Chris MacLarion
Maryland Department of Labor
Director of Apprenticeship & Training Program
Chris MacLarion began his career by serving for three years in the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. After leaving the Army, Chris spent 16 years working at the RG Steel plant in Sparrows Point, Maryland as a steelworker and the Vice President of the local union. When the RG Steel Corporation closed Chris attended the University of Baltimore, initially as a participant in the USDOL funded RG Steel National Emergency Grant, earning his Bachelor's Degree and becoming an employee of the Maryland Department of Labor. In the six years Chris has been with Maryland's Department of Labor he has managed numerous grants, including two USDOL National Dislocated Worker Grants and three State Apprenticeship Expansion Grants. Chris is currently the Director of the Maryland Apprenticeship and Training Program.