Dr. Christine Gillespie Email & Phone Number

Franklin Township, NJ, US

Greater Philadelphia

Selected as agency’s first SVP of Career and Technical Education with four operational units and a team of 80 in premier $100M non-profit. Identify, develop and operate educational programming, focused on skilled career pathways and support services required to meet needs of participants in underserved communities, regional employers and other community.

Various Domestic And International Locations

Establish proprietary global business process review functions. Service offerings include: implementation of IT systems and conversions; technical collateral design in English and Spanish; and facilitation and customization in diverse work environments. Clients include: Hershey International; Metro Canada Logistics, Inc.; Nestle; Proctor & Gamble.

Paramus, NJ

• Proactive senior executive skilled in leading diverse teams to achieve and exceed strategic and performance goals of the institution. Reporting to the College president and serving on the Executive Leadership Team.
• Generate annual enrollments of 8000+ in 90+ industry-credentialed programs; 95+% completion and 85+% employed in field.
• Oversee a “right-sized” diverse workforce, organized and at-will, of 40 FT/PT staff and 200+.faculty.
• Co-chair Academic Continuity Subcommittee of COVID-19 Reopening Taskforce re-configuring fall 2020 programming to comply with CDC and State guidelines.
• Principal Investigator for $12M USDOL Apprenticeship grant award in healthcare with 20+ partners highlighting stackable credentials and bridges to credit-bearing career pathways.
• Championed external funding awards promoting institutional capacity building and career pathways in high-demand industry clusters, incorporating accelerated pathways with K-12 districts, PLA, and contextualized learning,

Paramus, New Jersey

• Generated over $3M revenue maintaining previous year enrollment resulting in $1M net revenue returned to institutional general fund, exceeding national industry standard performance measures.
• Guided multi-department division through challenging personnel transition resulting in less than 10% position reassignment or turnover.
• Exceeded “five figure” mandated financial threshold by state wide workforce development consortium each of the last six years.
• Founding task force member with local CTEC debuting on-campus high school; first class graduated exceeded anticipated credits earned by 60%.
• Appointed to participate in various institutional leadership committees including Middle States Self-Study Working Group; Strategic Enrollment Management, Scheduling and several ad hoc leadership teams exploring new.

State Of New Jersey

Entrepreneurial executive charged with the growth and performance of training in Continuing Education; The Center for Workforce Development and the Green Jobs Academy as well as the implementation, administration and reporting for several federal and state grants totaling approximately $2.75 million. Managed team performance driving the marketing.

Newtown, PA

Developed and delivered recreational and technical Spanish language courses such as a course developed for specifically for NICU nurses and another for front line supervisors of welders. The goal is always efficient communication in a culturally appropriate manner.

Newtown, PA

• Mobilized resources to deliver customized industry training programs generating revenues of 265K+, delivering 60 courses for ten clients; managing professional contracts of 50 faculty.
• Brought to contract formal training agreements with key industry partners; generated new business leads; grew existing business accounts with government agencies, training providers, professional associations.
• Promoted exceptional customer service, “win-win” contracts, analysis of performance measures, and relationship building with key industry, commercial, government, and community agency partners.
• Initiated outreach to specific companies or employers, and those coordinated through the Collegiate Consortium for Workforce and Economic Development (CCWED).
• Highly-skilled in critical workplace skills including initiative, product/program knowledge, time management, adaptation, improvisation, flexibility, multi-tasking, tactful communication, problem-solving, and.

Davis, CA

State College, Pennsylvania Area

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area

Doctor Of Education - Edd, Community College Leadership, A

Master Of Science (Ms), Adult Education And Training, 4.0

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Spanish Language Teacher Education, 4.0