2020-21 Chair
2020-21 Executive Committee
NETWDB Chair
James Osborne
JA Street & Associates
Safety Quality Director
245 Birch St.
Blountville, TN 37617
Past-NETWDB Chair
Jay Richardson
Owner & Chief Executive Officer
Master Model Craft. Inc
431 Industrial Drive
Bristol, TN 37620
Vice Chair:
Gabrielle Buchanan
Human Resource Director
Cooper Standard
377 Phipps Bend Road
Surgoinsville, TN 37873
Secretary/Treasurer:
Martin Frye
United Health Care
2033 Meadowview Ln
Kingsport, TN 37662
COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
Operations & Planning Committee
Amanda Boyer,
Training Specialist/HR Supervisor
AO Smith
1100 East Fairview Ave
Johnson City, TN 37601
Youth & Young Adult Committee
Gabrielle Buchanan
Human Resource Director
Cooper Standard
377 Phipps Bend Road
Surgoinsville, TN 37873
Targeted Populations Committee
Nancy Kenner
Safety Culture Improvement Section Manager
Nuclear Fuel Services
PO Box 337
Erwin, TN 37650
NETLWDB Board Members
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Dean Blevins, TN Center for Applied Technology at Elizabethton
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Amanda Boyer, AO Smith
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Brian Wilhoit, Amsee
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Gabrielle Buchanan, Cooper Standard
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Traci Ellenburg, Ceradyne, Inc/3M
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Dr. Bethany Bullock, Northeast State Community College
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Debbie Fillers, Adult Education, Northeast State Community College
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Martin Frye, United Health Care
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Krystal Holder, Bell Textron, Inc.
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David Hutton, Upper East TN Central Labor Council
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Tim Jaynes, UETHDA
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Nancy Kenner, Nuclear Fuel Services
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Bob Canter, Johnson City Chamber of Commerce
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Andrew McKeehan, Carter County Bank
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Jeff Frazier, Eastman Chemical
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James Osborne, JA Street & Associates
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Daronda Patterson, ZF TRW
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Robin Pritchard, Snap On Tools
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Jay Richardson, Master Model Craft, Inc.
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Lottie Ryans, FTDD
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Donna Tate, Seaman Corporation
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Kenneth Osborne, TN AFL-CIO
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Lynn Tully, Northeast TN Region Economic & Community Development
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Jonathan Van Bremen, Tri Cities Electrical JATC
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Dennis Vaught, Jacobs Creek Job Corp
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Brian Decker, TN Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development
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Hamlin Wilson, Ballad Health
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Paul Sajdak, High Country Imaging
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Henry Wynn, Hackney Furniture
* Denotes Executive Committee
Workforce Board Responsibilities
· Develop and submit a 4-year local plan for the workforce area
· Conduct workforce research and regional labor market analysis
· Convene area workforce development system stakeholders
· Lead efforts to engage with a diverse range of employers and other entities
· Develop effective linkages with employers
· Ensure that workforce investment activities meet the needs of employers and support economic growth
· Develop and implement proven or promising strategies for meeting the employment and skill needs of workers and employers
· With representatives of secondary and postsecondary education programs, lead efforts to develop and implement career pathways
· Lead efforts in the local area to identify and promote proven and promising strategies and initiatives for meeting the needs of employers, workers and job seekers.
· Develop strategies for using technology to maximize the accessibility and effectiveness of the local workforce development system for employers, and workers and job seekers/
· Identifying strategies for better meeting the needs of individuals with barriers to employment.
· Conduct oversight and Ensure the appropriate use and management of the funds provided under WIOA
· Negotiate and reach agreement on local performance indicators with the chief elected official and the Governor;
· Negotiate with CEO and required partners on the methods for funding the infrastructure costs of one-stop centers in the local area
· Select the providers in the local area, and where appropriate terminate such providers of Youth workforce activities, training services consistent with the criteria and information requirements established by the Governor and WIOA
· Select One-stop operators
· Coordinate activities with education and training providers in the local area
· Develop a budget for the activities of the Local WDB,
· Assess, on an annual basis, the physical and programmatic accessibility of all one-stop centers in the local area
· Certification of one-stop centers