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Mid-Willamette Jobs Council Appoints the Mid-Valley Workforce Board
Incite Incorporated announces the formation of the new Workforce Board under the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
SALEM, OR – The Mid-Willamette Jobs Council (MWJC), comprised of county commissioners from Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties, met yesterday April 8, 2015 to form and appoint the new Mid-Valley Workforce Board (MVWB) required by Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) signed in July of 2014. The changes ordered by this new act are required to be in effect by July 1, 2015. The makeup of the new board consists of 51% local business representatives with decision-making authority within their organizations. The remainder of the board is a mixture of mandatory partners which represent labor, community-based organizations, education, government, or economic development.
The new MVWB is scheduled to convene their first meeting on April 24, 2015 at 7:30am at the Chemeketa Center for Business and Industry at 626 High Street Northeast, Room 203, Salem, Oregon 97301. Meetings held by the MVWB are open to the public and public comment is invited.
The appointed members of the Mid-Valley Workforce Board are as follows:
Patrice Altenhofen of Family Building Blocks
Frances Alvarado of Oregon Human Development Corp
Patricia Callihan-Bowman of Express Personnel Services
Seth Christensen of MEI
Dean Craig of Personnel Source
Greg Creal of IBEW
Martha Dodsworth of Department of Vocational Rehabilitation
Alvin Elbert of ARE Manufacturing
Tom Erhardt, of Oregon Employment Department
Michael Fowler of Cabinet Door Service
Chad Freeman of SEDCOR
Zac Hill of Doneth Wealth Management
Gayle Klampe of Cascade Employers Association
Jason Kovac of Linn-Benton Community College
Matt Lazzeri of Oregon Lithoprint
Johnny Mack of Chemeketa Community College
Jefferson Mildenberger of Kaiser Permanente
Larry Moore of Westview Products
Joe Munger of Central Labor Council
John Pascone of Albany-Millersburg Econ Development
Jim Sapienza of West Valley Hospital/Salem Health
Janet Steele of Albany Chamber of Commerce
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