NAWB Board of Directors

Board members set the direction for NAWB, ensure appropriate stewardship of its resources, and provide oversight for the organization. In addition to their governance roles and responsibilities, directors have a unique influence on the direction of the national workforce system and the American workforce itself.

OFFICERS

Al Searles, Chair

Eastern Carolina Workforce Development Board, North Carolina
Owner, AJS Farms LLC

 

Lisanne McNew, Immediate Past Chair

Pikes Peak Workforce Development Board, Colorado
President and CEP, SAFE Engineering

 

Melanie Flowers, Vice Chair

Workforce Solutions Capital Area, Texas
Chief Workforce Strategy Officer, Craft Education Systems

Ryan Hundt, Secretary

CEO, Michigan Works! Association, Michigan

 

Randy Miller, Treasurer

Owner, Allrite Home & Remodeling, Wisconsin

 

Jaime Cruz

Executive Director, Workforce Connections, Nevada

 

Jeffrey Frederick

North Carolina

BOARD MEMBERS

Lewis Brown

Senior Talent Strategist, Comcast, Colorado

 

Kevin Doyle

CareerSource Northeast, Florida
Managing Partner, Wexford Strategies

 

Karolyn Ellingson

Head of Industrial Workforce Development, Festo, Ohio

 

Mark Guthrie

Gulf Coast Workforce Development Board, Texas
Equity Shareholder, Winstead PC

 

Kyla Guyette

CEO, Oklahoma Workforce Commission

 

Jennifer Harris

Lake County Workforce Development Board, Illinois
President, CR Search, Inc.

 

Brian Holland

Capital Area Workforce Development Board, North Carolina

 

Carol Hylton

President and CEO, CareerSource Broward, Florida

John Kutch

CEO, Trinity Health, North Dakota

 

Jesse McCree

CEO, SCPa Works, Pennsylvania

 

Todd Nielsen

Arapahoe/Douglas Works! Workforce Board
Director, Colorado Urban Workforce Alliance, Colorado

 

Kim Parker-Llerenas

Executive Director, Willamette Workforce Partnership, Oregon

 

Walter Simmons

Prince George’s County Workforce Development Board, Acting Secretary of Maryland Department of Social and Economic Mobility

 

Jennifer Wilson

South Central Iowa Workforce Board, Iowa
Vice President, Business Solutions, Indian Hills Community College

EX-OFFICIO

Andrew Bercich

Arapahoe/Douglas Works!, Colorado

Jamil Dada

Riverside County Workforce Development Board, California