Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology (BCAT) recently appointed Charisma DuBois as Adult Workforce Director at the nonprofit organization. BCAT offers cost-free programs designed to engage, build skills, and highlight new opportunities so that high school and adult students have the tools to build stable, hopeful, and financially secure futures.
DuBois will oversee all aspects of the organization’s eight workforce development programs and classes including those in Allied Health, IT and Landscaping. She will be responsible for managing compliance requirements to meet state standards, building curriculum for new programs, and developing strategies for job placement pipelines for our students. Dubois will oversee a staff of nine.
DuBois brings extensive background in education, teaching and in leadership development. Previous to joining BCAT Dubois was with Teach for America serving as Director of Alumni Leadership where she developed and managed alumni engagement and outreach and developed a number of programs designed to create and fill a leadership pipeline in the education sector. She also built significant coaching and leadership development experiences while at Teach for America. DuBois has teaching experience as an adjunct professor at Canisius College (now Canisius University), as well as teaching high school science at the Bushwick (now Brooklyn) School for Social Justice and The New York City Teaching Collaborative, both in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Dubois holds a Master’s in Education from St. John’s University in New York City and a BA in Biology from Alfred University.
Founded ten years ago, Buffalo Center for Arts & Technology, offers cost-free adult workforce training programs in Allied Health, Landscape and IT fields that lead to meaningful employment with family-sustaining wages, and a cost-free high school arts and technology afterschool program that motivates students to stay in school and graduate with an actionable pathway into college and fulfilling careers. Both programs are offered in a welcoming, supportive, and inspiring environment.
