Registered Apprenticeship Group Sponsors

Contact your local Michigan Works! Apprenticeship Success Coordinator to assist your company with developing an apprenticeship program.

Coordinator contact information

Michigan Works! Agency	Coordinator Name	Phone	Email Address	Counties Served
Capital Area Michigan Works!	Jay LaNew	517-492-5511	jlanew@camw.net	Clinton, Eaton, Ingham
Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation	Lisa Beard	313-664-5510	lbeard@detempsol.org	Wayne (City of Detroit only)
*Great Lakes Bay Michigan Works!	Anna Willman-Onstott	833-531-1945	onstotta@michiganworks.com	Bay, Gratiot, Isabella, Midland, Saginaw
*GST Michigan Works!	Cindy Thornthwaite	810-233-5974	cthornwaite@gstmiworks.org	Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola
*Macomb-St. Clair Michigan Works!	Karen Helfrick	586-783-1399	khelfrick@macomb-stclairworks.org	Macomb, St. Clair
*Michigan Works! Berrien, Cass, Van Buren	Mark O'Relly	269-267-1153	oreillym@miworks.org	Berrien, Cass, Van Buren
*Michigan Works! Northeast Consortium	Ashley Udell	989-732-3886	udella@nemcworks.org	Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego,Presque Isle
*Michigan Works! Northeast Consortium	Jeremiah Johnston	989-306-8589	johnstonj@nemcworks.org	Alcona, Alpena, Cheboygan, Crawford, Montmorency, Oscoda, Otsego,Presque Isle
*Michigan Works! Region 7B Consortium	Lane Matthews	989-965-1847	lmatthews@michworks4u.org	Arenac, Clare, Gladwin, Iosco, Ogemaw, Roscommon
*Michigan Works! Southeast	Sunshine Plato	517-207-3207	splato@mwse.org	Jackson, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Livingston, Washtenaw
*Michigan Works! Southwest	Jamar Herron	269-716-4530	jherron@upjohn.org	Branch, Calhoun, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph
*Michigan Works! West Central	Julie Sanders	231-287-1956	jsanders@MWWC.org	Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Newaygo, Osceola, Oceana
*Northwest Michigan Works!	Evelyn Szpliet	231-631-2613	evelyn.szpliet@networksnorthwest.org	Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee, Wexford
*Oakland County Michigan Works!	Elizabeth (Liz) Rivard-Weston	248-858-0922	rivardwestone@oakgov.com	Oakland
*Southeast Michigan Community Alliance Michigan Works!	Trevor Verrier	734-229-3548	trevor.verrier@semca.org	Monroe, Wayne
*Upper Peninsula Michigan Works!	Megan Boddy	906-280-5087	mboddy@upmichiganworks.org	Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft
*West Michigan Works!	Joel Elsenbroek	616-295-7449	jelsenbroek@westmiworks.org	Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Montcalm, Muskegon, Ottawa

*Group Sponsor (Intermediary)

An entity that serves as a Group Sponsor (Intermediary) for Registered Apprenticeship Programs provides the employers they work with customized program support. Registered Apprenticeship Group Sponsors are experienced in the following:

Identifying existing models for the employer’s occupation(s) of interest
Connecting employers with available State and Federal Grants
Developing the employers On-the-Job Learning and education outline based on the employers’ needs
Submitting the employer’s registration paperwork to the US DOL Office of Apprenticeship for full recognition in the National Registered Apprenticeship System
Handle all the administrative tasks for the length of an employer’s program
Assist the employer with program updates as the employer’s workforce needs evolve
Promote the employer’s program and assist with recruitment as needed

Additionally, support is provided to employers who want to hold their own USDOL OA standards.

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Registered Apprenticeship Group Sponsors

Coordinator contact information