08-05-2025
Vermilion Advantage hires Workforce Education Director
Jodie Ingram has been hired as the Vermilion County Workforce Education Director.
After a thorough application and interview process conducted by a three-person committee representing Vermilion Advantage, Danville Area Community College, and Vermilion County K-12 schools, the decision was made to offer the position to Ingram, a news release states. She will be charged with working with school districts around the county to implement programs on behalf of Vermilion County employers that will give those employers the opportunity to engage students starting in junior high school, with the goal of getting students interested in career opportunities in Vermilion County.
The program has the following goals, decrease the number of open positions for Vermilion County employers, increase graduation rates at county schools, and increase the number of students in endorsed career pathways.
Ingram is the current Community Development Coordinator for Vermilion Advantage. She has been in that position since June of 2022. She has represented Vermilion Advantage on the Workforce Education committee and has been involved from the start in the discussions between industry and education on the development of this program, a news release states. In addition, Ingram has organized and developed all of Vermilion Advantage's current workforce education initiatives, the Career Fair with DACC, and the tour of industries for students.
