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The Southwest Arkansas Workforce Area seeks PROPOSALS for an entity or consortium of entities to serve as the WIOA One-Stop Operator in Southwest Arkansas for the period.
July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027. Proposals are due electronically on June 23, 2023, to malaw528@aol.com. Questions are due to malaw528@aol.com by June 1, 2023, by 4:00 pm central.
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
Andrea Britt, Howard County & Adult Center
Becky Ives, Lockheed Martin
Barbara Hamilton, SAU Tech
Chad Martin, Standard Lithium
Chris Donaldson, IBEW Local Union No 301
Dr. Christine Holt, University of Arkansas Hope/Texarkana
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, Canfor
Kevin Smith, Local Union 436 I.B.E.W.
Kelly Wilson, Nexans Amercable
Lavennier Brown, ADWS
Lola Smith, ADWS
Lynn Sprong, Spectra Technologies
Ophelia Strickland, A&L Solutions
Pamela Willis, Walmart
Phoebe Bailey, SWAEC Director
Rory Gulick, AEDC
Ivory Curry, Curry Enterprises
Shaun Clark, Weyerhauser
Talia Worth, Albemarle
Tracie Lee, City of Texarkana
Voniece French, Eldorado Electrical JATC Local 436
Whitney Peterson, Peterson Heat & Air
*Executive Committee Members in Bold
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Southwest Arkansas Workforce Development Board
Operated in partnership with Southwest Arkansas Planning & Development District, 101 Harvey Couch blvd Magnolia, AR 71754 US
Office (870) 234-4030
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Equal Opportunity Officer, Annette Hughey
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