Full Name
Brian Mendes

Job Title
Deputy Director, Adult Education

Company
Fifth Avenue Committee

Speaker Bio
Brian Mendes is the Deputy Director of Adult Education where he supervises all Adult Basic Education classes including English Language Acquisition, High School Equivalency, and Workforce Bridge Programming. In the 20 plus years he has been involved in Adult Education, he has been a teacher of ESOL, ABE, HSE, and Mathematics for Construction Workers, Carpenters, Caretakers, Pesticide Applicators, Electricians and Cable Installers.  In his time with FAC, he has been the Family Literacy Coordinator, ESOL Coordinator, HSE Coordinator, and Associate Director. He has developed and implemented curricula for a wide variety of Adult Basic Education and Workforce Development programming at Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, New York City Small Business Services, New York City Housing Authority, New York City College of Technology and Pathways to Apprenticeship. He is the Director of the Sunset Park Bridge Program, a partnership between FAC and BWI that connects Foreign Born New Yorkers with careers as CDL Bus Drivers and Low-Voltage Cable Installers. He has a degree in Education from Boston College and is a member of FAC’s REDI Core team.