Dr. Janell Hills is IREC’s Director of Workforce Programs. She has 15 years of experience in higher education and 12 years of experience in grant administration including development, implementation, and management. Dr. Hills has developed work-based learning and apprenticeship programs for innovative occupations (such as pharmacy technician, information technology), and also had the opportunity to enhance the plumber’s apprenticeship program by adding digital plumbing layout design equipment for course implementation.

Dr. Hills is an enthusiastic leader who is passionate about education and workforce equity. She thoroughly enjoys working to develop programs for underrepresented populations.

A fun fact about Dr. Hills is while she loves being outside, she hates bugs and is terrified of spiders.