WIN Sponsor Partner Program

Greetings,

The Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan (WIN) is a collaborative of community colleges and workforce development boards, along with community and industry partners throughout southeast Michigan. The WIN mission is to cultivate a cohesive talent system by facilitating data-driven workforce solutions to ensure responsiveness to labor market demands.

WIN’s primary geography of focus includes a 16-county area in southeast Michigan, including the major cities of Ann Arbor, Flint, and Detroit. The counties in WIN’s area of focus are Genesee, Hillsdale, Huron, Jackson, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Saint Clair, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Washtenaw, and Wayne. SEMCA (Southeast Michigan Community Alliance), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, serves as WIN’s fiduciary agent. Since it was founded, WIN has led regional grant initiatives to bring over $150 million to foster resilience in the southeast Michigan talent pipeline.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BENEFITS

INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDER CONVENING BENEFITS

COMMUNICATION BENEFITS

ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Some of the WIN highlights include:

Identifying skills gaps in the market around talent/demand using real-time labor market information and analysis;
Providing a platform for workforce development boards, higher education institutions, and employers to collaborate and effectuate real change on workforce matters, addressing both the needs of employers and jobseekers;
Managing regional apprenticeship and advanced manufacturing training initiatives, and earning national recognition as one of the top performing grantees in the nation for both grant programs;
Convening various community stakeholders, including employers, workforce development professionals, K-12 partners, data specialists, industry groups, and others to proactively identify talent challenges and solutions in healthcare, advanced manufacturing, and information technology; and
Performing data analysis to understand workforce trends and to develop programs that reduce unemployment and stimulate the economy.

The WIN network of community college and workforce development board partners cordially invites you to become a new Sponsor Partner Program member. Through the exposure associated with WIN state and federal grant programs, WIN is requested to speak on a regular basis at the local, state, and national level and provides recognition for board and sponsor partners. Sponsor partnership is tax-deductible, and the SEMCA (WIN) EIN number is 38-2675191.

Please feel welcome to contact me directly at Michele.Ureste@WINintelligence.org or by phone at 248.977.6805. You can also download the SPONSOR FORM and get started today!

Sincerely,

Michele Economou Ureste, MPA
Executive Director
Workforce Intelligence Network for Southeast Michigan