Apprenticeship Illinois Contacts
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship*
*Illinois is an Office of Apprenticeship State, meaning that registered apprenticeships must be approved by the U.S. Department of Labor's Region V Office of Apprenticeship.
State Apprenticeship Agency is an agency of a State government that has responsibility and accountability for an apprenticeship within the State. Only a State Apprenticeship Agency may seek recognition by the Office of Apprenticeship as an agency that has been properly constituted under an acceptable law or Executive Order, and authorized by the Office of Apprenticeship to register and oversee apprenticeship programs and agreements for Federal purposes.
State Apprentice Agency states: BLUE
Office of Apprenticeship states: GREY
Debra Cremeens-Risinger | Regional Director
U.S. Department of Labor | Office of Apprenticeship
230 South Dearborn Street, Room 656, Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: 312-596-5500
Fax: 312-596-5501
Email: cremeens-risinger.d@dol.gov
States: Illinois and Missouri
Russell Davis | Acting Illinois State Director
U.S. Department of Labor | Office of Apprenticeship
230 South Dearborn Street, Room 656, Chicago, Illinois 60604
Phone: 517-377-1747
Marlene Budge | Apprenticeship & Training Representative
U.S. Department of Labor | Office of Apprenticeship
230 South Dearborn Street, Room 656, Chicago, Illinois 60604
O: 312-596-5504 | C: 312-493-3522
Email: budge.marlene@dol.gov
Areas of Coverage: Cook, Lake, McHenry, DuPage, and N.E. corner of Kane
Nakeya Womack| Apprenticeship & Training Representative
U.S. Department of Labor | Office of Apprenticeship
230 South Dearborn Street, Room 656, Chicago, Illinois 60604
O: 312-596-XXXX | C: 312-375-8145
Email: Womack.nakeya@dol.gov
Areas of Coverage: Cook
Bruce A. L. Hallam | Apprenticeship Training Representative
U.S. Department of Labor | Office of Apprenticeship
3161 West White Oaks Drive, Suite 202, Springfield, Illinois 62704
O: 217-793-6242 | C: 217-693-8991
Email:
Hallam.Bruce.AL@dol.gov
Areas of Coverage: Beginning with Southern Counties going north to the Mid Central Counties of (west to east) Henderson, Warren, Knox, Stark, and Peoria with parts of Marshall, Livingston, and Iroquois
Illinois Agency Contacts
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Office of Employment and Training
www.Illinois.gov/DCEO
Kim Kuchenbrod, contract staff to DCEO
Work-Based Learning & Talent Management Administrator
Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support at ISU
Email: kmkuch1@ilstu.edu
M: 217-493-2555
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Illinois Works
www.Illinois.gov/DCEO
Norman Ruano
Deputy Director, Illinois Works
Norman.Ruano@Illinois.gov
C: 312-497-1008
Illinois Department of Human Services, Department of Rehabilitation Services
https://www.dhs.state.il.us
Rahnee K. Patrick
Director, Division of Rehabilitation Services
100 South Grand Ave. East | Springfield, IL 62762
100 W. Randolph St. | Ste. 5-300 | Chicago, IL 60601
773-360-4256 Mobile
Illinois Community College Board
www2.iccb.org/cte/programs-of-study
Whitney Thompson
Senior Director for Career and Technical Education
401 East Capitol Avenue
Springfield, IL 62701
Phone: (217) 558-0318
Fax: (217) 785-0090
whitney.thompson@illinois.gov
Illinois Department of Employment Security
https://ides.illinois.gov/
Carrie Thomas
Deputy Director, Business Services
O: 312-793-9842
M: 312-636-4055
Carrie.Thomas@illinois.gov
Illinois Workforce Innovation Board (IWIB) Apprenticeship Illinois Committee
IllinoisworkNet.com/ApprenticeshipIL/Pages/IWIBApprenticeshipCommittee
Michael Conley, Chair
Director of Workforce Development and Career Pathways
Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC)
618.641.5193 Office
618.910.9842 Mobile
michael.conley@swic.edu
Tanner Crawford | contract staff to Apprenticeship Illinois Committee
Workforce Innovation Coordinator
P: 309-438-3634
twcrawf@ilstu.edu
Illinois Center for Specialized Professional Support
Illinois State University