#183 - Empowering Youth & Educating Them on The Trades with Jordan Blair

A great and wide ranging converstaion about bringing our youth into the trades and helping to make them cool again. This is a great program sponsored and lead by industry professionals. For all of you out there, this is a great cause and movement to get into. Jordan Blair currently serves as the Executive Director of the Construction Industry Education Foundation.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the College of William and Mary, a Master of Arts with honors from California State University, Sacramento, a Master of Public Administration with honors from the University of Southern California, and is a doctoral candidate in the communication of policy and campaign management. He has developed a reputation as a skilled communicator, having previously managed media relations, external relations, publications and website communications for a variety of large state agencies, nonprofits and educational institutions. He was named the Sacramento Young Professional of the Year in 2012 and to the Sacramento 40-under-40 list in 2016. Interested in giving back to the community, he currently serves as a member of the KVIE Public Television Community Advisory Board and is a Founding Member of the Metro Inspire Project. He has also served as President of the Board of Directors for Fairytale Town and River City Food Bank, is a former President of the USC Alumni Association - Sacramento Chapter, is a former member of the College of William and Mary Alumni Association's and the Phi Kappa Tau Gamma Iota Colony's Board of Governors, and was the founding chairman of the Capital College and Career Academy – a charter high school in Sacramento which will be launching in the fall of 2023. He is a 2012 graduate of Leadership Sacramento, a program of the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce and received Special Congressional Recognition in 2013 for his service to the Sacramento Community. He was recognized in 2014 with the Phi Taus Under 40 National Award by the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity. www.CIE.Foundation www.DesignBuildCompetition.com www.CREATEMentoring.org www.TradesDay.org www.WICCalifornia.com Comment your thoughts below and don't forget to like and subscribe! Want to improve your Revit setup time? Get hours back out of your day for less than a cup of coffee? Go to SheetsMadeSimple.com and have your Revit projects automatically setup for you. Sign up for Dillon Mitchell's Straight Shooting Construction Letter http://kowabungastudios.hubspotpagebuilder.com/constructionletter Connect with Dillon Mitchell LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dillon-mitchell-kowabungastudios/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dillonAMitchell  YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/user/dalexm13/featured Kowabunga Studios - https://www.kowabungastudios.com/  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kowabungastudios/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kowabungastudios Want to speed up your Revit production and take your time back? https://www.kowabungastudios.com/products/ Interested in a Revit Training Course with Lifetime access? https://dillon-s-school-332f.thinkific.com/courses/revit-electrical Connect with Matt Vetter Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattvetter/ Schafer Construction - https://www.linkedin.com/company/schaferconstruction/ https://www.schaferconstruction.net/