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SkillsNet is the brand for our workforce development initiatives supporting industry and education in training the incumbent and emerging workforce of Montgomery County. Workforce is a critical element of economic development and it is no longer fitting for communities and companies not to have a strategy for development of their workforce.

This Industry Consortium SkillsNet Committee chaired by John Webb of Temple-Inland, partners with the Industry HR group and Ivy Tech. The committee has contributed over $200,000 in training grants to our local industries over the last couple of years.

Another branch Committee is the School to Career Committee, co-chaired by Gary Calleo of RR Donnelley and Kathy Steel, Superintendent of CHS. The committee’s goal is to establish a manufacturing/business curriculum to be offered in the high schools by 2006. We are also forming a new alliance with Character Counts to introduce workplace ethics into the curriculum for high school seniors.

Through this committee, MCED also initiated and funded the space for the SkillsNet training center, which later morphed into the Ivy Tech Community College site. MCED continues to be the major financial supporter of the College and the MCED executive director is on the Montgomery County Higher Education Steering Committee.

Part of the Montgomery County Higher Education Steering Committee at awards ceremony to accept the Indiana Career and Technical Education Award for Excellence in the Partnership Category. Tuesday February 14, 2005 at the Indiana Government Center in Indianapolis IN

Pictured Left to Right: Phil Bane, Bret Lewis, Roselie Brambrey, Phil Boots, Bill Henderson, Sheridan Hadley, John Zummer

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• Individual Workers gain skills, confidence, greater job satisfaction and employer loyalty
• SkillsNet Partner Firms Benefit from greater productivity, improved safety and lower turnover rates. Training increases a firm's ability to adapt to changes in process and equipment
• The Montgomery County Workforce advances to world class as we "raise the bar" for our community's workforce standard