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Workforce Development

Task Force Name:  Career Exploration & Opportunity Task Force (CEO) 


Task Force Mission:   Inspiring & equipping young people with the knowledge, skills, and experiences needed to pursue fulfilling careers and educational pathways.

Task Force Members:

  • Rich Strother, Executive Director, Job Training for Beaver County, Inc. (Co-Chair)
  • Joe Guarino, Superintendent, New Brighton Area School District
  • Jen McKinley, Program Director, Beaver County 4-H, Penn State Extension
  • Jamie Connelly, Executive Director, Beaver County Educational Trust
  • Jeremy Angus, President & CEO, The Prevention Network and Class Academy
  • Christine Kroger, Executive Director, Neighborhood North Museum of Play
  • Rachel Book, Chief Business Development Officer, Lincoln Learning Solutions
  • Skip Homan, Retired, Engineering/Leadership
  • Bill Lucas, Executive Vice President, Junior Achievement of SW PA
  • Eric Rosendale, Executive Director, Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit
  • Jill Valentine, Director of Continuing Educ. & Workforce Development, Penn State Univ.  

Task Force Priorities:

  • Inform secondary school educators, students, and parents about career exploration and career planning resources, support, and activities to assist students in making informed career decisions.
  • Collaborate with secondary and post-secondary school educators, students, parents, local businesses and registered apprenticeship program sponsors to develop career exploration activities including industry/post-secondary education, and registered apprenticeship program tours, job shadowing, paid work experience opportunities, internships and career exploration camps.
  • Collaborate with parents, students, secondary school counselors, post-secondary training providers and businesses in helping youth successfully transition from school to work and/or post-secondary education by facilitating access to financial resources, work readiness activities, work-based training opportunities (on-the-job training, registered apprenticeship programs, etc.), financial literacy and life skills instruction.
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