Setting policy and
strategic direction.
The Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board is governed by a distinguished Board of individuals who join us from the private sector, education, economic development, organized labor, community groups, and public arenas. Volunteer Board members are appointed by the mayor and are responsible for setting policy and strategic direction for Philadelphia’s public workforce system to align the skills of the workforce to meet the needs of industry.
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Current Board Members
Roosevelt Hairston, Jr., Chair
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Patricia A. Coulter, Vice Chair
Urban League of Philadelphia
David Donald, Secretary
People Share
Donna Allie
Team Clean
Ginny P. Barakat
Independence Blue Cross
Phil Barnett
PECO Energy Company
Christopher R. Booth, Jr.
Booth & Tucker LLP
Payne D. Brown, Past Chair
Comcast Cable Communication
Duane Bumb
Philadelphia Commerce Department
Ken Carrig
Comcast Cable Communications
John W. Chin
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
Dr. Stephen M. Curtis
Community College of Philadelphia
Patrick J. Eiding
Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
Peter Franks
Drexel University
Kenneth R. Garrett
FMC Corporation
Rose M. Higby
Department of Labor & Industry Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Tracee Hunt
Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Diane C. Inverso
Mayor's Commission on Literacy
Ernest E. Jones
Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation
Tsiwen M. Law
Law & Zasklow, LLC
Charlene Parsons
CIGNA
Elizabeth Riley-Wasserman
Mercy Health System
Alan N. Rosenberg
Temple University Health System
Janet H. Ryder
Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO / United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Mike Schurr
Finishing Trades Institute/District Council 21
Jennie Sparandara
City of Philadelphia
Jay Spector
JEVS Human Services
Les Spero, PhD.
The Neat Company
Andrew B. Wigglesworth
TRG Healthcare
Julie Wong
Pan Am Realty Company
Celeste Zappala
Mayor's Commission on Services to the Aging
Edward Zale
Bureau of Employer and Career Services