Retail Employer Link to Education

State Retail Association Partners:

• Connecticut Retail Merchants Association/CRMA Charitable and Educational Foundation, Hartford, CT
  Contact: Michele Mesek, Workforce Development Director, michele@crmaonline.com
• Download information on CRMA’s Retail Career Internship Program (pdf file)
• Illinois Retail Merchants Association, Chicago, IL
  Contact:David Vite, President & CEO dvite@irma.org
• Iowa Retail Federation/Iowa Retail Foundation, Des Moines, IA
  Contact: Jim Henter, President, jhenter@iaretail.org
• Kentucky Retail Federation, Frankfurt, KY
  Contact: Tod Griffin, Vice President, tgriffin@kyretail.com
• Retailers Association of Massachusetts/Massachusetts Retail Institute, Boston, MA
  Contact: Breanne Quinn, Education & Workforce Development Director, bquinn@retailersma.org
• Texas Retailers Association/Texas Retailers Educational Foundation, Austin, TX
  Contact: Theresia Intag, Executive Director, tintag@txretailers.org
  • Information on TREF’s Youth Opportunities in Retailing Program
  • TREF awards scholarships to 27 Austin-area students: Read the TREF press release (pdf file)