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Workforce Development Board


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

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
  • DeShawn Richardson, Assistant Business Manager, IBEW Local 613

Business Representatives
  • Andy Allen, Owner, Double A Timber Company
  • Pam Baskette, Human Resources Division Manager, Miura America Co.
  • Kate Daggett, Executive Administrative Assistant, Kellanova Rome Bakery
  • Selena Galmon, HR Manager, Yanmar
  • Barry Gentry, President & CEO, Murray County Chamber of Commerce
  • Bethany Gilmer, Human Resource Business Partner, Pirelli
  • Jim Henry, President, Custom Precision Components (Secretary/Treasurer)
  • Randy Long, Plant Manager, Pilgrim's
  • Richard Milburn, Manager of Training and Development, Textile Management Associates
  • Mike Murphy, COO, McWhorter Capital
  • Jason Smith, Chief Operating Officer, ETC
  • Marianne Wood, President, Polk County Chamber of Commerce
  • Cam Wallace, Education and Workforce Coordinator, Georgia Power

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
  • Scott Hendrix, D1 District Manager, GVRA

Wagner-Peyser Representative
  • Elizabeth Scott, Regional Coordinator, Region 1, Technical College System of Georgia

BOARD DOCUMENTS
Workforce Development Board Constitution & Bylaws (r 1/25)
Workforce Development Board Orientation Manual  (r 3/25)

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