Committees
Committees Committed to the Work
Workforce Board Lehigh Valley as a resource can only be as strong as the sum of its parts. That’s why we have a series of committees which help us develop and enforce policies and establish the resources to help Lehigh Valley employers and their workforce.
Have an interest in serving on one of our committees? Contact us to find out more information and learn about qualifications.
Find out more about our committees.
Executive Committee
The Executive Governance Committee recommends priorities, goals, objectives, projects, and strategies to address the workforce development needs of the community and delegates actions approved by the WBLV to standing and special committees. This committee negotiates with the commonwealth on local performance measures, monitors performance outcomes, and ensures accountability and transparency of the workforce system.
Our Executive Governance Committee includes the Officers of the Board and Committee Chairs.
Chair
Jane Brooks
Regional Manager, Community Affairs
Highmark Blue Shield
Vice Chair
Morten Rasmussed
VP Operations Human Resource & Compensation
B. Braun Medical Inc.
Secretary/Treasurer
Stephen Patterson
Chief Lending Officer
Fleetwood Bank
Members
Denise Maiatico
Vice President
Meyer Jabara Hotels of LV
Portia Watkins
HR Business Partner
Gemini/KB Systems, Inc.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee maintains oversight of the WBLV spending plan and reviews program budgets, conducts fiscal and financial oversight of programmatic and administrative entities, analyzes strategic plans to determine fiscal impact, develops and recommends fiscal policies, procedures and processes, and reviews audit reports and financial aspects of program monitoring reports, making recommendations as needed.
Chair
Stephen Patterson
Chief Lending Officer
Fleetwood Bank
Member
Ann Bieber
President
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Member
John MacDonald
President
Allied Personnel Services
Member
David Wolff
Vice President
Kressler Wolff & Miller
Strategic Planning Committee
Includes a minimum of eleven WBLV members and up to four non-WBLV members. The Strategic Planning Committee shall recommend program policy to the WBLV, serve as a Request for Proposals Review Committee, review the WIOA Local Plans and Plan Modifications and recommend adoption to the WBLV, assist in negotiation and monitoring of program performance, and shall address other program issues as assigned by the WBLV Chair.
Co-Chair
Denise Maiatico
Vice President
Meyer Jabara HOtels of the LV
Co-Chair
Portia Watkins
HR Business Partner
Gemini/KB Systems, Inc.
Member
Brooke Cho
Plant Manager
District Administrator
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Member
James Irwin
Staff Representative
Lehigh Valley Labor Council AFLCIO
Member
Lorraine Faccenda
Plant Manager
Holcim
Member
Gregg Potter
Senior Labor Relations Consultant
Capital Blue
Member
Lisa Nesbitt
Executive Director
Northampton County Department of Human Services
|Member
Keith Reynolds
President
Reynolds Business Systems Inc.