Workforce Development Board

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The Workforce Development Board of Northwest Georgia, Inc. provides strategic and operational oversight and policy guidance to help develop a comprehensive and high quality workforce development system in the fifteen county Northwest Georgia Region (SWDA 1).

The board works to increase the Northwest Georgia region’s competitiveness in the global economy by providing employers with a highly trained workforce and robust labor market services. The board also seeks to maximize economic development opportunities and to ensure that residents have access to high-quality labor market information and quality training and employment services.

Workforce Development Board Members

​​Adult Education / Supervisor of Youth Success Academy

• Lisa Shaw, Vice President of Adult Education, Georgia Northwestern Technical College

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Apprenticeship

• Rick Gibson, Assistant Business Manager, IBEW Local 613

Business Representatives

• Andy Allen, Owner, Double A Timber Company
• Selena Galmon, HR Manager, Yanmar
  
• Barry Gentry, President & CEO, Murray County Chamber of Commerce
  
• Jim Henry, President, Custom Precision Components (Secretary/Treasurer)
• Beth Kelley, Owner, KBruce Farms, Inc.
• Randy Long, Plant Manager, Pilgrim's
  
• Mitchell Morgan, Chairman, United Community Bank Board
• Mike Murphy, COO, McWhorter Capital
• Cam Parker, Area Manager, Georgia Power 
• Gregg Webb, Plant Manager, Piana Nonwovens
• Vacant (1)
  

Council of Chief Elected Official

• Harry Harvey, Mayor, Summerville, Georgia

Community Based Organization

• Marion Barber, Tallatoona CAP

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Economic Development

• Chris Thomas, President/ CEO, Development Authority of Polk County
  

Higher Education Representative

• Cynthia Brown, Associate Dean of Economic Development. Chattahoochee Technical College
  

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Labor Representatives

• Robert Strickland, Business Agent, Southern States Millwrights, Local 1263
• Carey Tucker, Marketing Representative, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and HVACR Technicians, Local 72

​Vocational Rehabilitation

• Matthew Salmon, GVRA
  

Wagner-Peyser Representative

• Elizabeth Scott, Regional Coordinator, Region 1, Technical College System of Georgia
  
  

BOARD DOCUMENTS

Workforce Development Board Constitution & Bylaws (r 4/22)

Member Orientation Manual and Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Reference Guide (r 4/22)