Our Team

Marc Stanakis - President

Marc Stanakis serves as the President and Co-Founder of The Jobs Partnership of Florida. As the strategic leader of this thriving non-profit organization, his mission is to transform the lives of the chronically underemployed through the power of partnerships. Utilizing his business development and fundraising abilities, Marc co-founded The Jobs Partnership initiative in 1999, through which struggling people could find hope, purpose and employment opportunities, through the help of others. Marc’s exceptional ability to build cross-cultural relationships has brought a diversity of people and organizations together to serve struggling working families. The Jobs Partnership has formed more than 250+ strategic partnerships with churches, businesses, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, government and social service agencies in Central Florida, with thousands of Graduates now active in the workforce.

Lorrenza Vandiver, MBA - Program Manager

Michele Ryder - Office Manager

Jessy Correa - Student Experience Coordinator

Laurie Myrtil - Program Coordinator

Melissa Morris - Community Resource Liaison

Elliott Drake - Director of Partnerships

Selena Hutchenson - Assistant Program Manager

As the Assistant Program Manager of the LifeWorks Program, Selena is able to foster relationships with volunteers, instructors, participants and graduates to ensure the implementation and success of the program. The curriculum content taught in our training sites motivates her in her role because it gives her the opportunity to exercise her God-given purpose of Breaking Generational Cycles, to the glory of God.