Our faculty

The Enzweiler Building Institute is staffed by awesome instructors who are all licensed, certified, and/or seasoned professionals in their field. Like our students, our instructors work full-time at their craft. This enables them to relate and communicate with our students about real workplace issues while teaching the content needed for success in the field.

Carpentry Program Instructors

Brandon Lewis

Radial Construction, Carpentry 1

Brandon is a graduate of the carpentry program at EBI and is in his first year as the lead teacher for the carpentry program. He is a supervisor for Radial Construction.

Tim Wilmot

Trade 31 (Retired), Carpentry 2 instructor

Tim Wilmot brings 40+ years of carpentry, supervisory and teaching experience to his position as the instructor of Carpentry 2. He recently retired from Trade 31, the craft division of HGC Construction. He formerly operated a construction company and has built many homes and buildings through the Greater Cincinnati area. He now teaches full time. 

Andrew Hirsch

Carpentry1 and 2 instructor

Electric Program Instructors

Luis barajas

E-Corp Electric, Electric 1

BME Instructor; graduate of the EBI program. 

Connor Brown

EGC Construction, Electric 2

Connor is an Enzweiler graduate and a master electrician in the state of Kentucky. He owns his own firm called Brown Bear USA.  He is excited to begin his first year of teaching at Enzweiler. 

Geof Ball

Sanitation District 1, Electric 4

Geof is the Eastern Region Plant Administrator for Sanitation District 1 (SD1) in Northern Kentucky. He moved to SD1 as an electrician in 2016 after spending 16 years as an electrician at ARC Electric. Geof has taught in the EBI Electric Program for many years. He is a master electrician in the state of Kentucky.

Edgar McClanahan

KW Mechanical, electric 3

Edgar started his teaching career in the Electric 1 classroom and now teaches Electric 3. He is committed to helping the next generation of electricians transition into the career field he has known and loved for more than 25 years. He has been an electric foreman for many years with a variety of companies and holds a masters electrician license in Kentucky. 

Facilities Maintenance & Carpentry

Mike Braun

Nick Lindley

James Hannon

13 week carpentry program instructor

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HVAC Program Instructor

Dennis Janson

KLH Engineers, HVAc

Dennis began his career as an HVAC installer at Tom Rechtin Heating and moved up to a division manager over his 32 year career there. He also worked as a controls engineer at the Habegger Corporation before taking his current position as commission agent at KLH Engineers. He is a frequent trainer in the HVAC industry.

Robert Volmer

Masonry Program Instructors

Plumbing Program Instructor

Donald Hoskins

Maximum Plumbing, Plumbing 1

Donald Hoskins is the CEO/Owner of Maximum Plumbing, which specializes in residential and light-commercial service plumbing. He previously worked at Arlinghaus Plumbing and HVAC, Apollo, and HELP Plumbing and HVAC. He is licensed in Kentucky, and a graduate of ITT Technical Institute with an associate degree in Business Administration. 

John Rachford

Plumbing 1

Mike Blevins

Plumbing 1 and 2

Welding Program Instructor

John Kahmann

R&D Fabworks, LLC

John completed the EBI welding program in 2022 and has been teaching ever since. He has a passion for the field and holds several certifications in welding.

Director of Workforce Development

Diane McConnell

Building Industry association of nky

Diane McConnell is the Director of Workforce Development at the Building Industry Association of NKY (BIA-NKY). She came to BIA-NKY in October of 2023 after spending 29+ years overseeing the career and technical education and training of young adults in the Job Corps program. Diane earned a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ohio Northern University and a Master’s of Science in Education and Allied Professions from the University of Dayton. Diane is also a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Ohio. In her spare time, Diane enjoys playing sports and customizing Air Force 1 tennis shoes. 

Contact Enzweiler Building Institute Today

Are you a skilled craftsman or licensed professional who would be interested in teaching? We are always looking for additional teaching resources and guest speakers in our classrooms. Contact Diane McConnell to discuss.