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Maryland Registered Apprenticeship Development Advisory Board Meeting Minutes – January 12, 2026

Call to Order & Roll Call

  • Meeting called to order and roll taken by Chair Jake Hsu.

  • Quorum was confirmed.

  • Board members and attending staff from Office of Apprenticeship (OOA) introduced themselves for the record.

    Attendees

  • Jake Hsu (Chair)

  • Senator Rosapepe

  • Chris MacLarion – Director, Apprenticeship & Training Program

  • Abigail Olsen – Assistant Attorney General

  • Minah Woo – Howard County Community College

  • Erin Roth – Assistant Secretary, Maryland Department of Labor

  • Coral Newland – Compliance Review Navigator, Office of Apprenticeship (minute taker)

  • Logan Dean — Deputy Director, Office of Apprenticeship

  • Wayne Salter – Grants Manager, Office of Apprenticeship

  • Mark Howe – Grants Manager, Office of Apprenticeship

  • Gina Best – Region 1 Manager, Office of Apprenticeship

  • Dylan McDonough – Senior Policy Analyst

  • John Ladd – Senior Advisor, Jobs for the Future

    Approval of Previous Meeting Notes

  • Notes from prior meeting on December 10, 2025 were discussed.

  • They were characterized as informal notes, not formal minutes.

  • Therefore, no approval vote was required.

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    Old Business – Open Meetings Act

  • Follow-up on Open Meetings Act training and designee.

  • A volunteer for the training information was agreed.

    Action

    • Chris to resend the link for the training

    • Minah to attend

      Meeting Schedule

  • Discussed the options in changing the meeting frequency, 2nd Monday bi-monthly coincided with MATC on Tuesday.

  • There is the provision to have virtual meetings.

    Action

    • Meetings will be changed to bi-monthly on the 1st and 3rd week.

    • Chris created a new schedule.

      Program & Apprenticeship Updates

      Apprenticeship Office Update

  • Erin updated the Board of MATP change of name to the Office of Apprenticeship within the Department of Labor.

  • A new leadership role was established, and Logan now has the title of Deputy Director OOA.

    Logan updated the Board with Apprenticeship Data & Trends

  • Presentation of slides, which will be made available to the board.

  • The board was encouraged to request topics of interest where they would like more information for future meetings.

    Action

  • Discussion took place on how to measure a Sponsors capacity to gauge the overall capacity for apprenticeship growth.

  • Discussion on the marketing tools OOA used to grow apprenticeship Action

    • Senator Rosapepe requested a list of industry attendees.

    • OOA are working on adding a newsletter to their marketing strategy.

    • Events are listed on the state website.

  • It was noted that MD apprenticeship is growing with Sponsors and sustaining quality programs.

  • Should Ambassadors be doing more?

  • The board was interested in having MSDE give feedback on AMP progress.

  • The board discussed their interest to know why some Sponsors, employers, and apprentices change their minds to not pursue apprenticeship.

  • Discussion on the policy development and the RAISE Act to use the appropriated 5 million to establish Registered Apprenticeship Qualified Intermediaries.

  • Dylan highlighted a meeting to discuss the draft regulations, to be held next week. The policy is expected to roll out July 30th, 2026.

    Action

    • Dylan to resend the link for the meeting this afternoon.

      RAISE Act Annual report

  • This is required at the end of the year, every year.

  • A copy was circulated to the Board for feedback.

  • Discussion took place on the Boards responsibility to draft and present to the Secretary.

  • Logan confirmed the requirements for 2 separate reports; however, this report was the first and amalgamated the 2 reports into 1 report, due to the Board meeting for their 2nd session.

    Action

    • Feedback is required from the board, and a meeting is scheduled on Friday 16th January 2026 at 11:30am to collect all feedback.

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The Chair concluded the meeting with a motion to adjourn.

Respectfully Submitted,

Christopher D. MacLarion Director

Office of Apprenticeship, MD Labor