THE MILWAUKEE AREA WORKFORCE INVESTMENT

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board of Directors is comprised
of representatives from various segments of business, education, labor and community-based organizations. Appointed by the Mayor, board members
are responsible to work in tandem with the State to develop policies and guidelines and to provide oversight of the local workforce investment system.

Under the direction of these community leaders, the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Inc. implements the principles of the Workforce Investment Act as dictated by the workforce needs in Milwaukee County. As a result, local residents gain access to career opportunities and employers can build the workforce they need for success.

John Kissinger, Regional Vice President

GRAEF

BOARD CHAIR

Thelma Sias, Vice President - Local Affairs

We Energies

BOARD VICE CHAIR

Donald Sykes, President /CEO

Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Inc.

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD

Donald Layden Jr., Partner

Quarles & Brady LLC

BOARD TREASURER and VICE PRESIDENT

Shirley Lanier, President

EnviroTech Services, LLC

BOARD SECRETARY

William Andrekopoulos, Superintendent

Milwaukee Public Schools

David W. Aragon, President

SITE Personnel Services Inc.

Daniel Bader

President, Bader Foundation

Chairman, Granite Microsystems Inc.

Bill Berezowitz, VP & GM Imaging Sub-Systems

GE Healthcare

Carol Burgett, District Director, Milwaukee Job Service

DWD/DET Job Service
Job Center Southeast

Michael L. Burke, President

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Sheila Cochran, Secretary /Treasurer - Chief Operating Officer

Milwaukee County Labor Council, AFL-CIO

B.G. (retired) Robert Cocroft, CEO

Center for Veterans Issues, Ltd

Lea Collins-Worachek, WDA 2 Director

Department of Workforce Development

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation SE

Melanie Cosgrove Holmes, Vice President and World of Work Expert

Manpower

Michael Fabishak, CEO

Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee

Margaret Henningsen, President

Legacy Bancorp, Inc.

Willie Johnson, Jr., County Supervisor

Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors

John Jorgensen, Business Manager / Secretary-Treasurer

Painters & Allied Trades Local 781

IUPAT, District Council No. 7

Gwendilyn Keller, Administrator - Employee Relations

Astronautics Corporation of America

Darren Kroenke, Executive Director

Spotted Eagle, Inc.

Lupe Martinez, President /CEO

U M O S

Sean McGowan, President

Tramont Corporation

John Miller, President /CEO

Goodwill Industries of SE Wisconsin

Mary Moore, Director

Department of Workforce Development

Division of Unemployment Insurance (UI)

Howard Snyder, Executive Director

Northwest Side Community Development Corporation

Linda Sowell, Director of Strategic Programs

Gilbane Building Company

Karen Spindler, Corporate Director of Human Resources

The Marcus Corporation

Devon Turner, Vice President of Urban Affairs

Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce

Willie Wade, Alderman

Milwaukee Common Council

Charles Walton, Executive Director

Career Youth Development, Inc.

Wallace White, Principal /CEO

W2Excel, LLC

Steven Xiong, Refugee Services Director

Catholic Charities

Updated 1-22-10