Officers
Patrick Dolan, Jr.
Chairman and Treasurer
Edwin Lopez
Secretary
Gary LaBarbera
President and CEO
Nicole Bertran
Executive Vice President
Board Of Directors
Louis Coletti
President and CEO
Building Trades Employers Association
Darly Corniel
Director of Education
Program Operations
Consortium for Worker Education
Patrick Dolan, Jr.
President
Enterprise Association of Steamfitters Local 638
Paul Fernandes
Executive Director
New York City and Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management Corporation
Jeffrey M. Grabelsky
The Worker Institute at Cornell
ILR School, Cornell University
Davon Lomax
Political Director
IUPAT District Council 9
Edwin Lopez
Executive Secretary
New York Electrical Contractors Association
James Mahoney
President
NYS Ironworkers District Council
Raymond G. McGuire, Esq.
Partner
Kauff, McGuire & Margolis LLP
Maritza Silva-Farrell
Executive Director
ALIGN: The Alliance for a Greater New York
Wendy Webb
Apprentice Field Coordinator
Building and Construction Laborers Local 79
Jonathan Westin
Executive Director
New York Communities for Change
Since its inception in 2001, The Edward J. Malloy Initiative for Construction Skills (CSKILLS) has grown into a nationally recognized model for addressing training and employment issues in the unionized construction industry.
The CSKILLS apprenticeship preparation program opens the door to New York City residents seeking careers in the unionized building and construction trades. CSKILLS provides access to meaningful long‐term careers that offer high wages, health benefits, and retirement security.
8000
Union Apprentices
go to work every day
in New York City
75%
of these apprentices
are New York City
residents
65%
of these residents
are minorities
33%
From Brooklyn
28%
From Queens
24%
From the Bronx
10%
From Staten Island
8%
From Manhattan
89%
of CSKILLS graduates
placed into union
apprenticeship programs
are African American,
Hispanic, Asian or other
minority group
Direct Entry
access to unionized apprenticeship.