Workforce Development Board

Created

Established by Executive Order, Montgomery County Workforce Development Board 132-15-AM, effective 8/31/2015, amended by Executive Order 132-15-AM1 effective, 7/1/2020.

Purpose

The Workforce Development Board advises the County Executive on the administration of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 and serves as a strategic convener to promote and broker effective relationships between the County Executive and economic, education, and workforce partners throughout the local area. The Board is responsible for developing a strategy to continuously improve and strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs to promote economic growth.

Membership

The Executive must appoint, subject to confirmation by the Council up to 35 members: up to 18 business representatives; of those, 2 must be small businesses; up to 9 workforce representatives, including 2 labor organization representatives and up to 7 community-based/non-profit organization representatives; 8 other members must include: the Chief Executive Officer/President of the Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation; and one representative each from the Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation; the Maryland Division of Rehabilitation Services; Montgomery College as an organization administering adult education and literacy activities; Montgomery County Public Schools; a four-year post-secondary educational institution in Montgomery County; the director or designee of Montgomery County’s Department of Health and Human Services, and a community action agency representative.

Board Members

Mr. Alex Attumalil
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
Under Armour

Ms. Michelle Bell Smith
Chief Executive Officer
1st Choice, LLC

Dr. Sonya Bruton
CEO & President
CCI Health Services

Mr. John Cain
Energy Services Business Development Boland Trane Services, Inc.

Dr. Raymond L. Crowel Psy.D
Director
Dept. of Health and Human Services

Mark W. Drury
Founder
Mark Drury & Associates

Ms. Barbara I Ebel
Executive Director
Strategic Partnerships Maryland Dept. of Labor, Licensing and Regulation

Chris Gordon
Vice President of Operations
Compass Group, USA

Mr. Wyatt Genser
Senior Vice President
Capital Bank

Mr. Steven Greenfield
Dean of Instruction Montgomery College Workforce Development & Continuing Education

Yamil Hernandez
Co-Founder
ExeGi Pharma, LLC

Ms. Jennifer B. Hester
MS, MBA Vice President
Human Resource The Emmes Company, LLC

Mahesh Kalva
President and Chief Technology Officer AmeriinfoVets Inc.

Ms. Mary C. Lang
Chief Strategy Officer/Chief of Staff USG Board of Advisors
Universities at Shady Grove

Ms. Beth Lash
Regional Director Division of Rehabilitation Services Maryland State
Dept. of Education

Amelia Kalant
Director
STEP Training

Mr. Omar A. Lazo
Owner/Manager
Los Chorros Restaurant

Mr. Nagender Madavaram
President
American Center for Community Integration Services

Ms. Roxana Mejia
Political Affairs Director
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades

Dr. Susan F. Marks
Acting Chief, Human Resources & Development
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Ms. Yomi Ntewo
Senior Director Talent Acquisition, Innovative, Thought Leader, and Strategic Partner Sodexo

Ms. Sharon Strauss
Executive Director
Community Action Agency

Christa Tichy
President
C&T Electrical Contracting

Mr. Bill Tompkins
President and CEO
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation

Mr. Diego Uriburu
Co-Founder and Executive Director Identity, Inc.

 

Meeting Information

Currently the Workforce Development Board meets quarterly by videoconference. When in-person meetings resume, the Board will meet in Rockville.

The 2023 schedule and meeting agendas:

The 2022 schedule and meeting agendas:

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Meeting Agendas

Meeting Minutes

Commission meeting minutes are posted after approval by Workforce Development Board members.

2022 Minutes

2021 Minutes

Contact

Anthony Featherstone
Executive Director
Worksource Montgomery, Inc.
afeatherstone@worksourcemontgomery.com

Sarah Van De Weert
Director of Government Relations
WorkSource Montgomery, Inc.
svandeweert@worksourcemontgomery.com