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State Offices

Our state offices are located across the nation to provide technical assistance and support to program sponsors, answer questions about the apprenticeship model, guide partners on each phase of developing a program, connect business to training providers, and advise partners on available funding sources to support apprenticeships. 

Learn more about the difference between the Office of Apprenticeship and State Apprenticeship Agencies. 

Alaska

Jacqueline Imarpigmiu Garcia, Alaska State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Alabama

Josh Laney, Ed.S., Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Arkansas

Randy L. Prather, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Arizona

William Higgins, State Apprentice Program Coordinator

State Apprenticeship Agency

California

Aaron Wall, Deputy Regional Director

Office of Apprenticeship

California

Douglas Howell, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

California

Eric Rood, Chief Division of Apprenticeship Standards

State Apprenticeship Office

Colorado

Cynthia McLain, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Connecticut

Todd Berch, Apprenticeship Program Manager

State Apprenticeship Agency

District of Columbia

Lewis Brown, Program Manager

State Apprenticeship Agency

Delaware

Jazelle Plummer, Apprenticeship & Training Manager

State Apprenticeship Agency

Florida

Kathryn Wheeler, Director of Apprenticeship

State Apprenticeship Agency

Georgia

Charles Chambers, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Guam

Phyllis Topasna, Program Coordinator

State Apprenticeship Agency

Hawaii

Maricar R Pilotin-Freitus, Administrator

State Apprenticeship Agency

Idaho

Robert Snyder, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Illinois

Debra Cremeens-Risinger, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Indiana

Tiffanie Clawson, Apprenticeship and Training Representative

Office of Apprenticeship

Kansas

Shonda Atwater, Director of Apprenticeship and Internship

State Apprenticeship Agency

Kentucky

Michelle DeJohn, Deputy Exceutive Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Louisiana

Stephen Peychaud, Director of Apprenticeship

State Apprenticeship Agency

Massachusetts

Margaret Gilligan, Program Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Maryland

Chris MacLarion, Program Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Maine

Joan Dolan, Director of Apprenticeship

State Apprenticeship Agency

Michigan

Tiffanie Clawson, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Minnesota

Erin Larsen, Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Missouri

Trace Laughery (MO), State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Mississippi

Brenda L. Myers, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Montana

James Reardon, State Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

North Carolina

Kathryn P. Castelloes, Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

North Dakota

Barry Dutton, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Nebraska

James Wightman, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

New Hampshire

Wynn Young, New Hampshire State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

New Jersey

Michael Blatt, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

New Mexico

Katrina Vigil, State Apprenticeship Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Nevada

Toni Giddens, State Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

New York

Chris Pinheiro, State Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Ohio

Holly Endicott, ApprenticeOhio Program Administrator

State Apprenticeship Agency

Oklahoma

Robert "Bob" Couse, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Oregon

Lisa Ransom, Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Pennsylvania

Tara Loew, Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Puerto Rico

Charles 'Charlie' McNeil III, Deputy Regional Director / State Director

Apprenticeship Office

Rhode Island

Sherri Scalzo, Supervisor of Apprenticeship & Training

State Apprenticeship Agency

South Carolina

Charles Vaughan, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

South Dakota

John Bolger, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Tennessee

Holly Free-Ollard, State Apprenticeship Director/Apprenticeship Tennessee

State Apprenticeship Agency

Texas

Lee Price, Texas State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Utah

Patsy "Pat" Miller, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Virginia

Patricia (Trish) Morrison, Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Virgin Islands

Shenika Sebastien, State Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Vermont

Cindy Robillard, Apprenticeship Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Washington

Peter Guzman, Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

Wisconsin

David Polk, Director

State Apprenticeship Agency

West Virginia

Kenneth Milnes, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship

Wyoming

Michael Broad, State Director

Office of Apprenticeship