Youth Council

The Youth Council is designed to act as the youth strategic planning arm for the Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board. As a body, the Youth Council gathers information on youth service resources and serves as an advocacy body for youth in the region, to assure that they receive comprehensive, high quality services and follow-up, including those provided by non-Workforce Investment Act funding. Ultimately, the mission of the Youth Council is to develop a youth delivery system that will integrate and maximize our region's funding sources, while helping youth to achieve the basic knowledge and skills to succeed in secondary education, entry-level employment and beyond.

 

Tom Foster, Youth Council Chair GLWIB Youth Council Gregg Croteau, Director UTEC Brian Keating, Director CTI/Youthbuild Rhonda Brown, Student Liaison Lowell Middlesex Academy Erica McNamara, Program Manager Lowell Teen Coalition Frank Heslin, SPED Coordinator Greater Lowell Technical High School Vong Ros, Director Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association Melissa Hogan, Admission Coordinator Shriver Job Corps Center Jim Conlon, ADAM Project Coordinator Big Brother/Big Sister of Greater Lowell Nicole Mack, Purchasing Officer Lowell Five Fred Abisi, Director Lowell Adult Education Carolyn Langevin, Director Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission Andre Chandonnet, Director Youth Services, Greater Lowell YWCA Kathy Murphy, Grant Administrator Greater Lowell Technical High School Charlene Pires, Coordinator Work and Learning Grant, GLTHS Shawn Barry Careers to College Program/UMass Lowell Susan Smith, District Support Specialist Lowell Public Schools

Maria Cunha, Director OSDC Middlesex Community College Candace Campbell, Director Young Parents Program/MVCC Tom Benson, Human Resources UPS Ed Zannoni, Site Director Dept. of Youth Services Michelle Hatem-Meehan, Exec. Director Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell Paulette Renealt-Caragianis Lowell Community Health Center Brian Mahan, Youth Services Director Salvation Army Sylvia Blanchard, Coordinator JRI/GRIP Project Peter Faticanti, Manager City of Lowell Recreation Department Stephanie Burke Division of Youth Services Sayon Soeun, Director Light of Cambodian Children Karen Fredericks, Director Community Teamwork, Inc. Patricia Kirwin, Executive Director Catholic Charities-Merrimack Valley Rachel McNamara, Director JRI/GRIP Youth Shelter Rey Serrano, Director Youth Services Lowell Housing Authority Allison Carroll, Youth Coordinator City of Lowell Recreation Department Sara Khun Neighborhood Services/Lowell Police Dept

Youth Council Fall 2006 Newsletter: Click here

To view the past Youth Council Newsletters click below:

Winter 2005 Newsletter
Fall 2005 Newsletter