Workforce Investment Board

of Lucas County

The Board

The Board and Committees

Authorized through the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the Workforce Investment Board is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Board of Lucas County Commissioners. Our board members include community leaders from business, labor, education, economic development, and non-profit service organizations.

Currently, there are 30 members of the full WIB board with eight representatives sitting on the Executive Committee.  Individuals interested in applying for a seat on the board are encouraged to submit a volunteer application.  A complete schedule of upcoming meetings and minutes of past meetings are also available.

Members of the WIB also sit on the regional Youth Council which develops strategies to meet the needs of the next-generation of workers for high-demand high-wage careers.

Workforce Investment Board Members
Name Organization Executive Committee
Michael Bankey Owens Community College  
Jacquelin Barnes Renhill Staffing  
Doris Beach ExperienceWorks  
William Brenner IBEW Local No. 8 Yes
Pastor Raymond Bishop, Jr. Mount Pilgrim Church  
Cynthia Brazier Toledo Ironworkers Local 55  
William Brennan City of Toledo Yes
Brian Burwell Toledo Community Foundation  
Charles Cornwell Toledo Federation of Teachers  
Janet Dickson Lourdes College  
Rosalie England Academy of Technical Studies  
Derrick Gant Gant Investments  
Stacy Hammer (Vice Chair) Manpower of Toledo Yes
Olivia Holden Assets Toledo  
Gary Johnson Self-Employed Yes
Jeremy Knisely Ohio Department of Job and Family Services  
Deborah Ortiz-Flores Lucas County Job and Family Services Yes
Mark Rasmus Tomahawk Development  
Joseph Rideout Shumaker, Loop and Kendrick, LLP  
Michael Roelfsema Ohio Rehabilitation Services Yes
Ron Rothenbuhler (Chair) United Brotherhood of Carpenters Yes
Gregg Simon Jones & Henry Engineers  
Doug Struble Red Lion Bio Energy  
Peter Ujvagi Lucas County Board of Commissioners  
Mary Jo Waldock University of Toledo  
Steve Weathers Regional Growth Partnership Yes
Ford Weber Lucas County Improvement Corp.  
Linnie Willis Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority  
Gary Yunker Timberstone Group, Inc.  
Joseph Zarbey IV The Toledo Blade