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Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Workforce Development Board
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Ida Ford, Workforce Development Administrator
216-777-8251
Ida.Ford@jfs.ohio.gov
Sheree Carroll, Executive Assistant
216-777-8191
Sheree.carroll@jfs.ohio.gov
Frank Brickner, Interim Executive Director
216-777-8161
frank.brickner@jfs.ohio.gov
WEBSITE:
https://www.omjcc.us/en-US/home.aspx
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 |
| Ethan Karp, CCWDB Chairman |
6/30/2022 |
County Executive |
| Pamela K. Jankowski |
6/30/2021 |
Joint/Education ABLE
|
| LaToya Smith |
6/30/2021 |
County Executive |
| Shana Marbury |
6/30/2021 |
County Executive
|
| Grace Gallucci |
6/30/2023 |
County Executive |
| Kim Shelnick |
6/30/2023 |
County Executive |
| Sheila Wright |
6/30/2023 |
County Executive
|
| William Moore |
6/30/2021 |
Joint/Wagner-Peyser Act
|
| Camille Ali |
6/30/2023 |
Joint/Vocational Rehabilitation |
| William Gary |
6/30/2023 |
Joint/Higher Education
|
| Dan O'Malley |
6/30/2021 |
Joint/Labor Organization |
| Harriet Applegate* |
6/20/2022 |
* City/County Joint Appointment |
| Jason Shank |
6/30/2021 |
Joint/L-M Apprenticeship
|
| David Merriman |
6/30/2021 |
County Executive |
| Cathy Belk |
6/30/2024 |
County Executive |
| Felton Thomas Jr. |
6/30/2021 |
Mayor |
| David Ebersole |
6/30/2021 |
Mayor
|
| Joshua Perkins McHamm |
6/30/2021 |
Mayor |
| Kelly Kehn |
6/30/2021 |
Mayor |
| Marzell Brown |
6/30/2023 |
Mayor
|
| Senayt Fekadu |
6/30/2023 |
Mayor |
| Kim Thomas |
6/30/2023 |
Mayor
|
| James Vaughn, III |
6/30/2022 |
Mayor |
MEETING SCHEDULE/AGENDAS:
Meeting schedule and agendas below.
2020/2021 CCWDB Roster
BYLAWS:
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ENABLING LEGISLATION:
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LINK TO APPLICATION:
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MEETING SCHEDULE:
11/20/2020 - Agenda