Advisory Council
Todd Berch, President, National Association of State and Territorial Apprenticeship Directors (NASTAD)
Michael Bernick, Special Counsel, Duane Morris LLP
Tom Bewick, ECCTS
Daniel Bustillo, Executive Director, H-CAP
Jennifer Carlson, Founder, Executive Director, Apprenti
Bridget Gainer, Global Head Policy & Public Affairs, AON
Noel Ginsburg, Founder & CEO, CareerWise USA
Rachel Hirsch, Vice President, State Strategies & Policy Relations, CAEL
Debby Hopkins, Project Manager, Appteon, Inc.
Scott Jensen, CEO & VP of External Affairs, Research Improving People's Lives (RIPL)
Yscaira Jimenez, Chief Innovation Officer, Opportunity@Work
Diane Jones, Retired, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education
Maurice Jones, CEO, OneTen
Vanessa Bennett, Center for Apprenticeship and Work-Based Learning, Jobs For The Future
Jorge Marquez, SVP & Program Leader, Apprenticeship and Workforce Innovation, Robert Half
Courtney McBeth, Senior Vice President & Chief Program Officer, Strada Education Network
Mary Alice McCarthy, PhD, Senior Director, Center on Education & Labor, New America
Kim Nichols, CEO, Franklin Apprenticeships
Dan Weagle, National Director of Strategic Growth, Year Up Professional Placement (YUPRO)
Jane Oates, President, WorkingNation
Michelle Rhee, Chief Strategy Officer, BuildWithin
Sophie Ruddock, VP, GM North America, Multiverse
Eric Seleznow, Retired, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Labor, U.S. Department of Labor
Katie Spiker, Managing Director of Government Affairs, National Skills Coalition
Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO, Futuro Health
Fitzgerald Washington, Secretary of Labor, State of Alabama
Cynthia Walker, Senior Consultant, IWSI America
Shalin Jyotishi, Senior Program Manager, Burning Glass Institute
Advisory Council members are individuals and organizations who share AFAs vision of scaling registered apprentices in the U.S. As AFA focuses on developing a robust apprenticeship ecosystem that builds a network of apprenticeship intermediaries, Associate Members give AFA advice and connect AFA with others who can advance our goals. In turn, AFA aims to help connect Associate Member to a network of professional apprenticeship intermediaries and with others who can help advance the apprenticeship agendas. Advisory Council members have no fiduciary responsibility and take no responsibility for AFA policy positions set by the AFA’s board.
