Job Corps Administrator

Lynn A. Intrepidi is the Interim National Director for the Office of Job Corps. As Administrator, she has responsibility for leading the program and its 123 Job Corps centers throughout the country. The Job Corps program serves approximately 100,000 disadvantaged youth, ages 16-24, each year. The largely residential program offers participants opportunities to secure academic and career technical credentials and assists them with securing placement in education, employment, or the military upon graduation from the program.

Prior to her current appointment, Ms. Intrepidi served as the Regional Director of the Philadelphia Office of Job Corps for over nine years. Her Job Corps career began in the Chicago Regional Office in 1977 as a contract specialist. In 1980, she moved to Philadelphia and was promoted to Deputy Regional Director beginning in 1995.

Ms. Intrepidi began her career as a workforce development professional during her employment with the Illinois State Employment Service (ISES), where she was employed for approximately seven years. Her work at ISES included an assignment as an employment counselor for youth, followed by several years managing a team that assisted welfare recipients in gaining employment.

Ms. Intrepidi holds a degree in psychology from the University of Illinois and course work towards a Master’s Degree in vocational counseling from Roosevelt University.