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
Mick Arnold
President
Arnold Packaging
Hon. Vanessa Atterbeary
State Delegate
Maryland House of Delegates
Alexander Austin
President & CEO
Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce
Marco V. Ávila, P.E.
Director, Civil Engineer, Program Manager
WSP
Calvin Ball
County Executive
Howard County
John D. Barber, Jr.
President of Local 177
Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters
Carol Beatty
Secretary
Maryland Department of Disabilities
Hon. Joanne C. Benson
State Senator
Gary E. Bockrath
Consultant
Jennifer W. Bodensiek
Chief Development Officer
Junior Achievement of Greater Washington
Brian S. Cavey
International Vice President
International Association of Heat and
Frost Insulators & Allied Workers
Dr. Annesa Cheek
President
Frederick Community College
Mohammed Choudhury
State Superintendent of Schools
Maryland State Department of Education
VACANT(member retired)
Assistant State Superintendent,
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Maryland State Department of Education
Donna Edwards
President
MD State and DC AFL-CIO
Judi Emmel
Consultant
Teach Cyber
E. Katarina Ennerfelt
President/CEO
ARCON Welding Equipment, LLC
Mackenzie Garvin
Director
Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Employment Development
Steven W. Groenke
CEO
Storbyte, Inc.
Kevin D. Heffner
President and CEO
LifeSpan Network
Stacey Herman
Director, Project SEARCH and CORE Foundations
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Matthew R. Holloway
Farmer
Quantico Creek Sod Farms, Inc.
Dr. Roderick King
Chief Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion Officer
University of Maryland Medical
System
Larry Letow
President
CyberCX
Aminah “Amie” J. Long
Human Resources Director
Chaney Enterprises
Rafael Lόpez
Secretary
Department of Human Services
Jessica Mente
Director of Training
Royal Farms
Deborea D. Montgomery, Ph.D.
Retired Principal
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
CTE Committee Chair
Senior Director
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
Sanjay Rai
Acting Secretary
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Charles A. Ramos
Consultant
Carmel Roques
Secretary
Maryland Department of Aging
Edward C. Rothstein (COL Ret)
Commissioner
Carroll County Commissioners Office
Vincent "Vinny" Schiraldi
Secretary
Department of Juvenile Services
Martin “Marty” Schwartz
President
Vehicles for Change
Carolyn Scruggs
Secretary
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Michelle B. Smith
President & CEO
1st Choice, LLC
Brian Stamper
Executive Director of
Manufacturing Sciences
AstraZeneca
Inez Stewart
Senior Vice President of Human
Resources
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.
Anthony "Tony" Woods
Secretary
Department of Veterans Affairs
Fred L. Wineland Building
Portia Wu
Secretary
Maryland Department of Labor
Charnetia V. Young
Director, Business Development, Workforce Initiatives
CVS Health