ExxonMobil has donated $220,000 to Baton Rouge Community College to support the college’s North Baton Rouge Industrial Training Initiative, or NBRITI.
The NBRITI program provides tuition-free training in the electrical, millwright, pipefitting, instrumentation, welding and process technology disciplines to residents of North Baton Rouge. Graduates of the program receive a national certification from their respective disciplines, making them job-ready in a variety of high-demand industrial crafts.
NBRITI launched in 2012 as a partnership between BRCC and ExxonMobil, and ExxonMobil continues to support the program and hire many of its graduates. NBRITI is dedicated to empowering residents from the North Baton Rouge area by establishing a direct pathway to training and meaningful careers in the industrial sector.
Officials from ExxonMobil presented the check to BRCC administrators this week at the fall NBRITI Advisory Council Meeting
Photo Cutlines:
Front row, left to right:
Kristin Biggs, Baton Rouge Public & Government Affairs Advisor at ExxonMobil; Meg
Mahoney, Public and Government Affairs Manager at ExxonMobil; Sarah Barlow, Provost
and Vice Chancellor for Workforce and Student Development at BRCC; Heather Guidry,
Dean, Technical Education at BRCC; Caroline Mays, Baton Rouge Refinery Controls Advisor
at ExxonMobil; Pilar Eble, Vice Chancellor of Advancement and Executive Director of
the BRCC Foundation.
Back row, left to right:
Mila Sexton, Director of Philanthropic Initiatives at the BRCC Foundation; Carl Raymond,
Workforce Development Specialist at ExxonMobil; Ray Tanner, Machinery Specialist at
ExxonMobil; DJ Curtin, Chemical Plant Superintendent at ExxonMobil; Madeline Brown,
Associate Director of Leadership Giving & Stewardship at the BRCC Foundation
