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| Workforce Solutions Elected to Lational Board By: News Release South Plains — Recent elections of the nation’s Workforce Development Council Officers and Trustees took place during the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Annual Winter Meeting in Washington, DC. Workforce Solutions South Plains CEO Martin Aguirre was re-elected to serve the Workforce Development Council Board of Trustees. Presently, over one-hundred members across the nation are appointed to represent the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Workforce Development Council. Of these, only twenty-five are elected to serve the Board of Trustees. The Workforce Development Council (WDC) was established in 1977 by the United Stated Department of Labor Employment and Training to: 1). Identify key issues in workforce development that affect cities and, 2). Assure the role of cities is paramount in all local, state and national workforce development activities. “This re-election allows regional and state employers, business leaders and workforce and economic development representatives to have a strong voice at the nation’s capital concerning issues of national debate and legislation that affect employers, workers and job seekers. I am honored to have been selected by Lubbock Mayor Tom Martin to represent the City of Lubbock and the South Plains region as the U.S. Department of Labor continues to address and develop solutions to strengthen America’s labor force,” said Mr. Aguirre. This is Mr. Aguirre’s sixth consecutive term as a WDC Board of Trustee. A list of the newly elected WDC officers and Board of Trustees are reflected below. 2010 Officers: President - Karen Sitnick Director, Office of Employment Development, Baltimore First Vice President - Thomas Phillips President and CEO, Capital Region Workforce Development Board, Inc., Hartford Second Vice President - Clyde McQueen President and CEO, Full Employment Council, Inc., Kansas City (MO) 2010 Board of Trustees: Martin Aguirre, CEO Workforce Solutions South Plains Board Administration, Lubbock (TX) Rick Beasley, Executive Director South Florida Workforce Investment Board, Miami LaDonna Boyd, Economic Development Director Dakota Electric Association, Burnsville, (MN) Mark Cafferty, President and CEO San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc., San Diego Marie Ellen Caron, Commissioner Department of Families and Support Services, Chicago Steve Corona, President Job Works, Fort Wayne Rochelle Daniels, Assistant County Attorney Workforce One Employment Solutions, Lauderhill Conny Doty, Director Boston Office of Jobs and Community Services, Boston Sallie Glickman, CEO Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board, Philadelphia Michael Gritton, Executive Director, KentuckianaWorks, Louisville Michael Holmes, Executive Director St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment, St. Louis Larry Hightower, Director Detroit Workforce Development Department, a Michigan Works! Agency, Detroit Tom Kavanagh, Vice President Job Works, Inc., Elkhart (IN) Andrew McGough, Executive Director Worksystems, Inc., Portland Reginald Murphy, Board Chairman Midlands Workforce Development Board, Columbia, (SC) Howard Pendleton, Director Job Training Division, Columbus Consolidated Government, Columbus (GA) Robert Ricci, Esq., Administrator Workforce Solutions of Providence/Cranston, Providence Robert Sainz, Assistant General Manager Community Development Department, Los Angeles Marléna Sessions, CEO Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County, Seattle Ralph Sinistro, One Stop Manager Summit County Department of Jobs and Family Service, Akron (OH) Philip Weinberg, President New York City WIB, New York Cheryl Welch, Administrator Fox Valley Workforce Development, Green Bay (WI) Story Posted: Fri Feb 5 14:10:42 CST 2010 Created: Fri Feb 5 14:13:29 CST 2010 BACK TO HOME/NEWS |
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