APTA Webinar Will Address Transit Apprenticeship Programs: Partnerships Driving Success
11/14/2024
Apprenticeship programs often pave the way to successful careers in the public transportation industry. These programs and related opportunities attribute their success to local, regional, and national partnerships.
APTA is hosting its Transit Apprenticeship Programs: Partnerships Driving Success webinar Nov. 21 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, featuring public- and private-sector leaders representing a number of successful apprenticeship programs.
Some lessons featured in this webinar are also found in APTA’s How to Create Internships and Apprenticeships mini-guide.
Webinar participants include:
Presiding:
- LaShanda Dawkins, chair, APTA Workforce Development Committee; interim chief administrative officer, MARTA, Atlanta, GA
Moderators:
- Geisha Ester, chair, APTA Education and Career Awareness Subcommittee; vice president, training and workforce development, Chicago Transit Authority
- Steve Jovel, vice chair, APTA Education and Career Awareness Subcommittee; operations manager, workforce development, joint workforce investment and apprenticeship programs, ops training and development, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, San Jose, CA
Panelists:
- Dan Stoffer, manager – instruction, Metro Transit, Minneapolis, MN
- Lisa Vickery, deputy director, ops training and development, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
- John Pospishek, recording and financial secretary, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 265, San Jose, CA
- Jeff Pallin, Dean, workforce innovation, Mission College, Santa Clara, CA
- Jamaine Gibson, director of apprenticeships and workforce development, Amalgamated Transit Union International, Silver Spring, MD
- Lucy Andre, general counsel, chief of staff and corporate secretary, Stadler US Inc., Salt Lake City, UT