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Initiatives Profiles

Judith CrockerM. Judith Crocker Ed. D.
Director, Manufacturing Education Affairs

Judith Crocker leads MAGNET’s efforts to work with regional educational institutions to help them identify the education and training needs of manufacturers.

Before joining MAGNET, Crocker served as Director of Corporate and Community Outreach Services, Executive Director of Workforce Development at Lorain County Community College. She has also worked with the Cleveland City Schools delivering workforce education programs.

Crocker holds a Bachelors degree in Education from the University of Toledo; a Masters of Education degree from the University of Utah and a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Utah. She is a member of numerous professional organizations including the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, University Continuing Education Association, Association for Career and Technical Education and the Greater Cleveland Adult Education Council.

Michael T. Kobylka IIMichael T. Kobylka II
Manufacturing Advocacy & Regulatory Affairs

Michael T. Kobylka joined MAGNET in 2007 after serving as Director of Public Safety and Services for the City of Lorain, Ohio. In that capacity, he developed and managed a $28 million general fund and a $20 million utility budget while insuring that the city provided exceptional service to its citizens. Previous to this position, Kobylka served in several capacities in the office of Senator George Voinovich, where he cultivated a deep knowledge of appropriations and grant writing.

Kobylka has extensive experience in governmental regulation, permitting, and zoning at the federal, state, and local levels. He puts this expertise to use in overseeing MAGNET’s Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs efforts, which strives to level the playing field for manufacturers in Northeast Ohio.

Kobylka is a member of several community and professional organizations, including the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society. He holds a BA in Political Science from John Carroll University and recently completed studies for an MBA from Ashland University.

Randolph R. NemetzRandolph R. Nemetz
Director, Global Affairs

Randolph R. Nemetz, a Northeast Ohio native, has extensive commercial experience in operating globally focused activities including identification, evaluation, acquisition, startup, and operations of various types of commercial arrangements servicing numerous export markets. He was formerly General Manager at NutriScience Technologies, a Mitsui Company. NutriScience is a multi-business holding company focused on specialty chemicals and additives, with operations in the US, Brazil, England and Australia.

Nemetz's business and cultural travel activities include visits to more than 25 countries with the majority of his commercial focus on the MERCOSUR, EU, NAFTA and Asian markets.

Nemetz manages MAGNET’s Global Development Initiative, a clearinghouse for individual manufacturers looking for qualified service providers in the region. With the recent addition of the World Trade Center and the development of the Global Sourcing Center, MAGNET will soon provide regional manufacturers with access to revenue-growing global services.

Nemetz holds an MBA from Baldwin Wallace College and a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University.