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On July 17, 2006, Irma Zuckerberg joined the Prima Civitas Foundation under the direction of David Hollister, President and Dennis Sykes, Executive Director, to serve as the Director of the Mid Michigan Innovation Team (MMIT) project, whose objective includes the implementation of the USDOL Mid Michigan Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative. A brief overview of Ms. Zuckerberg's work history is summarized below.
Since February, 2006, Irma Zuckerberg served as the Acting Deputy Director of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth (DLEG). Prior to this role, she served as the Senior Executive Assistant to David Hollister, former Director, DLEG and Dennis Sykes, former Deputy Director, from November, 2003 until January, 2006. In her capacity as Acting Deputy Director, Irma's responsibilities included the supervision of 13 Bureaus, Agencies, and Commissions including the Bureau of Workforce Programs, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Michigan Commission for the Blind, Commission on Disability Concerns, Liquor Control Commission, Michigan Broadband Authority, Michigan State Housing Development Authority, Bureau of Construction Codes and Fire Safety, Michigan Employment Relations Commission, Internal Audit, Office of Technology and Media, Media and Public Relations and the Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives. The common mission of these programs is to move Michigan to become the number one state in workforce and economic development, job creation, innovation, entrepreneurship, and urban revitalization. As the Department's Workforce Development liaison to the Governor's Office, Irma was instrumental in the implementation of the state's workforce development, job placement and training strategy. She represented the Department on a number of workforce and economic development Councils and Committees including the Michigan Food Policy Council, the Governor's Cities of Promise initiative, the Early Childhood Investment Corporation, the Jobs, Education and Training (JET) Executive Committee, the Regional Skills Alliance Advisory Committee, the Physicians Blue Ribbon Task Force and the Healthcare Workforce Roundtable Task Force.
Prior to officially joining the DLEG Executive Office in November, 2003, Irma worked over 22 years for the former Bureau of Family Services (now under the Michigan Department of Human Services) in a number of administrative and program management positions. As the Acting Bureau Director of the former Bureau of Family Services, her responsibilities included the administration and supervision of licensing and regulation of Michigan's adult foster care facilities, homes for the aged, child day care and child welfare programs. As the Director of the Division of Adult Foster Care Licensing, she supervised 14 Area Managers for the licensing and regulation of over 4500 adult foster care facilities and 188 homes for the aged. Earlier work experience included vocational evaluator, head injury specialist, coordinator for residential programs for persons with a developmental disability, director of the City of Lansing's recreational programs for persons with a disability and director of a private residential program for persons with a developmental disability.
Irma has a Masters of Arts in Rehabilitation Counseling and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science from Michigan State University.
