The Clean Technology Training Trust and its national network of labor leaders, industry partners, and advisors are transforming how America trains the next generation of clean technology workers — one apprenticeship at a time.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — During National Apprenticeship Week 2026, the Clean Technology Training Trust (CTTT), a national nonprofit and IBEW affiliate, is celebrating the power of purposeful partnership in building the skilled workforce that America’s clean economy requires. Governed by a distinguished Board of Trustees with deep roots in labor, industry, and workforce development, and guided by a National Advisory Council representing the full breadth of the clean transportation and advanced manufacturing sectors, CTTT is advancing two purpose-built apprenticeship programs — the ZEV Mechanic apprenticeship and the Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) apprenticeship — both currently in development and positioned to meet one of the most urgent workforce challenges of our time.
Delivered through nearly 300 IBEW-affiliated training centers across the country, CTTT’s model is built on a foundational premise: that sustainable, career-quality workforce development requires the collaboration of labor, employers, academia, and policymakers — not siloed efforts, but integrated, scalable systems designed from the ground up to work.
“National Apprenticeship Week is a moment to celebrate what happens when the right partners commit to building something that truly matters. The Clean Technology Training Trust was created because we recognized a gap that the market alone would not close — a gap between the pace of the clean economy transition and the availability of a skilled, credentialed, labor-supported workforce ready to meet it. What we are building is not a program. It is infrastructure. And the collaboration reflected in our Board of Trustees, our Advisory Council, and our IBEW partnership is proof that when labor, industry, academia, and policy come together with shared purpose, the difference we can make is real and lasting.”
— Dr. Kimberly A. Moore, CCMP, National Executive Director, Clean Technology Training Trust
A LABOR FOUNDATION BUILT TO LAST
CTTT’s programs are firmly anchored in the IBEW’s legacy of world-class apprenticeship training. As National Apprenticeship Week shines a spotlight on the transformative power of registered apprenticeships, CTTT’s labor leadership is clear about what this moment means for working people across America.
KENNETH COOPER | IBEW — LABOR LEADERSHIP
“This National Apprenticeship Week, the IBEW is proud of our apprenticeship programs, which train the skilled electrical workforce our nation depends on to keep the lights on and the economy moving. Now, through the Clean Technology Training Trust, we’re expanding that proven model across the transportation and manufacturing sectors — because these are skilled, high-demand jobs, and IBEW apprenticeships are essential to building the workforce of the future.”
— Kenneth W. Cooper, International President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
DAVE REAVES | CTTT BOARD OF TRUSTEES — LABOR GOVERNANCE
“National Apprenticeship Week is a moment to affirm what organized labor has always known: that structured, earn-while-you-learn pathways are the most powerful tools we have for building real, lasting economic opportunity. The Clean Technology Training Trust represents the next chapter of that story — IBEW-anchored, employer-engaged, and built to deliver the skilled workforce that the clean economy demands. We are proud to stand behind this work and the members it will serve.”
— Dave Reaves, Chairman, Clean Technology Training Trust Board of Trustees
The CTTT Board of Trustees — representing the labor-management governance structure that defines the Trust’s integrity and accountability — has provided strategic leadership and fiduciary oversight in the development of CTTT’s emerging apprenticeship programs. Their commitment to quality, equity, and worker advancement is the foundation upon which every program, partnership, and pilot is built.
NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL: VOICES SHAPING THE FUTURE
CTTT’s National Advisory Council brings together recognized leaders from industry, academia, labor, and public policy — each contributing sector expertise, regional intelligence, and strategic networks that ensure CTTT’s apprenticeship programs are rigorous, relevant, and built for scale. During National Apprenticeship Week, council members reflect on the difference this collaborative effort is making.
JARED SCHNADER | CALSTART — TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
“I have spent more than two decades helping transit agencies, fleet operators, and OEMs navigate the shift to zero-emission vehicles — and the single most consistent challenge is the same everywhere: where are the technicians? CTTT is building the answer. The ZEV Mechanic apprenticeship being developed by this organization addresses a real, documented gap with a credentialed, labor-aligned solution. That is exactly what this sector needs, and I am honored to help shape it.”
— Jared Schnader, CALSTART — Advisory Council Member
ASHLEE BREITNER | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CENTER — INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA
“The partnership between CTTT and the U-M Electric Vehicle Center is a proof point that what we are building is real. When a world-class research institution and a national labor-aligned apprenticeship organization work together on curriculum design, something genuinely different happens: programs that are grounded in the science and responsive to the shop floor. National Apprenticeship Week is a reminder of why this collaboration matters — and how much more is possible when we build it together.”
— Ashlee Breitner, Workforce Director, U-M Electric Vehicle Center — Advisory Council Member
BEVERLY SCOTT | INTRODUCING YOUTH TO AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. (IYAI) — TRANSIT, EQUITY & RURAL MARKETS
“Transit systems across this country — from major metro agencies to rural and tribal operators — are facing two simultaneous imperatives: transition their fleets to zero-emission vehicles and find the technicians to maintain them. CTTT is addressing both at once, and doing so through a labor-management model that centers worker quality and long-term career stability. For communities that have historically been left behind in workforce investment, this kind of infrastructure is transformative. I am proud to help ensure it reaches every market it should.”
— Beverly Scott, Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure, Inc. (IYAI) — Advisory Council Member
EMILY MARINO | NEW ENERGY NEW YORK / BINGHAMTON — BATTERY WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEM
“The battery manufacturing corridor that is emerging across the Great Lakes and Upstate New York is creating an extraordinary opportunity — but only if we build the workforce infrastructure to match it. CTTT’s Industrial Manufacturing Technician apprenticeship is exactly the kind of credentialed, scalable, labor-aligned pathway that this region and this industry need. Serving on the Advisory Council means helping to ensure that what gets built reflects the reality of the workers and employers who will live and work in these communities for decades to come.”
— Emily Marino, New Energy New York / Binghamton — Advisory Council Member
KIMBERLY LOWRY | TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES — EDUCATION & WORKFORCE PIPELINE
“Community colleges are the workforce pipeline for the advanced manufacturing economy — and Texas’s 50-member college system sits at the center of one of the largest and fastest-growing manufacturing markets in the country. CTTT’s IMT apprenticeship model creates the kind of employer-to-training-center linkage that produces real outcomes: skilled workers, filled jobs, and stronger regional economies. I am energized by this work and committed to ensuring that CTTT’s programs connect to the community college infrastructure that serves the students and employers who need them most.”
— Kimberly Lowry, Texas Association of Community Colleges — Advisory Council Member
MISSY HENRIKSEN | CENTER FOR ENERGY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT (CEWD) — ENERGY SECTOR WORKFORCE
“The energy sector is undergoing a profound transformation — and the workforce systems we build today will determine whether that transformation creates broadly shared opportunity or leaves workers and communities behind. CTTT is building the kind of labor-aligned, credentialed apprenticeship infrastructure that this moment demands. National Apprenticeship Week is a reminder that registered apprenticeships aren’t just a training strategy — they are an economic equity strategy. I am proud to support CTTT’s work and to help connect it to the energy workforce development ecosystem that CEWD has spent years building.”
— Missy Henriksen, Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) — Advisory Council Member
BETONY JONES | FORMER DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ENERGY JOBS, U.S. DOE — CLIMATE-LABOR EQUITY & POLICY
“Building an equitable clean economy requires more than good climate policy — it requires deliberate, structured investment in the workforce systems that ensure good jobs are accessible to everyone. CTTT’s apprenticeship model does exactly that: it creates credentialed, labor-governed pathways in industries where the jobs are real, the careers are lasting, and the opportunity to change someone’s economic trajectory is genuine. I joined this Advisory Council because I believe the work CTTT is doing is essential — not just to the clean economy transition, but to the kind of inclusive economic future that this country needs.”
— Betony Jones, Former Director, Office of Energy Jobs and Senior Advisor for Labor, U.S. Department of Energy — Advisory Council Member
ABOUT CLEAN TECHNOLOGY TRAINING TRUST
The Clean Technology Training Trust (CTTT) is a national nonprofit organization affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), established to build and deliver apprenticeship programs in clean transportation and advanced manufacturing through the IBEW’s national network of nearly 300 training centers. CTTT’s two areas of focus — Clean Transportation and Advanced Manufacturing 4.0 — are anchored by two purpose-built apprenticeship programs actively being co-developed with employer partners: the ZEV Mechanic apprenticeship, focused on medium- and heavy-duty clean transportation, and the Industrial Manufacturing Technician (IMT) apprenticeship, focused on advanced manufacturing. Both are designed to be customized and scaled to meet regional and industry need and operate under a labor-management governance model that ensures quality, accountability, and worker advancement.
For more information, visit cleantechnologytrainingtrust.org.
MEDIA CONTACT
Dr. Kimberly A. Moore, CCMP
National Executive Director, Clean Technology Training Trust
info@cleantechnologytrainingtrust.org
202-728-6074
cleantechnologytrainingtrust.org
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