Be a leader in your community!
Join the CMJTS Workforce Development Board (WDB)
Be part of a VISIONARY board and work together with community members to tackle workforce challenges and create change.
Members are required to serve on one of 3 different committees that allow board members to contribute in a focused area.
The WDB Mission:
To provide leadership that integrates workforce, education, and economic resources for our communities in LWDA 5.
These three committees include:
Workforce Development Committee
Mission: To provide leadership in connecting local/regional business, education, and economic development initiatives, as well as ensuring quality services in the CareerForce System or One-Stop centers.
Community and Government Relations Committee
Mission: To develop and foster community and government relations while promoting the Workforce Development Board’s interests and policies.
Youth Committee
Mission: To help youth make a connection between learning and earning.
Some members of the youth committee do not sit on the WDB.
Collaborate with County Commissioners
The CMJTS WDB works in partnership with County Commissioners from across our 11 counties. The CMJTS Joint Powers Board is the governing board and provides oversight of the federal and state funding received by the CMJTS WDB.
Become a Workforce Development Board Member
Are you interested in contributing to the success in your community? Under federal law, applicants must be individuals with optimum policy making or hiring authority within the business, organization, agency or entity, such as owner, CEO, or senior management within one of our 11 counties.
Looking for More Information on Board Membership?
Current Board Membership
Read the 2022-23 Annual Letter to the Community (PDF) from WDB Board Chair Brian O’Donnell.
Joint Powers Board
The Joint Powers Board governing body of the CareerForce system. It is composed of 1 county commissioners from each county that we serve.
Commissioner
Rick Green
JPB Chair; Chisago County
Commissioner
Lisa Fobbe
JPB Vice Chair; Sherburne County
Commissioner
Mike Warring
JPB Secretary; Isanti County
Commissioner
Duane Anderson
Kandiyohi County
Commissioner
Wendy Caswell
Kanabec County
Commissioner
Doug Erickson
Renville County
Commissioner
Jeanne Holland
Wright County
Commissioner
Terry Lovgren
Pine County
Commissioner
Daryl Luthens
McLeod County
Commissioner
Beth Oberg
Meeker County
Commissioner
Dan Whitcomb
Mille Lacs County
Barbara Chaffee
Ex-Officio
CMJTS CEO
Workforce Development Board Members
Brian O’Donnell, Chair
Owner/Broker, Priority One Metrowest Realty
Rob Stark, Vice Chair
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Robert Voss, Treasurer
Executive Director, East Central Regional Development Commission
Becky Lourey, Secretary
Owner/COO, Nemadji Research Corp.
Derrick Atkins
Training Director,
Mpls. Electrical JATC
Melissa Ball-Warriner
State Program Administrator Supervisor, Senior, DEED
Craig Beaulieu
Talent Candidate Attraction Specialist, Grand Casino
Paul Bukovich
Social Services Director, Meeker County Social Services
Commissioner
Rick Greene
JPB Chair,
Chisago County
Commissioner
Lisa Fobbe
JPB Vice Chair, Sherburne County
Dr. Craig Johnson
President,
Ridgewater College
Dr. Alexander Kangas
Data Scientist/
Strategic Workforce Planning, Xcel Energy
Kimberly Hanson Lint
HR Business Partner – Operations, Jennie-O Turkey Store
Rebecca Nelson
HR Manager, PNE Inc. DBA IRD Glass
Mark Netzinger
President/Owner, Physical Therapy Consultants, Inc.
Sherry Smith
Site Coordinator and Instructor, Metro North Elk River Adult Basic Education
Barbara Chaffee
Ex-Officio
CMJTS CEO
Tim Truebenbach
Superintendent, Big Lake Schools
Lori Vrolson
Executive Director, Central MN Council on Aging
Commissioner
Mike Warring
JPB Secretary,
Isanti County
Lisa Zwart
President & CEO, Functional Industries, Inc.
Youth Committee Members
Sherry Smith, Committee Chair
Elk River Area School District, ISD 728
Amy Lord,
Committee Vice Chair
Elk River Area School District, ISD 728
Mohammed Alghamdi
Lakes and Pines CAC, Inc.
Emily Galzki
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Jessica Jones
Education
Karl Nohner
Workforce Development/
Healthcare
Interested in becoming a board member or youth committee member? Click here to contact us.
