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Early Bird Breakfast May 2025 - A Workforce Solution You Should Know About
Maine employers are facing an urgent need: more skilled workers.
New programs at Maine’s community colleges are rebuilding Maine’s talent pipeline, delivering the skilled workers Maine businesses crave - when needed, where needed. These programs target new employees, career-changers, and incumbent workers so they get the skills they need *right now* - and they’re stackable so workers looking to keep going can continue their education and earn certificates or degrees.
Maine Community College System President David Daigler presents on how early college, Free College, and custom-built short-term workforce training at Maine's community colleges are setting a new standard and offering new solutions for Maine employers. Learn how to become part of this new workforce development movement – and meet your talent development needs.
David Daigler is committed to building strong relationships with the state’s employers and leaders that lead to transformational educational opportunities for all Mainers.
As president of the Maine Community College System since 2019, he has put that belief into action, overseeing the dramatic expansion of what community colleges offer and creating new educational opportunities that are more effective, efficient, affordable, and accessible to Maine people.
Maine’s seven community colleges serve more than 30,000 people a year, through two-year associate degrees, one-year certificate programs, short-term workforce training, early college programs, advanced certificates, and other learning opportunities.
During his tenure, Daigler guided the colleges to record high enrollments, signed historic new transfer agreements with public and private colleges in Maine, doubled the capacity of the system’s nursing programs, launched the Maine Free College initiative, and attracted more than $125 million in public and private investments exclusively for short-term workforce training programs. He is also the co-chair and founding member of the Maine Defense Industry Alliance, a public-private alliance coordinating workforce development for Maine’s defense manufacturers.
Daigler also serves on several boards including the New England Board of Higher Education, the Alfond Scholars Board, New England Delta Dental, and the Finance Authority of Maine. He is also an advisor to the Boston Federal Reserve Maine Working Communities Challenge and the Maine Economic 10-Year Plan Steering Committee.
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