NCCER Names Senior Director and Chief Operations Officer

June 23, 2014 - NCCER has appointed Katrina Kersch to the position of senior director and chief operations officer. She is located at NCCER’s headquarters in Alachua, Fla.

 

The position was created to accommodate the need for additional leadership for the growing organization. Kersch will oversee daily operations of the following departments: product development and revision; program services; and credentialing and compliance services. She will report directly to NCCER President Don Whyte.

 

Kersch came to NCCER from Marek Family of Companies, a large commercial subcontractor based out of Houston. She was the director of workforce development, as well as the NCCER Sponsor Representative for Marek. Her background also includes serving as director of education for the Construction and Maintenance Education Foundation (CMEF) and executive director of the Construction Career Collaborative (C3).

 

In addition to being an NCCER master trainer since 2009 and an NCCER certified assessment administrator since 2003, Kersch was the 2010 chairman of NCCER’s Workforce Development Committee and a project manager for NCCER’s “I’m Great” initiative in 2007.