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