New Community Workforce Development Center recently hosted its Automotive Employer Advisory Committee meeting. Held at NCC’s Automotive Training Center on West Bigelow Street in Newark, the meeting discussion focused on starting a diesel training program, program outcomes and industry trends. Present at the meeting were Rodney Brutton, director of Workforce Development; Rudy Drakeford, job developer; Kimberly McLain, CEO, Newark Alliance; Rich Liebler, director of operations, Sansone Automall; Ken Karwowski, East Region manager, Ford Motor Company; Regina Barboza, program director, CareerWorks; John Zaccheus, lead instructor; Deborah Kobes, program officer, Jobs for the Future; Satiney Myers, recent automotive graduate; Alturrick Kenney, manager of Port Operations, City of Newark; Frank Smallwood, job developer, City of Newark; Ronald Prysock, student services. Photos courtesy of Rodney Brutton.
