHENOM-Public Higher Education Network
• Shire Pharmaceutical
• SkillWorks: Partners for a Productive Workforce
• Tailored For Success
• The Strategy Group
• UMass Amherst Labor Center
• UMass Dartmouth Labor Education Center
• United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
• Universal Plastics
• Webster Adult Basic Education
• WORK, Inc.
• The Work Place
• Workforce Central Career Center
• Workforce Results
• Workforce Solutions Group
• Year Up
• YMCA Training Inc.

Individual Endorsements

• Alan Macdonald, Massachusetts Business Roundtable
• Amy Zydanowicz, JVS
• Andrew Sum, Northeastern University Center for Labor Market Studies
• Barbara Emanuel, Berkshire Training and Employment Program
• Becky Donner
• Betty Blythe
• Betty Gooding, Nahant
• Catherine Bromberg, Massachusetts Hospital Association
• Carol Bates, Haverhill
• Carolyn Laughlin, Lowell
• Cecilia Oyediran, Boston Private Industry Council
• Celine Lasonde, The Coca Cola Company
• Cindy Mackenzie, Randolph
• Charlotte Lee,  Springfield
• Connie Nelson, MA Worker Education Roundtable
• Daniel Sherman, The Boston Foundation
• Danielle Asselin, Melrose
• Dale Melcher, UMass Amherst Labor Center
• David Gadaire, CareerPoint   OSCC
• Davo Jefferson, Year Up Boston
• Debby Wiesen, Arlington
• Dr. Andrew Sum, Northeastern University Center for Labor Studies
• Ed Marakovitz, Somerville
• Edward Tirrell, Lynn
• Elsa Bengel, YMCA Training, Inc.
• Emily Shuman, Empire Beauty School
• Gary Secondino, National Senior Network
• Geri Scott, Jobs for the Future
• Hari Narayanan, Division of Career Services
• Jill Griffin, The Boston Foundation
• Joan Abbot, BEST Corp
• John Ward
• Jose Soler, UMass Dartmouth Labor Ed Center
• Julianna Cumberbatch, Children’s Services of Roxbury
• Kathie Mainzer, Bella Luna Restaurant
• Laura Scirocco, Milford
• Lauren Ladd, Foxboro
• Liz Cinquino, Boston
• Loh-Sze Leung, SkillWorks
• Neil Sullivan, Boston PIC
• Marcia Davis, STRIVE Boston
• Margaret Fitgerald, Chestnut Hill
• Marianne Segool, North Central Career Center
• Marcia Davis, Strive Boston
• Mark Isenburg, Boston
• Mary Cronin, BEST Corp
• Mary Downey, BEST Corp
• Maureen Carney, Massachusetts AFL-CIO
• Melanoe Gelaznik, Berkshire Works
• Mona Cribb, City of Springfield Elder Affairs
• Patricia Maguire, SkillWorks
• Robert L. Zukowski, Central MASS Regional Employment Board
• Rosemarie Maguire, Somerville
• Ruthie Liberman, Crittenton Women’s Union
• Shailah Stewart, Brockton Public Schools
• Sherrie Saint-Amant, Melrose
• Smajl Cengic, Year Up
• Stephen Aalto, Weymouth
• Sue Parsons, Boston
• Sunny Schwartz, Boston
• Sylvia Dickens, Wayland
• Timothy Regele, The Boston Foundation
• William J. Allen, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
• William Hartshorn, City of Springfield Elder Affairs