Brooklyn Workforce Innovations
Shawn Hegele is the Director of Strategy and Evaluation at Brooklyn Workforce Innovations since 2011. Shawn also worked as the Fundraising and Evaluation Director at the same organization. Shawn previously held roles in fundraising and communications at Fifth Avenue Committee and as an Operations Manager at The Lee Institute. Shawn holds a Master of Public Administration from NYU and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Recently, Shawn completed the Workforce Systems Leadership Program at Coro New York.
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Brooklyn Workforce Innovations
Leap, Inc. d/b/a Brooklyn Workforce Innovations (BWI) helps jobless and working poor New Yorkers establish careers in sectors that offer good wages and opportunities for advancement. BWI’s mission is to empower low‐ and moderate‐income people by helping them gain access to living‐wage employment opportunities and career paths, and to develop programs that counter prevailing market inequalities and contribute to a broader movement for economic justice. We offer full‐time intensive skills training followed by at least two years of job placement, access to social supports and career advancement counseling. BWI’s award winning programs include: - Red Hook on the Road (commercial driver training) -"Made in NY" Production Assistant Training Program -Brooklyn Woods (green cabinetmaking and mill work) -Brooklyn Networks (teledata cable installation) -Brooklyn Navy Yard (customized employer training, adult education, career development and support services) -New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Resident Training Academy (trains public housing residents for upwardly-mobile jobs with NYCHA) Visit our website: bwiny.org “Like” us on Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Workforce-Innovations/148187008563181 Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nybwi