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Board Members - Governor's Workforce Development Board (GWDB)

Hon. Wes Moore, Governor

Carim V. Khouzami
Board Chair
President & CEO
BGE

Delali Dzirasa
Board Vice-Chair
Founder & CEO
Fearless

A. Ferris Allen, III
Thoroughbred Horse Trainer
Warwick Stable

Kevin Anderson
Secretary
Maryland Department of Commerce

Hon. Vanessa Atterbeary
State Delegate, District 13
Maryland House of Delegates

Alexander Austin
President & CEO
Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce

Marco V. Ávila, P.E.
Vice President
WSP
President/CEO
Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Calvin Ball
County Executive
Howard County

John D. Barber, Jr.
President of Local 177
Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters

Hon. Joanne C. Benson
State Senator, District 24

Gary E. Bockrath
Consultant

Jennifer W. Bodensiek
Chief Development Officer
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington

Donald Boyd
Supervisor of Strategic Initiatives
Dorchester County Public Schools

Brian S. Cavey
International Vice President
International Association of Heat and
Frost Insulators & Allied Workers

Dr. Annesa Cheek
President
Frederick Community College

VACANT(member retired)
Assistant State Superintendent,
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Maryland State Department of Education

Donna Edwards
President
MD State and DC AFL-CIO

Mackenzie Garvin
Director
Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Employment Development

Steven W. Groenke
CEO
Himmelrich Associates, Inc.

Kevin D. Heffner
President and CEO
LifeSpan Network

Stacey Herman
Assistant Vice President, Neurodiversity and Community Workforce Development
Kennedy Krieger Institute

Matthew R. Holloway
Owner & Operator
Quantico Creek Sod Farms, Inc.

Cory Hughes
Campus President
Lincoln College of Technology

Dr. Roderick King
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
University of Maryland Medical System

Larry Letow
CEO US
CyberCX

Aminah “Amie” J. Long
Human Resources Director
Chaney Enterprises

Jessica Mente
Director of Training
Royal Farms

Kirkland J. Murray
President and Chief Executive Officer
Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation
Maryland Representative for NAWDP

Stephen Wayne Neal
President/CEO
K. Neal International Trucks, Inc
K. Neal Idealease

Myra W. Norton
CTE Committee Chair
Senior Director
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures

Sanjay Rai
Acting Secretary
Maryland Higher Education Commission

Charles A. Ramos
Consultant

Edward C. Rothstein (COL Ret)
Commissioner
Carroll County Commissioners Office

Martin “Marty” Schwartz
President
Vehicles for Change

Michelle B. Smith
President & CEO
1st Choice, LLC

Brian Stamper
Executive Director, Cell Therapy Operations
AstraZeneca

Inez Stewart
SVP-CHRO
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Teaera Strum
Chief Executive Officer
Strum Contracting Company Inc.

Michael D. Thomas
Vice President, Workforce
Development & Continuing
Education
Baltimore City Community College

Perketer Tucker
Director, Office of Adult Education
and Literacy Services, DWDAL
Maryland Department of Labor

Charles T. Wetherington
President
BTE Technologies, Inc.

Carey Wright
Interim State Superintendent of Schools
Maryland State Department of Education

Portia Wu
Secretary
Maryland Department of Labor

Charnetia V. Young
Director, Diversity Workforce Initiatives
CVS Health

 

NON-VOTING MEMBERS

Carol Beatty
Secretary
Maryland Department of Disabilities

Jacob “Jake” Day
Secretary
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development

Rafael Lόpez
Secretary
Department of Human Services

Paul Monteiro
Secretary
Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation

Carmel Roques
Secretary
Maryland Department of Aging

Vincent "Vinny" Schiraldi
Secretary
Department of Juvenile Services

Laura Herrera Scott
Secretary
Maryland Department of Health

Carolyn Scruggs
Secretary
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

Paul Wiedefeld
Secretary
Maryland Department of Transportation

Anthony "Tony" Woods
Secretary
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fred L. Wineland Building