Mario Kratsch
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Vice President - German American Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest
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Mario joined GACC Midwest in October 2014 to lead the Skills Initiative, the Chamber’s effort to promote German-style apprenticeships in the US. In this capacity, he built the chamber’s apprenticeship programs and the Apprenticeship Networks department. Before joining GACC Midwest, Mario worked at a Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Germany as a training consultant for industrial and technical professions, and later as head of the international business division. Mario was also responsible for international projects on know-how transfer in Central Asia and the Balkans. Mario is head of GACC Midwest’s ICATT (Industry Consortium for Advanced Technical Training) Apprenticeship Program, the largest apprenticeship program in the U.S. fully benchmarked on the German Dual Education System. In addition, Mario oversees the management of the MAT2 (Michigan Advanced Technician Training) apprenticeship program and all GACC Midwest’s apprenticeship and workforce development activities. Mario was elected Vice President of GACC Midwest by the Board of Directors in September 2017. In this capacity he also manages GACC Midwest’s Membership & Events and Marketing/Communications departments. Mario serves as Secretary on the Board of Directors of the German - American Apprenticeship & Education Foundation which supports the creation and expansion of high-quality apprenticeship pathways and related education in the United States. In 2024, Mario was appointed to serve as an Employer Representative on the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) of the U.S. Department of Labor.
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