SkillsUSA Helps Improve Quality of Nation's Future Workforce
LEESBURG, Va., Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Charman Meador, Director of Human Resources of Cosma USA – West and South, a subsidiary of Magna International, was recently elected to serve as a business and industry representative on the SkillsUSA Board of Directors.
"It is my honor to serve as a business and industry representative on the SkillsUSA board of directors," Meador said. "I am looking forward to working with the board and staff to help SkillsUSA continue to empower students to become skilled professionals, career-ready-leaders and responsible community leaders and to champion the future of skilled trades workers."
Meador started her career with manufactured homes builder Fleetwood Homes. After 18 years, she transitioned to working for a Magna division in Bowling Green, Ky. In 2011, she moved to a new job with Magna in Birmingham, Ala., where she first connected with SkillsUSA Alabama. In 2017, she was promoted to HR Director for Cosma USA, a subsidiary of Magna International, where she has played a critical role in bringing Magna to the table for SkillsUSA as an Official Partner. She is currently working with SkillsUSA state associations that have Magna divisions to get them onboarded to support local chapters. Meador sees a daily need for skilled world-class workers and leaders and is committed to growing the relationship with SkillsUSA.
"SkillsUSA is honored to have a business and industry representative like Charman Meador serve on our national board of directors," said SkillsUSA Executive Director Chelle Travis. "Her work with Magna International and its relationship with SkillsUSA has made such a positive difference for CTE and for SkillsUSA's mission."
About SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA is America's proud champion of the skilled trades. It's a student-led partnership of education and industry that's building the skilled workforce our nation depends on with graduates who are career ready, day one. Representing nearly 380,000 career and technical education students and teachers, SkillsUSA chapters thrive in middle schools, high schools and college/postsecondary institutions nationwide. SkillsUSA's mission empowers students to become skilled professionals, career-ready leaders and responsible community members. That mission is accomplished through the SkillsUSA Framework of Personal Skills, Workplace Skills and Technical Skills Grounded in Academics, which is integrated into the classroom curriculum. Through Framework instruction, students develop the character-shaping leadership skills — teamwork, communication, professionalism and more — that successful careers and lives demand. At the same time, students hone their high-level technical skills against current industry standards in more than 130 skilled trade areas, from 3-D Animation to Welding. The result? Focused, confident and highly skilled graduates who are ready to work, ready to lead and ready to make a difference in our schools, workplaces and communities. A vital solution to the skills gap, where more in-demand skilled trades positions are available than qualified professionals to fill them, SkillsUSA has served over 14 million difference-making members since 1965. To learn more, visit http://www.skillsusa.org.
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Jane DeShong Short, SkillsUSA, 703-737-0612, [email protected], www.SkillsUSA.org
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