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 three 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 2023-24 Annual Letter to the Community (PDF) from WDB Board Chair Rob Stark.
Joint Powers Board
The Joint Powers Board governing body of the CareerForce system is composed of 1 county commissioners from each county that we serve.
Commissioner
Jeanne Holland
JPB Chair
Wright County
Commissioner
Dan Whitcomb
JPB Vice Chair
Mille Lacs County
Commissioner
Duane Anderson
JPB Secretary
Kandiyohi County
Commissioner
Wendy Caswell
Kanabec County
Commissioner
Alan Duff
Isanti County
Commissioner
Gregg Felber
Sherburne County
Commissioner
Rick Greene
Chisago County
Commissioner
Steve Hallan
Pine County
Commissioner
Doug Krueger
McLeod County
Commissioner
John Robinson
Renville County
Commissioner
Commissioner
Beth Oberg
Meeker County
Dina Wuornos
Ex-Officio
CMJTS Executive Director
Workforce Development Board Members
Rob Stark, Chair
Financial Advisor, Edward Jones
Rebecca Nelson
Vice Chair
Position, Company or Organization
Robert Voss, Treasurer
Executive Director, East Central Regional Development Commission
Lori Vrolson,
Secretary
Executive Director, Central MN Council
on Aging
Commissioner Duane Anderson
JPB Secretary, Kandiyohi County
Melissa Ball-Warriner
State Program Administrator Supervisor, Senior, DEED
Joy Beise
Rehab. Counseling Supervisor 4,
DEED
Merle Bobbitt
Owner/President,
CES Minnesota, LLC
Commissioner
Jeanne Holland
JPB Chair,
Wright County
Dr. Craig Johnson
President,
Ridgewater College
Mark Netzinger
President/Owner, Physical Therapy Consultants, Inc.
Sherry Smith
Site Coordinator and Instructor, Metro North Elk River Adult Basic Education
Janelle Sowers
Business Manager/Owner
Beaver Meadow Garden Center
Denise Stewart
Executive Director, Lakes and Pines Community Action Council
Dr. Brent Thompson
President/Owner,
MINPAK, Inc.
Tim Truebenbach
Superintendent,
Big Lake Schools
Dina Wuornos
Ex-Officio
CMJTS Executive Director
Trevor Turek
Training Director,
Minneapolis Electrical JATC
Ian Weiss
Manager,
Xcel Energy
Commissioner
Dan Whitcomb
JPB Vice Chair,
Mille Lacs County
Lisa Zwart
President & CEO, Functional Industries, Inc.
Youth Committee Members
Sherry Smith, Committee Co–Chair
Elk River Area School District, ISD 728
Janelle Sowers,
Committee Co-Chair
Business Owner, Beaver Meadow Garden Center
Amy Lord,
Committee Vice-Chair
Elk River Area School District, ISD 728
Mohammed Alghamdi
Lakes and Pines CAC, Inc.
Joy Beise
DEED Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Eriann Faris
Education, SWWC
Emily Galzki
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Jessica Johnson
Work Experience Coordinator,
Willmar Schools
Diana Ristamaki,
CMJTS staff to Youth Committee
