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Pam Matheson Research Specialist Greenfield Community College Greenfield, Massachusetts A data-driven regional report from EMSI has been instrumental in Greenfield Community College’s overhaul of its strategic enrollment management plan. The “Regional Scan and Program Demand” report gave Pam Matheson and her colleagues vital demographic and education data, as well as a look at northwest Massachusetts’ [...]

Mary Beth Marshall Executive Director DuPage Workforce Board Lisle, Illinois EMSI’s labor market and education data played a key role in a Workforce Boards of Metropolitan Chicago report that highlights the growing need to bolster the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills of the region’s workforce. The Chicago area has dealt with a rash [...]

Dick Seib Research and Planning Specialist Western Technical College La Crosse, Wisconsin Western Technical College has used a “Regional Scan and Program Demand” report produced by EMSI as an essential resource for planning for educational programs to support regional workforce needs. Before the customized report, information about occupations and industries in the college region in [...]

Holly Peoples Director of Business Services Michigan Works! Job Force Board Escanaba, Michigan With Michigan’s unemployment rate hovering near 10%, the highest in the U.S., Holly Peoples at Michigan Works! Job Force Board understands the value of assessing dislocated workers’ skill sets and looking for crosswalks to high-demand jobs. That sort of transition analysis is [...]

Dave Morris Manager of Corporate Research Michigan Economic Development Corporation Lansing, Michigan With the sharp downturn in the state’s automobile manufacturing sector, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is putting its efforts into transitioning displaced workers into high-growth industries. One of the focuses for Dave Morris, manager of corporate research at MEDC, is alternative energy. [...]

Adam Krueger Business Development Manager Northern Colorado EDC Fort Collins, Colorado Working on a daily basis in the competitive world of business recruitment and retention, Adam Krueger at the Northern Colorado Economic Development Corporation values EMSI’s GIS tool. By clicking on locations on the map of northern Colorado’s Larimer County, he can give prospective companies [...]

Kristi Lumpkin Executive Director Acadiana Economic Development Lafayette, Louisiana The workforce shortage is a growing concern for economic development groups across the country, but Acadiana Economic Development (AED) is working on an innovative solution. It’s using EMSI’s analysis tool, Strategic Advantage, to help workers in declining or slow-growth industries transfer into fast-growing, high-wage industries. Traditionally, [...]

Harry Snyder Ohio Skills Bank Region 5 Coordinator Great Oaks Technical District Cincinnati, Ohio As one of 12 regional coordinators for the Ohio Skills Bank (OSB) initiative, Harry Snyder uses EMSI’s labor market information to help target and further opportunities for the workforce in a four-county area of southwestern Ohio. The OSB seeks to bring [...]

Jeremy Minikel Business Services Coordinator Michigan Works! Benton Harbor, Michigan When he hears of impending layoffs in a three-county area of southwest Michigan, Jeremy Minikel uses EMSI’s labor market information to figure out how the soon-to-be job-seekers can transition into promising career areas. Minikel assesses the occupational competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities) of the displaced [...]

Kelleigh Boland Research and Planning Coordinator Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board Pittsburgh, PA Kelleigh Boland and her colleagues at Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board are using EMSI’s analysis to help compile a report detailing the state of the workforce in a 10-county region of southwestern Pennsylvania. By looking at a number of workforce indicators including [...]

Jay Hardin Business Services Consultant Workforce Alliance, Inc. West Palm Beach, Florida Jay Hardin uses EMSI’s analysis to proactively plan for projected industry change. By closely monitoring the pulse of his local economy, he assists Workforce Alliance, Inc. with strategic planning, early intervention for declining industries, and worker-training scenarios. To accomplish this, Hardin uses EMSI’s [...]

Sharon Dwyer Director Center of Excellence, Ventura College Ventura, California Before she had access to EMSI’s regionalized labor market analysis, Sharon Dwyer used to go through a painstaking process to locate information for the area that encompasses Ventura College’s Center of Excellence. But now it’s much easier to find the economic intelligence that she needs [...]

Ray Emett Director of Institutional Research and Planning Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, Utah With significant state budget cuts looming in Utah, Salt Lake Community College is using EMSI’s analysis to make data-driven decisions on which programs to keep and which are expendable. Ray Emett, director of institutional research and planning at SLCC, [...]

Dick Ledington Director of Research Idaho Division of Professional-Technical Education Boise, Idaho Dick Ledington at the Idaho Division of Professional-Technical Education (PTE) uses EMSI’s labor market information to make sure the state’s technical colleges stay responsive to regional workforce needs. There’s one state-funded tech college in each of the six designated regions around the state, [...]

Tim Brewer Vice President of Instruction Mitchell Community College Statesville, North Carolina With help from EMSI, Dr. Tim Brewer at Mitchell Community College has used labor market information to set the foundation for enhancing a program-focused partnership between MCC and the Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina. After showing connections between programs and high-wage, [...]

John Cosgrove Director of Institutional Research and Planning St. Louis Community College St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis Community College has used a customized, information-driven report produced by EMSI as a pivotal piece for its strategic planning process and new enrollment management initiative. The “Regional Scan and Program Demand” report condensed essential economic intelligence and projections [...]

Theresa Milan Director Center of Excellence, Los Rios Community College District Sacramento, California Theresa Milan at the Los Rios Community College District’s Center of Excellence uses EMSI’s analysis to identify labor market trends and help northern California’s 15 community colleges respond through program changes and grants. Milan recently crafted an environmental scan using EMSI’s economic [...]

Sean Moore Research Analyst Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), Center for Regional Competitiveness Missouri Sean Moore is using EMSI’s labor market analysis to generate an economic development strategy for the state of Minnesota. First, Moore and his colleagues at RUPRI’s Center for Regional Competitiveness completed a preliminary analysis of Minnesota counties, in part by using [...]

Ingrid Skadberg Director of Institutional Research Quinsigamond Community College Worcester, Massachusetts Quinsigamond Community College used EMSI’s analysis to explore the possibility of a second campus location by getting critical labor market information on the area surrounding the new site. With booming enrollment and space constraints in the existing campus, it makes sense for QCC to [...]