Connie Sharp

Connie Sharp

Director of Membership

Connie leads the membership strategies and partnerships that NAWB members value. She is known for designing innovative workforce programs, policies, and procedures that focus on assisting low-income, hard to serve, and dislocated populations gain and retain employment.

Prior to joining NAWB, Connie worked with workforce boards to help them tell their story through data. As a labor market data expert, she designed and presented numerous trainings to teach workforce boards how to make data driven decisions. Before that, she worked at a local workforce as programs and operation manager. Before joining the workforce development world, Connie spent 8 years working in student services for Oklahoma State University and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center where she learned to write and administer competitive grants.

Based in Pryor, OK, Connie is a Certified Workforce Development Professional (CWDP), a certified Lightcast user, and a certified grant writer. She earned her Bachelor of Science from Oklahoma State University and Associate of Arts from Rogers State University.

Articles:

Your Priorities Are Our Priorities: What We Learned from the Member Survey So Far

  • August 21, 2026
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NAWB membership starts with listening. As our Member Survey closes today, we want you to know: we hear you. Your perspective shapes your NAWB membership experience. It also helps strengthen the workforce system nationwide. Strengthening Our Advocacy You want timely information about what is happening in Washington. You also want to know what it means […]