Chanel Flores
The Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) has appointed Chanel Flores as director of the IT and aerospace and defense clusters. She will serve as liaison to aerospace and IT companies statewide and engage members of those industries in various programs and initiatives to develop solutions for workforce challenges and ultimately optimize growth. Flores has served the past few years as employer and continuing education manager for Davis Technical College, where she was responsible for Custom Fit training, employer private training and continuing education. Prior experience includes various roles with BBSI and Management and Training Corp. Flores has more than a decade of experience in technical education. She currently serves as the education chair on the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) executive board. Flores received a bachelor of science degree in organizational communication from Weber State University and is currently attending graduate school at Westminster College, studying strategic communication.