Workforce Development Board

The Richmond Workforce Development Board (formally known as the Richmond Workforce Investment Board) provides policy direction and governance to create and support an efficient, effective customer-centered workforce development system.

Member Terms & Meeting Information


  • Resolution No. 107-15 and Resolution No. 32-00
  • Four-year terms (effective 11/3/2015), no term limit.
  • Maximum 39 members composed as follows: (20) local business representatives; (10) representatives of each of the"One-Stop" partners; and (9) representatives of education providers, labor organizations, community-based organizations (including disabled veterans), and economic development agencies. Minimum 19 members (effective 11/3/2015). 
  • Meetings are held at 11:30 a.m., second Thursday of every other month (commencing with February), at RichmondWORKS, 330 - 25th Street, 2nd Floor Training Room.
  • 11 Vacancies (as of 1/16/2019)
    

 Name

Appointed

 Term Expiration
Xavier Abrams 06/16/2015
01/16/2018		 N/A
09/22/2021
Steve Bell  05/06/2014
11/15/2016		  N/A
03/01/2020
Jeffrey Carr *01/15/2019 03/01/2020
Tony Castillo 01/20/2015
01/16/2018		 N/A
09/22/2021
Patrick Duffey
 12/17/2002
03/15/2016		 N/A
03/01/2020
Sandra Escalante 09/22/2015
09/12/2017		 09/22/2017
09/22/2021
Jane Fischberg 2010
07/19/2016		  N/A
03/01/2020
James Fitzgibbon 12/04/2012
03/15/2016		 N/A
03/01/2020
Alex Gomez
 05/16/2006
03/15/2016		 N/A
03/01/2020
Willie Hicks 
 05/29/2007
03/15/2016		 N/A
03/01/2020
Nicole Jalbert 09/22/2015
10/17/2017		 09/22/2017
09/22/2021
Richard Johnson 03/01/2016 03/01/2020
Bob Lilley 03/01/2016 03/01/2020
Ruben Lizardo 02/20/2018

 03/01/2022
Per Lorentzen  11/18/2014
01/16/2018

  N/A
09/22/2021
Michael Parker  04/03/2012
03/15/2016		  N/A
03/01/2020
Matthew Pineo *01/15/2019  03/01/2020
Kelly Schelin 03/01/2016  03/01/2020
Joe R. Serrano 06/09/2012
03/15/2016		 N/A
03/01/2020
John C. Short III 09/13/2016 03/01/2020
Dan Torres  11/15/2016  03/01/2020
John Troughton 
 05/16/2006
03/15/2016		 N/A
03/01/2020
Len Turner 09/13/2011
03/15/2016		  N/A
03/01/2020
Nathan Tyler 09/22/2015
01/16/2018		 09/22/2017
09/22/2021
Uche Justin Uwahemu 09/10/2013
03/15/2016		 N/A
03/01/2020
Sarah Wally 07/18/2017
 		  03/01/2020
Jack Welsh 04/18/2017 03/01/2020
Cassandra Youngblood
 03/19/2002
04/05/2016		 N/A
03/01/2020

Board Liaisons

City Council Liaison: Nt Bates
Staff Liaison: Itza Mariel Gonzalez, Employment and Training Department


*Appointed replacement or filling an unexpired term