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Southwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board of Directors

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LOCAL PLAN PUBLIC COMMENT

Click the button below to see the draft copy of the plan.  All public comments must be made to Shelda Garland by 3:00 P.M. on April 12th, 2023. Comments may be emailed to Shelda.Garland@arkansas.gov

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Our Mission

  

To promote and support a talent development system in Southwest Arkansas that offers employers, individuals, and communities the opportunity to achieve and sustain economic prosperity.

About Us

The Southwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board, in partnership with the chief elected officials, is the strategic leader of efforts that promote and broker effective relationships between businesses, economic development, education, and workforce partners throughout the local area. 


 The Regional Board is responsible for developing a strategy to continuously improve and strengthen the workforce development system through innovation, alignment and improvement, employment, training, and education that promotes economic growth.  

What We Do

The Board actively participates and collaborates closely with the required partners of the workforce development system, including public and private organizations. This engagement is crucial in the Board’s role to help integrate and align a more effective job-driven workforce system that invests in the connection between education and career preparation. The majority of Board Members are business representatives who are owners, chief executives, operating officers, or other business executives with optimum policymaking or hiring authority. These representatives are uniquely suited to communicate the emerging workforce needs of employers in high-growth, in-demand sectors to the local Board.

Board of Directors

Adija Banks, Albemarle

Becky Ives, Lockheed Martin

Barbara Hamilton, SAU Tech

Dr. Bentley Wallace, SouthArk Community College

Charlie Goodwin, LC Manufacturing

Cory Walker, Pinnacle Solutions Group

Diann Epps, State Farm Insurance

Don White, Don & Son Car Care Center

John Mack, Vietnam Veteran's Organization

Julie Roberson, Anthony Forest Products

Kevin Smith, Local Union 436 I.B.E.W.

Lavennier Brown, ADWS

Ophelia Strickland, A&L Solutions

Pamela Willis, Walmart

Phoebe Bailey, SWAEC Director

Rory Gulick, AEDC

Scott Hultberg, LC Manufacturing

Tamara Bowers, ADWS

Tammy Waters, Domtar

Tim Golden, Howard County & Adult Center

Tracie Lee, City of Texarkana

Whitney Peterson, Peterson Heat & Air


Executive Committee Members in Bold

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