Meet Our Team

John Milburn

Interim Vice President, Workforce and Economic Advancement/Executive Director, ETI

Catherine Grooms

Executive Director
Small Business Development Center

Justin Wallace

Director, Business Partnerships & Workforce Engagement

Paula Hodge, MPA

Director of Employer Engagement


Jocey Hogan

Client Relations Liaison, Employee Training Institute

Mike Bastine

Regional Director – Advanced Manufacturing

Lynda DePerno

Coordinator, Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT)

Yarely Gonzales

Coordinator, Division of Workforce and Economic Advancement