Craig Lamb

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT CRAIG LAMB

Craig Lamb is Vice President of Corporate and Continuing Education at Rowan -Cabarrus Community College in Salisbury, North Carolina. His responsibilities include training and education projects in support of community, economic and workforce development. Worker selection, workplace certification and process improvement are areas of special interest. Craig has committed his professional career to assisting individuals and organizations improve productivity and quality of life through training. Prior to joining Rowan-Cabarrus in 2014, he served as Executive Director of Ivy Tech Corporate College for 17 years and also served 14 years as Director of Operations for Tecumseh Area Partnership, Inc, the Workforce Investment Operator for the North Central Indiana region. He holds a BA in Organizational Communication from Purdue University and an MA in Adult and Community Education from Ball State University. As Program Lead for Talent Initiatives under the North Central Indiana WIRED initiative, Craig oversaw development and delivery of over 25 programs and over $7 million in WIRED funds. He serves on the authoring team for the Strategic Doing network, an open-source consultancy network dedicated to helping communities and organizations solve complex problems quickly. Craig is the founder of numerous workforce training initiatives, including the Ivy Tech Six Sigma Institute, and the SafeWork Indiana program and has facilitated the development of employer-based learning networks including the Okuma Machine Tool Academy, Advancing Manufacturing and the North Carolina Manufacturing Institute.