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

• Anthony Nash, Business Agent, IUOE 926

Business Representatives

• ​Bruce Bowman, Vice President, Fox Systems, Inc. (Chairman)
  
• Paige Green, President and CEO, Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce
  
• Nicole Green, HR Representative, Meggitt Polymers
  
• Jim Henry, President, Custom Precision Components (Secretary/Treasurer)
  
• Beth Kelley, Owner, KBruce Farms, Inc.
  
• Randy Long, Plant Manager, Pilgrim's
  
• Linda McEntire, Director, Technical Training, Mohawk Industries (Vice Chairman)
  
• Mitchell Morgan, Chairman, United Community Bank Board
  
• Mike Murphy, COO, McWhorter Capital
  
• Cam Parker, Area Manager, Georgia Power
  
• Lee Tubbs, President, Enviroguard, Inc.
  

Council of Chief Elected Official

• Larry Stansell, Mayor, Town of Trion
  

Community Based Organization

• April Rogers, Community Services Director, Tallatoona CAP, Inc.
  

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Economic Development

• Illya Copeland, Executive Director, Murray County Industrial Development Authority & The Development Authority of Murray County
  

Higher Education Representative

• John Parton, Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness, West Georgia Technical College
  

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Labor Representatives

• Mike Hamilton, Business Manager, Millwright Local 1263
  
• Carey Tucker, Marketing Representative, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and HVACR Technicians, Local 72 ​
  

​Vocational Rehabilitation

• Scott Jackson, Service Area Manager 1-B
  

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Wagner-Peyser Representative

• Lisa Adkisson, Regional Coordinator, Georgia Department of Labor
  

BOARD DOCUMENTS

Workforce Development Board Constitution & Bylaws

Member Orientation Manual and Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act Reference Guide