About US
Our Mission
Clothes That Work will clothe, educate, and empower individuals to prepare them for employment success.
Our Vision
Clothes That Work will be a leading workforce development resource investing in the continuous professional advancement of those we serve.
Our visionary founders include Kym Yahn, Linda Lombard, Mary Colegate, Mary Sue Kessler, Helen Jones-Kelley, Paula MacIlwaine, Elaine Johnson, Carol Prewitt, Pat Rider, Bonnie Langdon, Pat Robinson, Lee Armstrong Lumpkin, Chris Olinsky, and Nita Yates.
Our Story
Clothes That Work (CTW) is a grassroots non-profit organization that provides professional or workplace clothing, confidence building, and soft skills training to job seekers since 1998. More than 40,000 men, women, and independent teens in the Miami Valley and surrounding cities have benefited from the services provided by Clothes That Work.
Through the ongoing support of donors, funding partners, individuals, corporations and foundations CTW is able to make a real difference in the lives of many people.
We partner with local organizations that refer clients in need of interview clothing to aid in the transition to self-sufficiency. In addition to providing interview appropriate clothing and training on how to dress for work, we also conduct seminars, give interviewing tips and coach on exhibiting appropriate professional behavior. By focusing on the skills our clients need to be competitive in the interview process, we help instill the confidence necessary to succeed.
By focusing on the skills our clients need to be competitive in the interview process, we help instill the confidence necessary to succeed.
OUR OFFICERS
Holly Wiggins
President
United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
Mark Mazer
Vice President
MS Consulting, LLC
lEE ALDER TRUSEDALE
Secretary
The Foodbank, Inc.
Chris garrity
Treasurer
Merrill Lynch
Joanie Krein
Immediate Past President
Graduation Alliance
David Bowman
Member-At-Large
The Ohlman Group
Connor dowd
Premier Health
OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jessica Brauneck
Fifth Third Bank
Deborah Brenneman
Thompson Hine, LLP
John Capobianco
Westminster Financial Companies, Inc.
Caresse Drake
First Financial Bank
Lamonte Hall
City of Dayton
Gloria Hurwitz
United Church Homes
Mary Ann Kabel
AES Ohio
Kaitlin Krebs
LISC
LaPearl Logan Winfrey
Retired, Wright State University
Roeneisha Wallace
Omega Community Development Corporation
OUR STAFF
Nick Eddy
Operations & Volunteer Manager