Larry Engelbrecht

Before entering the public education sector, Larry collaborated with General Motors engineers and technical writers to edit and deliver top-tier technical service training, was instrumental in launching California’s Smog Check Program, and delivered advanced-level vehicle emissions diagnostic training to state-licensed technicians and inspectors with the Bureau of Automotive Repair and private postsecondary training providers.

He continues more than twenty years of closely examining educational institutions' effectiveness by serving as a program accreditation Evaluation Team Leader (ETL) for the ASE Education Foundation (formerly NATEF) throughout the western states and Hawaii. Larry continues in his second four-year term, this time as the Workforce Training Groups Advisory on Clean Transportation for the California Energy Commission. He continues working with educational leaders, community members, and business partners to strengthen career pathways, improve program and student outcomes, and improve equity through his employability data research that reveals the root causes of the nationwide technician shortage.