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

 

Jennifer Harris, Immediate Past Chair

Lake County Workforce Development Board, Illinois

 

Melanie Flowers, Vice Chair

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

Kim Parker-Llerenas, Secretary

Executive Director, Willamette Workforce Partnership, Oregon

 

Todd Nielsen, Treasurer

Director, Denver Workforce Development Board

 

Jaime Cruz

Executive Director, Workforce Connections, Nevada

 

Jeffrey Frederick

North Carolina Workforce Association, North Carolina

BOARD MEMBERS

Karen Carter

City of Phoenix Business and Workforce Development Board, Arizona

 

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

 

Bridget Back

Deputy Director, Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP), Kentucky

 

Brian Holland

Capital Area Workforce Development Board, North Carolina

 

Carl Flanagan

CareerSource Citrus Levy Marion, Florida

 

Louise McLoughlin

Executive Director, Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board, New York

 

Tom Kavanagh

President/CEO, Northern Indiana Workforce Board, Indiana

Carol Hylton

President and CEO, CareerSource Broward, Florida

 

John Kutch

CEO, Trinity Health, North Dakota

 

Jesse McCree

CEO, SCPa Works, Pennsylvania

 

Mary Hewitt

Los Angeles DEO                                                                                                                          CEO /Founder, Kollab Youth, California

 

Dr. Justin Arnold

Director, East Central Illinois Workforce Board

 

Robert Sturns

Executive Director, Workforce Solutions for Tarrant County, California

 

Zaskia Ruiz

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, KRA

 

Jamil Dada

Riverside County Workforce Development Board, California