Fall Forum- Exposing Students to Trades in High School, Post-Secondary and Beyond

Tickets: $45 member or $315/table and $50 non-member or $350/table

Rebecca Holman-Local 17
Rebecca’s found a passion that she never realized was in her, from running a broom sweeping up the roads, to running different sized cranes while building buildings and bridges. She’s been part of some important projects: Roswell Park expansion, building the Tesla Plant, building and site renovation at UB, UB medical campus downtown, windmill Projects to name a few. In 2018, she was brought on to the Executive Board of her union (one of only a few women in leadership positions in WNY’s building trades unions). Her role and work now focus on sharing these same opportunities, and the overall benefits and impact of our unions, to the WNY community.

Christa McHale-Erie 1 BOCES
Christa McHale is the Director of Educational Partnerships and Workforce Development at Erie 1 BOCES. She leads programming for 1,500 adult learners annually and recently opened Workforce Development South, a new educational campus dedicated to Trades and Manufacturing, responding to regional needs and expanding opportunities for authentic work experiences. Mrs. McHale is an accomplished educational leader with a strong background in strategic planning, program development, technology integration, and community collaboration. She serves on the Executive Board for the Buffalo and Erie County Workforce Development Board and the NY44 Health Trust.

Dr. Carolyn Storms-Stoltman
Northland Workforce Training Center
Dr. Carolyn Storms-Stoltman is the Chief Program Officer for Northland Workforce Training Center. Dr. Storms-Stoltman is responsible for planning, directing, and executing activities within NWTC’s applications, admissions, financial aid processes, and leading collaborative relationships with educational partners. Dr. Storms-Stoltman is an experienced higher education professional with over twenty years combined experience as teaching faculty and collegial project management/administration. Born, raised, and educated in Western New York, Dr. Storms-Stoltman holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from State University of New York at Buffalo as well as a Master & Bachelor Degree in the same discipline. In addition to teaching in both university and community college environments, she has a research background, experience in best practice-driven workshop development, expertise in both qualitative and quantitative analytical methodologies, administrative, project management, grant writing experience, and is dedicated to data-driven consistent program evolution.