Regional Solutions

WDI’s regional work supports worker training and advancement in high-road employment. Regional Directors work with extensive partner networks to ensure workers have modern skills that lead to improved employment outcomes and open doors for people from all backgrounds to achieve economic self-sufficiency.

Our regional work relies on:

  • Engagement with partners to understand workforce challenges and provide counsel on evolving workforce conditions.
  • Knowledge of the regional workforce, including organizations that are training current and future workers and organizations that are hiring for inclusive, in-demand, high-road opportunities.
  • Collaboration to strategize solutions and identify the resources to access existing programs and services or develop innovative solutions.
  • A diverse array of tools including intermediaries that provide effective services or funding opportunities.
  • Evaluating projects that advance job quality, inclusive employment, and have measurable, direct, worker-centric outcomes, and facilitating WDI’s grant process to achieve these outcomes.

 

Explore WDI's regions below and learn more about each of our Regional Directors in their bios! To contact individual regional offices, view details on the Contact Us page.

Capital Region

Counties covered: Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, and Washington

Learn more about JeanMarie Reinke here.


Central New York

Counties covered: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Otsego, Tioga, and Tompkins

Learn more about Kate Oja here.

 

Hudson Valley

Counties covered: Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester

Learn more about Mary Jane Bertram here.

 

Long Island

Counties covered: Nassau and Suffolk

Learn more about Robyn Fellrath here.

New York City

Counties/Boroughs covered: Bronx, Brooklyn (Kings), Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island (Richmond)

Learn more about Lisa Futterman here.

 

North Country

Counties covered: Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Lewis, Essex, and Hamilton

Learn more about Felicia Neahr here.

 

Rochester and Genesee Valley

Counties covered: Genesee, Monroe, Wayne, Seneca, Ontario, Livingston, Wyoming, Steuben, Schuyler, Yates, and Chemung

Learn more about Rodric Cox-Cooper here.

 

Western New York

Counties covered: Niagara, Orleans, Erie, Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua

Learn more about Mike LaBerta here.