Office of Community Engagement and Workforce Development
Karen Dates Dunmore
Senior Director, Community Engagement & Workforce Development
Michael C. Franklin, MDiv
Workforce Engagement Manager
Rhonda Boozer-Yearly
Community Engagement Manager
Workforce Development Team
We work collectively to build and cultivate employment pipelines for qualified health care workers by leveraging strategic partnerships, offering training and apprenticeship programs, providing resources, removing barriers, and supporting retention for community and team members.
Tracey Cunningham
Career Coach
tracey.cunningham@umm.edu
Tyla Johnson
Community Resource Liaison
tyla.johnson@umm.edu
Tyrone Knight
Career Coach
tyrone.knight@umm.edu
Vanessa Rollins
Workforce Development Specialist
vanessa.rollins@umm.edu
Kierra Sanders
Workforce Development Specialist
kierra.sanders@umm.edu
Community Engagement Team
We seek to identify and understand the community's health concerns, and particular needs and preferences, by building trust, support, and honest dialogue with the community. Whether it's developing tools to connect families to community resources, or engaging with our partner schools to address the health, social and academic outcomes of the students, we seek to develop relationships that enable stakeholders to work together to promote well-being and achieve positive health impacts and outcomes for the community.
Dana Neal
Community Engagement Coordinator
dana.neal@umm.edu
Tamara Wilson
Community Engagement Project Manager
tamara.wilson@umm.edu