Jane Marquardt | Management & Training Corporation
Jane Marquardt currently serves as the Vice Chair of Management & Training Corporation (MTC).
At the Otero County Prison Facility in New Mexico, a group of hard working men and women recently obtained their graduation through a GED program.
Some like Marcela Still found a new purpose while in the facility.
Marcela teared up thinking about her mother and what the graduation has meant to her: “My mom was even in shock…at least I gave her a [reason] for her to feel better about me.”
Recently I traveled to Silver Spring, Maryland to participate in the “Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit”. Organized by Making Cents International, 500 attendees from 16 countries attended the event. I was happy to help Management & Training Corporation (MTC) (www.mtctrains.com) play a role in the conference, both though participation on panels and through sponsoring the event.
Several MTC team members spoke about what kind of challenges and opportunities entering the workforce presents for young people at this time. Speakers included Greg Niblett, the Vice President of MTC’s Economic & Social Development division, Bonnie Barhyte, Director of Programs, Diane Crosby, Director of Program Development, Mina Kamal, Career Guidance Advisor, Egypt Workforce Improvement & Skills Enhancement (WISE) project, Cairo, and Kamira Noreldin, National Project Officer with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Egypt and also formerly with MTC’s Egypt WISE project.
Maria Fernanda Camara from the Mexican Consulate recently presented the names of graduates at MTC’s Taft Facility.
“It’s giving our fellow citizens other opportunities. It’s to help them understand the benefits of obtaining their primary or secondary education.” – Maria Fernanda Camara
The INEA program (the equivalent of the American GED) has come about thanks to the cooperation of the Mexican Consulate and the Taft Facility.
I’m very proud of the work MTC is doing in Egypt. Over 20,000 technical school students have been placed thanks to MTC’s support. Read more about this by clicking below!
Improving Thousands of Lives in Egypt Through Workforce Development Training
From Idaho to Egypt, the excellent staff at MTC made a big impact in 2018. From training students at Job Corps centers, to providing quality health care, MTC was focused on making a positive difference. Read more by clicking below.
I’m excited to see the work being done at MTC’s Sierra Nevada Job Corps Center in Reno. Trades such as construction, painting, and carpentry are being taught and many women are taking advantage. Read the story by clicking below!
Female Students at Sierra Nevada Job Corps Advancing in Male-Dominated Industry
An Op-Ed by Michael Santos ran in the Washington Examiner yesterday. In the Op-Ed, Michael describes how many correctional facilities do not give the incarcerated a path to improve themselves and to be successful after release. However, MTC was a contrast:
For instance, earlier this year, I toured correctional facilities in Texas run by a company called Management & Training Corporation. The opportunities and programming afforded to people incarcerated there were highly impressive. It gave me hope that other facilities, privately and publicly run, might follow their lead. The re-entry program there teaches personal development and business principles and links local business leaders to inmates as mentors and advisers. These are exactly the kinds of programs that can help empower inmates to change their own lives and prevent recidivism.
MTC Vice Chair Jane Marquardt provided an update on MTC’s successful USAID project in Egypt:
MTC is excited to announce that our Economic & Social Development division’s project in Egypt has been extended for another year. We’ve been working in Egypt under a [United States Agency for International Development] USAID project since the fall of 2015. It’s called WISE, or Workforce Improvement and Skills Enhancement. So, we currently have about 70 employees located in Egypt, our main office is in Cairo, and we are working in 11 different places throughout the country.
MTC’s workforce improvement project in Egypt has been extended until October 2019.
It’s been a highly successful project,” adds MTC Vice Chair Jane Marquardt. “In fact, earlier this year, a third party evaluated the WISE project and MTC’s efforts to enhance workforce programs within Egypt, and the evaluation results were outstanding. We have very talented and capable staff who are making a real difference in the lives of so many people.”
The Workforce Improvement and Skill Enhancement (WISE) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), began in 2015 and due to strong performance has been extended through October 2019.
MTC has operated the Lockhart Correctional Facility since 2015. Since then, MTC has worked to add, enhance, and enlarge many programs at Lockhart.
Recently, two visitors to the facility were impressed by what they saw during their tours:
It was such a great pleasure to tour your facility in November…I continue to be amazed at the positive atmosphere at the Lockhart Unit. Amazed really doesn’t say it all! Rosie the Riveter and the “We can do It!” motto is the perfect symbol for your unit…