Workforce Development Board

Dave Adams Chairman, Workforce Development Board

The Northwest Michigan Workforce Development Board, one of twenty-five Workforce Development Boards in Michigan, is a volunteer board comprised of private business representatives and public sector representatives. The board works in partnership with the Council of Governments board and provides oversight for the entire workforce development system including several federal and state funded programs and the Michigan Works! Centers. 

 

The administration of the Council of Governments and its subcontractors provide delivery of programs under the direction of the Northwest Michigan Workforce Development Board.

David Adams	Bear Lake Hardware/Lumber
Eric Bachmann	MI Rehab Services
Jim Barnard	Barnard Engineering
Ken Bollman	Saber Tool Company
Tino Breithaupt	Traverse Area Chamber of Commerce
Corey Case	Pipefitting & Plumbing Industry U.A. Local 85
Gretchen Crum	Boyne USA
Charles Dillon	West Shore Comm College
Joanne Dunbar	Martin Marietta
Don Eichberger	HW Jenks
Gary Fedus	Mitchell Graphics
Art Jeannot	Platte Lake Resort II
Nathan Kalchik	Kal Excavating Company
Gene Kaminski	Northern Michigan Hospital
Jane Korthase	Grandvue Medical Care Facility
Laura Mitchell	Wayne Wire Cloth Products
Ken Osborne	Boride Engineered Abrasives
Doug Parkes	Workforce Development Board
Steve Perdue	Grand Traverse Industries
Sue Peters	Munson Medical Center
Christine Pettibone	Kalkaska Screw Products
David Pratt	Pugsley Correctional Facility
Jerald Rives	Elk Lake Tool Company
Martha Ryan	Martha's Leelanau Table
Jim Smith	Workforce Development Board
John Toth	Central Labor Council
Dave Van Houten	Wexford/Missaukee DHS-FIA
Pam Ward	Child Care Connections