Workforce Development Board Committees

Executive Committee

Members of the Executive Committee include the WDB Chair, WDB Vice Chair, the Chairs of the standing committees, and two at-large members. The Executive Committee is authorized to take actions on behalf of the WDB when time-sensitive correspondence or the approvals of compliance documents are required before the next regularly scheduled meeting of the WDB. Any such actions will be reported to the WDB at its next regularly scheduled meeting.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee includes members from both the Board and the Chief Local Elected Officials Consortium. It is responsible for budget development, budget modification requests in excess of $25,000, monitoring of the expenditures and general oversight of all fiscal matters pertaining to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act funds allocated to the region, as well as any special grants administered by the Board.

Operations and Services

This committee will discuss issues and identify interventions that focus on special or targeted populations such as youth, low-income, those with disabilities, homeless, ex-offenders etc. Topical areas may include one stop center operations, operational policies, partnership efforts with other agencies and community organizations and special initiatives or events.

Strategies and Outcomes

This committee will assess and evaluate the effectiveness and efficiencies of the Board’s programs and providers in meeting the needs of customers; and identify broad-based based strategies for workforce system efforts towards achieving Board goals and objectives. Topical areas may include quality assurance and performance review, strategic and programmatic policies, eligible training provider reviews and business engagement and responsiveness to business needs.