As President and CEO, Brad leads the organization’s mission to serve and represent its members by championing workforce development, collaborating with industry leaders, policymakers, and local workforce boards to create sustainable, inclusive, and innovative solutions that strengthen the nation’s workforce and economy.
Before assuming his role at NAWB, Brad honed his expertise and leadership skills during his tenure at Goodwill Industries International (GII) and Easterseals, where he served in various key positions, most recently as GII’s Vice President of Strategy and Network Experience. With a deep commitment to empowering individuals through employment and skills development, his responsibilities included spearheading strategic initiatives, driving membership support, and advocating for policies that supported workforce development and job training.
Throughout his career, Brad has shown an unwavering dedication to improving workforce opportunities for all Americans. His profound experience and commitment to the cause have made him a respected figure in the field, driving economic vitality in communities and fostering economic empowerment for individuals from all walks of life.
Based in Maryland, Brad is a graduate of Wake Forest University and holds a Master of Divinity Degree in Christian Social Ministry from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
March 7, 2025 — Workforce boards in communities all across this country strive every day to connect work opportunities and jobseekers. They help businesses – tens of thousands of small and medium sized companies that are our economy’s backbone – fill their talent needs, to the tune of over 1 million jobs filled every year. […]
A robust workforce system requires well organized orchestration, customer centricity in its services, and agility for changing economic conditions March 4, 2025 — Those of us in the workforce development space know that the 118th Congress came “just this close” to reauthorizing the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) through a bill titled A Stronger […]
February 14, 2025 — President Trump nominated Henry Mack III to serve as the next Assistant Secretary of Labor, leading the Department’s Employment and Training Administration. Mack has extensive experience in workforce development, previously serving on CareerSource Florida’s state workforce board and as a Chancellor of Florida’s Department of Education. Mack’s nomination to Assistant Secretary will require Senate confirmation– timing for which is […]
To start 2025, I’ve been looking at the various predictions being made for the coming year. I’ve found bold predictions about space travel, logical ones about demographics, and ones that have made me chuckle. While they come from different people with different points of view, one through-line that shows up in (almost) all of them […]
Dec. 18, 2024 — Yesterday, Congress released the legislative text of the Continuing Resolution (CR) to extend funding for the current fiscal year until March 14, 2025. The bill includes a number of pending pieces of legislation, including A Stronger Workforce for America (ASWA), which reauthorizes the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) through 2030. The inclusion of ASWA in […]
NAWB President and CEO, Brad Turner-Little, made the following statement in response to the Congressional committee leadership’s bipartisan, bicameral agreement to reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). The new bill, which we provided an initial summary of, is currently being considered on a fast-track procedure in the Senate. “Since WIOA’s reauthorization in 2014, workforce development boards […]
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