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William “Bill” Lucci
Chamber & Economic Development of the Rutland Region (CEDRR) announce the appointment of William “Bill” Lucci as program director of The Hub CoWorks on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Most recently, Lucci was the assistant director for adult technical education at Stafford Technical Center, a position he held since 2007. While at Stafford, Lucci developed over 150 adult and continuing education courses, created successful partnerships with ed2go and Cengage Learning to offer 350 online courses and 64 certificate programs to Rutland County adult students. Lucci oversaw recruitment of highly skilled instructors for the evening division of Vermont’s second-largest career and technical center. He established viable training programs for incumbent, unemployed, and underemployed workers in healthcare, manufacturing, construction, and truck driver training, among many other offerings.
In his new role at The Hub CoWorks, Lucci will develop and deliver high interest programming, classes, events, and social activities within The Hub CoWorks, Rutland’s newest co-working space in downtown Rutland. The primary focus will be supporting tech economy startup businesses and current businesses in the region. He will specifically focus on the development of partnerships with local and nationally recognized vendors, provide strategic direction for programming, support recruitment of mentors and investors, and serve as a liaison to the business community.
“We are excited to welcome Bill to the CEDRR team,” said Lyle Jepson, executive director of CEDRR. “Bill’s years of experience at the local technical center, as well as experience with curriculum research and development that supports business and industry, will enhance our work at CEDRR and for The Hub CoWorks’ Startup Rutland Venture Studio and partnership with the gener8tor Accelerator.”
Lucci lives in Poultney with his wife Kim who is an elementary school teacher in Castleton, and a tortie rescue cat named Coray. He has two grown sons, Alex and Sam, and a daughter Gabrielle who is a freshman at the University of Central Florida.
