MISSION
Our Mission is to meet employer and industry need for skilled workers through the Registered Apprenticeship system while creating family-sustaining career opportunities for low-income diverse residents.
About Us
Building Futures launched in 2007 as a construction industry partnership focused on leveraging the Registered Apprenticeship model of workforce development. For over 100 years, unions and employers have jointly operated quality registered apprenticeships in construction occupations to train individuals as highly-skilled tradespeople. Our work spans three distinct but highly aligned areas.
For the benefit of low-income Rhode Islanders, Building Futures developed and operates a comprehensive pre-apprenticeship program to prepare diverse, low-income men and women for success in employment as registered apprentices in the building trades. In addition, we work in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders to ensure that construction projects provide employment opportunities for apprentices at the appropriate level to meet future demand for skilled labor through our Apprentice Utilization Program. Our pre-apprenticeship and apprentice utilization program together provide an effective system for workforce development in Rhode Island’s construction sector.
From this foundation, we have established Apprenticeship Rhode Island, an initiative to expand the use of Registered Apprenticeship beyond the construction sector. Now, we are helping to develop new registered apprenticeship programs in multiple sectors, which include healthcare, information technology, advanced manufacturing and green/plant-based occupations, among others. Working with employers, industry partnerships, government, and community-based organizations, we are spreading this proven model of Registered Apprenticeship to benefit the state’s workforce and economy.
Staff
Leandro Kufa Castro
Outreach, Recruitment & Leadership Coordinator
lcastro@bfri.org, Alumni Cell: 401-632-7146
Ian Chase
Training Director
ichase@bfri.org, x202
Andrew Cortés
Executive Director
acortes@bfri.org
Michael Currier
Recovery Director
mcurrier@bfri.org
Rick Daniels
Director of Apprenticeship Expansion
rdaniels@bfri.org , x217
Lisa Dusablon
Accounting & Data Manager
ldusablon@bfri.org, x200
Nick Ferro
Social Services Director
nferro@bfri.org
Kevin Grattan
Training Manager
kgrattan@bfri.org, x202
Vin Hawkins
Math Instructor
vhawkins@bfri.org
Rita Holahan
Finance and Operations Director
rholahan@bfri.org, x204
Linda Impagliazzo
Grants Manager
limpagliazzo@bfri.org, x217
Marlo Jackson
Lead Trainer
mjackson@bfri.org
Kasey Johnson
Employer Relations Manager
kjohnson@bfri.org, x205
Kevin Landry
Bridge to Opportunity Lead Trainer
klandry@bfri.org
Natalie McFarlane
Employer Relations Associate
nmcfarlane@bfri.org, x219
Shelby Mack
Chief of Staff
smack@bfri.org, x209
Rachel Miller
Communications Director
rmiller@bfri.org
Renae Miozzi
Apprentice Utilization Program Manager
rmiozzi@bfri.org, 401-256-4582
Maia Nesmith
Social Services Coordinator
mnesmith@bfri.org, x201
Participant & Alumni Cell Phone: 401-330-7851
Evan Rosin-Pritchard
Lead Trainer- Youth
erosin-pritchard@bfri.org, x203
Brook Swanson
Training Coordinator
bswanson@bfri.org, x202
Lori Turchetta
Workforce System-Apprenticeship Liaison
lturchetta@bfri.org, x215
Lori.Turchetta@dlt.ri.gov
Board of Directors
Gregory Mancini, Chair of the Board
Executive Director & General Counsel, Build RI
Andrew Cortés, Ex Officio
Founder & Executive Director, Building Futures
Scott Duhamel, Secretary
Assistant to the General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Secretary-Treasurer, RI Building & Construction Trades Council
Janice Cataldo, Treasurer
Vanessa Crum, Esq.
Eileen Hayes
President & CEO, Amos House
Bruce Iannuccillo
Vice President, R.P. Iannuccillo & Sons
Vennicia Kingston
Building Futures’ Pre-apprenticeship Alumni, 2011
Co-Chair, RI Women’s Council of the RIBCTC
Founder & CEO, Eagle Eye Post Construction Service, LLC
Sandra Powell
Deputy Director – Operations, Rhode Island Department of Health
Michael Sabitoni, Director Emeritus
Business Manager & Secretary-Treasurer, Rhode Island Laborers’ District Council
Vice President, LIUNA General Executive Board
President, RI Building & Construction Trades Council
APPRENTICESHIP RHODE ISLAND
Apprenticeship Rhode Island, an initiative of Building Futures, works to maximize the use of the highly effective system of workforce development – Registered Apprenticeship – for the benefit of employers, government and residents of the state. Visit the ARI site to learn more.