Board of Directors

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Meet the dedicated volunteers from across the country committed to workforce development both at the local and national level, to ensure workforce strategies are meeting the needs of local business and industry.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

LISANNE MCNEW

CHAIR

Pikes Peak Workforce Development Board

President and CEO

SAFE Engineering

Colorado

KATHY JEWETT

VICE CHAIR

Workforce Alliance of

South Central Kansas



Kansas

JENNIFER HARRIS

PAST CHAIR

Lake County Workforce Development Board

President

CR Search, Inc.

Illinois

AL SEARLES

TREASURER

Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board

Owner

AJS Farms LLC
North Carolina

MELANIE FLOWERS

SECRETARY

Workforce Solutions Capital Area 

Nepris

Vice President of Business Strategy and Industry Partnerships

Texas

JAIME CRUZ

Southern Nevada Workforce Development Board

Executive Director
Nevada

JEFFREY FREDERICK

North Carolina Association of Workforce Development Boards

North Carolina

BOARD MEMBERS

ANTWANYE FORD

District of Columbia Workforce Investment Council
President and CEO
Enlightened Inc.
District of Columbia

SPENCER MURRAY

Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Investment Board

Chief of Staff

National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3)

New York

MARK GUTHRIE

Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board

Equity Shareholder

Winstead PC
Texas

KAROLYN ELLINGSON

Head of Industrial Workforce Development

Festo

Ohio

CHARLIE MAHONEY

Michigan Works
President & Owner
Four-M Associates
Michigan

DEBRA GIORDANO

Equus
Vice President, Service Delivery
Kentucky

JON GUSTAFSON

Performance Consultant

Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County

Lockheed Martin

Texas

LISA SCHUMACHER

Director, Education Strategies

McDonald’s Corporation 

Illinois

LEWIS BROWN

Comcast

Senior Talent Strategist

Colorado

BETH CICCHETTI

CareerSource Capital Region WDB

Principal

BKC Consulting, LTD

Florida

WALTER SIMMONS

Prince George’s County Workforce Development Board

President & CEO

Employ Prince George’s, Inc. 

Maryland 

LEE LAMBERT

Foothill-De Anza Community College

Chancellor & CEO

California

JENNIFER WILSON

Indian Hills Community College

Vice President, Business Solutions

South Central Iowa Workforce Board

Iowa

KYLA GUYETTE

Consultant



RYAN HUNDT

CEO

Michigan Works! Association

Michigan

RANDY MILLER

Owner

National Association of The Remodeling Industry (NARI)

Wisconsin

EX - OFFICIO

ANDREW BERCICH

Amazon
Sr. Talent Acquisition Leader

Arapahoe/Douglas Works!

Colorado

JAMIL DADA

Riverside County WDB
Vice President
Provident Bank
California

JOIN OUR BOARD

The NAWB Board of Directors mirrors the diversity of individuals who promote our private-public partnerships at the local and state levels. We seek individuals who have demonstrated leadership in promoting Workforce Development Boards and effective workforce development policy and programs at the state and local levels.


Our Recruitment Committee considers the following bylaw requirements in nominating candidates:

 

  • A majority of the Elected Board of Directors shall be private business representatives from Local or State Workforce Investment Boards;
  • No more than three (3) persons from any one state or territory may serve among the elected seats; and
  • An Executive Director cannot apply to the Board of Directors if a member of their WIB already sits on the NAWB Board of Directors.

 

If you are interested in applying to serve on NAWB's board, click here to download the board member position description. Interested parties should send inquiries to NAWB at nawb@nawb.org. For questions, please contact us at (202) 857-7900

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