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Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Development Board
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Ida Ford, Board Administrator
216-777-8251
Ida.Ford@jfs.ohio.gov
Grace A. Kilbane, Executive Director
216-777-8191
Grace.Kilbane@jfs.ohio.gov
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DESCRIPTION OF BOARD AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Workforce Development Board (WDB) serves as the advisory body for the Cuyahoga County Department of Workforce Development. The purpose of the department is to provide resources and information that assist residents of Cuyahoga County in moving toward financial independence through employment. Its programs and services include education, job training, job search assistance and employment-related youth programs funded through the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA). The WDB, by law, provides policy and guidance and exercises oversight for Service Delivery Area 3 (City of Cleveland/Cuyahoga County), in partnership with Cuyahoga County and City of Cleveland.
QUALIFICATIONS:
In order to meet the requirements of the federal law governing Workforce Development Boards (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014), a majority of WDB members must be from the private sector; and they must be owners of businesses, chief executives or other private sector executives who have substantial management or policy responsibilities. By law, the WDB must include public sector representatives of organized labor and community-based organizations; also, a representative of each of the following: education, vocational rehabilitation agency, public assistance agency, economic development agency, representatives of the one-stop partners and the public employment service.
MEMBERSHIP:
| Name |
Term Ends |
Appointed By/Representation |
| Pamela K. Jankowski |
6/30/2021 |
County Executive
|
| Michael Jeans |
6/30/2021 |
County Executive |
| LaToya Smith |
6/30/2021 |
County Executive |
| Shana Marbury |
6/30/2021 |
County Executive
|
| Grace Gallucci |
6/30/2020 |
County Executive |
| Ethan Karp |
6/30/2022 |
County Executive
|
| C. Jay Matthews |
6/30/2020 |
County Executive |
| Kim Shelnick |
6/30/2020 |
County Executive |
| Sheila Wright |
6/30/2020 |
County Executive
|
| Vacant |
|
County Executive |
| Ted Carter |
6/30/2022 |
Joint/Economic Development |
| William Moore |
6/30/2021 |
Joint/Wagner-Peyser Act
|
| Camille Ali |
6/30/2020 |
Joint/Vocational Rehabilitation |
| Vacant |
|
Joint/Education ABLE |
| William Gary |
6/30/2020 |
Joint/Higher Education
|
| Dan O'Malley |
6/30/2021 |
Joint/Labor Organization |
| Harriet Applegate |
6/30/2020 |
Joint/Labor Organization |
| Jason Shank |
6/30/2021 |
Joint/L-M Apprenticeship
|
| David Merriman |
6/30/2021 |
County Executive |
| Deborah Vesy |
6/30/2021 |
County Executive/Community Organization |
| Vacant |
|
Community Organization
|
| Felton Thomas Jr. |
6/30/2021 |
Public Library |
| Vacant |
6/30/2021 |
Mayor |
| Kevin Goodman |
6/30/2021 |
Mayor
|
| Joshua Perkins McHamm |
6/30/2021 |
Mayor |
| Gabriel Bruno |
6/30/2021 |
Mayor |
| Marzell Brown |
6/30/2020 |
Mayor
|
| Senayt Fekadu |
6/30/2020 |
Mayor |
| Margaret Judd |
6/30/2020 |
Mayor |
| Kim Thomas |
6/30/2020 |
Mayor
|
| Micki Tubbs |
6/30/2020 |
Mayor |
| James Vaughn, III |
6/30/2022 |
Mayor |
MEETING SCHEDULE/AGENDAS:
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