Workforce Development BoardThe 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
Apprenticeship
Business Representatives
Council of Chief Elected Official
Community Based Organization
Economic Development
Higher Education Representative
Labor Representatives
Vocational Rehabilitation
Wagner-Peyser Representative
- Lisa Shaw, Vice President of Adult Education, Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Apprenticeship
- Rick Gibson, Assistant Business Manager, IBEW Local 613
Business Representatives
- Terry Craft, CEO, Your S.A.F.E Consulting
- Selena Galmon, HR Manager, Yanmar
- 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, Gildan
- Vacant (2)
Council of Chief Elected Official
- Harry Harvey, Mayor, Summerville, Georgia
Community Based Organization
- Marion Barber, Tallatoona CAP
Economic Development
- Eil Falls, President/CEO, Murray County Industrial Development Authority
Higher Education Representative
- Angela Berch, VP, Economic Development, West Georgia Technical College
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
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