Director of Job Corps: Who is Edna Primrose?

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Monday, October 04, 2010

Director of Job Corps: Who is Edna Primrose?

A longtime job training executive, Edna Primrose has served as the national director of the Job Corps program since March 2010.

Primrose attended college at Towson University in Maryland, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration.

In 1984, she began her professional career with the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), a Job Corps National Training Contractor. Working her way from administrative assistant to program coordinator, she was chosen to lead the IUOE Job Corps Training Program as national director from 1997-2000.

In 2000, Primrose joined the National Office of Job Corps as its chief performance officer, directing the Division of Program Support and Accountability. She oversaw the performance assessment and measurement system for the program, establishing benchmarks and developing the infrastructure to comply with the Workforce Investment Act.

From 2003 to 2007, Primrose served as deputy center director of the Woodstock Job Corps Center and center director of the Woodland Job Corps Center, both in Maryland.

Prior to joining the Obama administration, she was executive director of policy development and staff training at Adams and Associates, Inc., a company that operates twelve Job Corps Centers in nine states.

-Noel Brinkerhoff

Official Biography (Job Corps)

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Brandon Hinkel 9 years ago

Can you please contact me at hinkel.brandon@live.jobcorps.org i have a question about the job corps that i am at.

Dollie Robinson 9 years ago

I was just offered a job with the government and I went to job corp and got my ged back in 1979 at Excelsior Springs Missouri Job Corp so when they asked for a copy I called to see if they can send me a copy and they said they didn't even have record of me being there! Please help me

Kia jones 9 years ago

Can't seem to find my records. Need help I attended Job Corp 1980-1982

Bruce Earnest 12 years ago

hello ms. primrose, i have concerns about a project that was bid at turner job corps in albany,ga i have sent etr and the local procurement an email request as a foia requestand too tried to get etr to allow me to view the records and have not been allowed to. i have tried to get a foia request from the office of contracts management and they said they did not have these records. how do a peron get to view records of contractors and subcontractors when there is resistance from the local job corps and the contractor operating the site. the more resisitance a person recieve the more it seems fishy. please help (bruce earnest)

yesenia pena 12 years ago

hello mrs.primrose, i would like to first and for most thank you for this opportunity you have gave many of us. i know that as for me i do not take this for granted it is an amazing program and i enjoy being around people that are here to focus on their careers and get there stuff done. i do have some concerns with my trade that i would like to bring to your attention. the staff is helpful but not so much with telling me what's really going on. i am here for one purpose only to get a job and persue my career and eventually get my ba in radiology. i would like to speak to you more if i can write you a letter telling you my concerns that would be so helpful, maybe you can tell me what to do and where to go from there. i would appericate it a lot, if there's any address i can get so i can send you my letter or email that would be great. thank you so much for your time sincerely, yesenia pena

Danielle Baldwin 13 years ago

hey mrs. primrose, i just wanted to leave a little something for you, letting you know how very happy i am to have had the opportuity to meet you two times in d.c . i look up to you and the very status that you keep. i hope to see you again and maybe one day we will work close. you are a very wonderful women and i will never forget the power that you bring to a room. your a very kind person with so much love in your heart. i hope one day to be a great women and mother like you . thank you again for everything you do for us. see you soon. (mrs. danielle baldwin flint job corps.)

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