The Association provides a vehicle for state workforce board chairs and staff directors to learn from the experiences of others in similar positions, share best practices and solutions to shared challenges, have a unified voice on national policy issues, and strengthen the nation’s workforce development and education systems.
The National Association of State Workforce Board Chairs is a membership organization and is an affiliate of the NGA Center for Best Practices, which supports administration and convenings for the Association. Members of the Association are the chairs of Governor-appointed state workforce development boards, which are responsible for overseeing state workforce development systems. Staff directors supporting state workforce development boards are invited to participate as associate members. The Association provides a vehicle for state workforce board chairs and staff directors to learn from the experiences of others in similar positions, share best practices and solutions to shared challenges, have a unified voice on national policy issues, and strengthen the nation’s workforce development and education systems.
Members of this affiliate Association:
- Exchange information at meetings convened twice each year, which are supported by the Workforce Development Technical Assistance Program and open to state workforce board chairs and directors
- Engage in both joint and separate peer learning calls for board chairs and directors facilitated by NGA staff
- Receive customized technical assistance from NGA staff on an as-needed basis, including best practices research and presentations, board meeting facilitation, and connections to national experts as well as peers in other states
- Advise NGA staff on policy and technical assistance priorities in workforce development
Executive Committee:
- Chair: Angelo Farooq, Chair, California Workforce Development Board; Owner, AVM Innovation Consulting, LLC
- Vice Chair: Mark Gaspers, Chair, Workforce Arizona Council; Senior Manager, Government Relations, The Boeing Company
- Immediate Past Chair: Mark Tyler, Chair, Wisconsin Governor’s Council on Workforce Development; Founder and Chairman, OEM Fabricators, Inc.
- Laura Beeth, Chair, Minnesota Governor’s Workforce Development Board; Vice President of Human Resources – Workforce Partnerships, Fairview Health Services
- Dennis Bone, Chair, New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission; Executive in Residence, Montclair State University
- Karen Kirchler, Deputy Commissioner of Workforce Development, Technical College System of Georgia
- Anne Mersereau, Chair, Oregon Workforce Talent Development Board; Vice President of Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion, Portland General Electric
- John Rico, Chair, Illinois Workforce Innovation Board; Founder and Principal, Rico Enterprises
For more information on the National Association of State Workforce Board Chairs, please contact Jack Porter, Senior Policy Analyst, Workforce Development & Economic Policy at NGA: jporter@nga.org
