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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

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

Myra W. Norton
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