TTC Memphis Is a Training Partner in Consortium

Training providers pictured above are (L to R) Assistant Director Diana Wilkerson and Director Roland Rayner, Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis; Southwest President Nathan Essex; Seedco Vice President Meredith Henessey; U.S. Congressman Steve Cohen; Lab Four Business Development Manager Doug Watson; Southwest Associate Professor of Natural Sciences Amy Waddell and Department Head Betty Rosenblatt; Foundation and Public Relations Coordinator Gwen White, Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis; and  Executive Director of Grants and Compliance Pat Meeks along with Director of Workforce Development Pauline Vernon, Memphis Bioworks Foundation.

 The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a consortium of training providers – Memphis Bioworks Foundation, Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Lab Four, Seedco, and Workforce Investment Network, a four year $3.7 million grant to deliver high-growth jobs training and job placement assistance for long-term unemployed American workers in specialty fields, such as advanced manufacturing, energy, health care and information technology.