For Immediate Release
August 31, 2022
Workforce Development Creates Opportunities For Job Seekers, Workers and Businesses
Photo, top left from left: Gayle Sheridan, Professor; Assistant Academic Chair
Communications; Daphne Gordon, Entrepreneurial Assistance Center; Mary Reese, Interim
Executive Dean, Eastern Campus; Arlene Jackson, Assistant Dean, Continuing Education;
Peter Maritato, Academic Chair, Engineering/Technology; Ben Zwirn, Director of Legislative
Affairs; Louis Petrizzo, Executive VP and General Counsel; Donna Ciampa, Interim Executive
Dean, Michael J. Grant Campus; David Macholz, Academic Chair, Automotive Technology;
Cheryl Shaffer, Associate Dean, Nursing.
Suffolk County Community College leaders gathered at the Suffolk County Legislature’s request to testify before the body’s Education and Labor Committee on July 20 to inform legislators about the college’s many workforce development programs including:
- Manufacturing and the Advanced Manufacturing Training Center and Corporate Training and Entrepreneurial Assistance
- Automotive Technology
- Continuing Education and Chemical Dependency Counseling
- Radio and Television Production
- Nursing
- Culinary Arts & Hospitality
- Cybersecurity, Engineering and Construction Technology
Suffolk County Community College’s Workforce Development helps employees, businesses, and local communities by training and upskilling the labor pool. Businesses can reward and retain highly trained staff and create opportunities for employee advancement and higher wages while supporting growth for the local economy.
Last revised: 8/31/2022. For comments on this webpage, contact: The Director of Communications.