Congratulations to the first cohort of 57 youth apprentices and recent apprenticeship graduates chosen to serve as Apprentice Trailblazers. Apprentice Trailblazers and their Registered Apprenticeship sponsors will work cooperatively with DOL and 303 Apprenticeship Ambassadors to help diversify and expand Registered Apprenticeship.
From this first cohort, the Apprentice Trailblazers have committed to the following:
37 are willing to serve as a speaker at DOL events or panels promoting Registered Apprenticeship
24 will promote Registered Apprenticeship on social media
43 will assist in creating peer apprentice working groups within their organization, community, or industry to promote Registered Apprenticeship
48 will provide success stories and testimonials regarding Registered Apprenticeship
46 will brainstorm ideas and provide feedback on strategies to help modernize, strengthen, diversify, and expand Registered Apprenticeship
44 will help educate potential apprentices and career seekers on the benefits of Registered Apprenticeship
45 will help recruit additional Apprentice Trailblazers
37 will join the DOL Office of Apprenticeship Industry Groups and other activities supporting Registered Apprenticeship.
First Cohort:
Hussein Abukar, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Shayden Ryoma Aoyagi, CVS Health
Lydia Arthurs, Zurich NA
Joshua Baxley, Ziehl-Abegg
Bryce Bongiovanni, Miller Electric Company
Chloe Bonoffski, MACNY, The Manufacturers Association of Central NY
Kasey Bowhay, Spirit Aerosystems Inc.
Jorielyn Bunao, New Jersey Health Care Employers
Omar de Jesus Bustillo, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
Samantha Butler, North Atlantic States Carpenters Training Fund
Gabriela Caballero, Aon Corporation
Jessica Ceballos, UW Health
Katherine Chalaco, New Jersey Health Care Employers
Hunter Childers, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Joey Cook, Collegiate Edu-Nation
Naomi Cruz, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Samuel Darby, Plasser American Corporation
Aurora Decker, Apprenti Tennessee
Pablo Torres Diaz, The Hartford
Alexa Dominguez, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Courtney Driscoll, Newport News Shipbuilding
Ethan Foote, Dick Anderson Construction
Kayla Franklin, Miller Electric Company
Isabel Gallegos, Nor Cal Carpenters Training
Richanel Garcia, New Jersey Health Care Employers
Erikah Garnett, CareerWise Colorado
Jose Florian Gudiel, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
Claire Harrington, Nor Cal Carpenters Training
Miranda Hart, The Hartford
Paige Hartman, Miller Electric Company
Jahbria Horsley, North Atlantic States Carpenters Training Fund
Jahvion Johnson, Miller Electric Company
Matthew Kanhai, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
Luis Lebron-Flores, New Jersey Health Care Employers
Alexis Levett, Miller Electric Company
Itzel Prieto Lopez, Nor Cal Carpenters Training
Tamia Mack, OpenClassrooms Inc
Landon Malanoski, MACNY, The Manufacturers Association of Central NY
Luis Mencias, IBM
Fatinah Muhammad, South Carolina State University
Malik Myles, I.E.C. Chesapeake Apprenticeship & Training, Inc.
Amber Sage Oliver, Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 67 JATC
Jacob Pedersen, Cherry Creek Innovation Campus
Matthew Phoebus, Newport News Shipbuilding
Alisa Plotnikov, The Hartford
Treyvon Ratcliff-Hayes, Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters Technical College
Linus Sante, Center for Economic Growth
Raegan Smalls, ACC Career Training Institute (Project WRAP)
Aubrey Stickel, American Electric Power/IBEW
Cole Stratten, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Zackery Venturi, Lockheed Martin Corporation
Jonathan Rafael Viera, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority
Charley Villegas, NAGRA
Levar Williams, Miller Electric Company
Jared Winfield, Puget Sound Electrical JATC
Joshua Wingrove, Apprenti Louisiana
Taylor Zammiello, MACNY, The Manufacturers Association of Central NY
