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

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Vice Chair:

Gabrielle Buchanan

Human Resource Director

Cooper Standard

377 Phipps Bend Road

Surgoinsville, TN  37873

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Secretary/Treasurer:

Martin Frye

United Health Care

2033 Meadowview Ln

Kingsport, TN  37662

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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

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1. Dean Blevins, TN Center for Applied Technology at Elizabethton

2. Amanda Boyer, AO Smith

3. Brian Wilhoit, Amsee

4. Gabrielle Buchanan, Cooper Standard

5. Traci Ellenburg, Ceradyne, Inc/3M

6. Dr. Bethany Bullock, Northeast State Community College

7. Debbie Fillers, Adult Education, Northeast State Community College

8. Martin Frye, United Health Care

9. Krystal Holder, Bell Textron, Inc.

10. David Hutton, Upper East TN Central Labor Council

11. Tim Jaynes, UETHDA

12. Nancy Kenner, Nuclear Fuel Services

13. Bob Canter, Johnson City Chamber of Commerce

14. Andrew McKeehan, Carter County Bank

15. Jeff Frazier, Eastman Chemical

16. James Osborne, JA Street & Associates

17. Daronda Patterson, ZF TRW

18. Robin Pritchard, Snap On Tools

19. Jay Richardson, Master Model Craft, Inc.

20. Lottie Ryans, FTDD

21. Donna Tate, Seaman Corporation

22. Kenneth Osborne, TN AFL-CIO

23. Lynn Tully,  Northeast TN Region Economic & Community Development

24. Jonathan Van Bremen, Tri Cities Electrical JATC

25. Dennis Vaught, Jacobs Creek Job Corp

26. Brian Decker, TN Dept. of Labor & Workforce Development

27. Hamlin Wilson, Ballad Health

28. Paul Sajdak, High Country Imaging

29. 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