Our Board
Building a Stronger Workforce, One Connection at a Time
At Virginia Career Works Capital Region, we are the bridge between local talent and business success. Through strategic investments in career training, job placement, and workforce solutions, we help individuals advance and employers thrive. Each year, we serve thousands of job seekers and hundreds of businesses across the Capital Region equipping our communities with the skills, support, and partnerships needed to meet today’s labor market challenges and tomorrow’s economic opportunities.
Together with our Consortium of Elected Officials and local partners, we are strengthening the region’s workforce ecosystem driving equitable access to employment, fostering career growth and development, and fueling individual, family and regional prosperity.
Business Seats
Ilene Maurer
Chair
Rhudy & Company, Strategic Communications
Drexel Harris
1st Vice Chair
Drexel’s Digital Creations (CBO and Community College)
Bill Auchmoody
Member
Partnership Screening
Sarah Bice
Member
Sarah Bice & Associates
Elizabeth Davis
Member
Luck Companies
Robert Dick
Member
SCS Engineers
John Easter
Member
ChamberRVA
Adrienne Farthing
Member
PJ Fitzpatrick
Robert Franklin
Member
Church and Dwight
Danielle Gilbert
Member
Manifest In You Consulting, LLC/CBO
Thomas Hayden
Member
CodeBlue Technology
Elizabeth Kincaid
Member
RVA Hospitality
Eric Stamper
Member
Virginia First Financial Services, LLC
Amanda White
Member
Qualdoc
Shauna Worsley
Member
Phillip Morris, USA
John Yates
Member
Hospital to Home
Career & Technical Education

Justin Roerink
Member
Hanover CTE
Community College

Dr. Beno Rubin
Member
Reynolds Community College
Adult Education

Jeffrey Elmore
Member
Capital Region Adult Education
Economic Development

Tina Shreve
Member
Chesterfield County Economic Development

Chance Robinson
Member
Goochland County Economic Development
Vocational Rehabilitation

Dale Batten
Member
VA Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services
Wagner Peyser

Dennis Woodard
Member
Virginia Department of Workforce Development and Advancement
Labor / CBO / Apprenticeship
Kelly King Horne
Member
Homeward
S. Gregg Spicer
Member
Richmond Electricians’ JATC
Kevin Battle
Member
Boilermakers Local #45
Amy Strite
Member
SPAN Center
Maynard E. Conner
Member
Iron Works Local #28
Social Services

Suzanne Grable
Member
New Kent Social Services

Elizabeth Holt
Member
Charles City County Social Services
Capital Region Workforce Development Board Membership
Process to seek a business member seat
- Business members must be nominated by a Chamber of Commerce within the region, one of the local economic development offices, another business organization or association, or by another business.
- Self-nomination is also allowed.
- Nominations must be submitted to the CRWP Administrative Office. The staff will review the nomination and make a recommendation to the Elected Officials.
- To nominate someone or yourself please complete the form listed below and return it via mail:
Capital Region Workforce Development Board
Attn: Director
121 Cedar Fork Road, Suite B
Henrico, VA 23223
or via fax: (804) 236-0503
The Consortium of Local Elected Officials meet every other month, so it may take up to 60 days from the date of a receipt of the official nomination form for the nominee to be fully considered, and a response given to the nominee.
If you would like to sit-in on a CRWDB meeting, please note their 2021-2022 meeting schedule. If you have any questions regarding the CRWDB, please call 804-652-3225.



