Andy Levinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Andrew S. "Andy" Levin was Acting Director of the Michigan Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth (DELEG). He was replaced by Detroit-based attorney Steven Hilfinger, who was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder on February 16, 2011. Levin began serving as Deputy Director of the department in January, 2007 and was named by Governor Jennifer M. Granholm as Michigan's first Chief Workforce Executive in 2009. At DELEG, Levin has driven the design and implementation of Governor Granholm's No Worker Left Behind initiative and made it a guidepost for national workforce policy. Under his direction, No Worker Left Behind has greatly increased the number and proportion of workers who get the kind of long-term training that can change lives. Levin has created a more efficient, capable and strategic state workforce agency by eliminating the outdated bureaus of workforce programs and career education and replacing them with the Bureau of Workforce Transformation. Levin personally led efforts to create Michigan’s Green Jobs Initiative, produced a rigorous report on green jobs, and established the Academy for Green Mobility. Levin, a lifelong advocate for good jobs, healthy labor-management relations, economic development and human rights, has worked in the labor and nonprofit sectors as well as for the federal and state governments. He was the Democratic nominee for 13th District Michigan State Senate seat in 2006 and lost an extremely close election in the Republican-leaning area.