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
Payne D. Brown, Chair
Comcast
Patricia A. Coulter, Secretary
Urban League of Philadelphia
Christopher R. Booth, Jr.
Booth & Tucker LLP
Duane Bumb
Philadelphia Commerce Department
Michael Choi
Choi & Associates
Dr. Stephen M. Curtis
Community College of Philadelphia
Joseph A. Durkin
Carpenters Join Apprenticeship Training
Kenneth R. Garrett
FMC Corporation
Carl R. Greene
Philadelphia Housing Authority
Tracee Hunt
Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Emest E. Jones
Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation
Tsiwen M. Law, Esq.
Law & Zaslow, LLC
Kathleen A. McEndy
Independence Blue Cross
Charlene Parsons
CIGNA
Eric W. Rabe
Verizon
Jay Spector
JEVS Human Services
Myma Toro
Synterra, Ltd.
Julie Wong
Pan Am Realty Company
Edward Zale
Bureau of Workforce Development Partnerships, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Roosevelt Hairston, Jr., Vice Chair
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Pamela A. Crawley, Past Chair
Citizens Bank
Donna Allie
Team Clean
James Brown
Morgan Technologies, LLC
John W. Chin
Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
Robert E. Croner
Radian Group
George E. Davis
Lincoln Financial Group
Patrick J. Eiding
Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO
Rose M. Higby
Department of Labor & Industry Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
Diane C. Inverso
Mayor's Commission on Literacy
Loree D. Jones
Office of the Mayor
Rolf D. Naku
Sunoco
Janet H. Ryder
Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO / United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Samuel Staten, Jr.
Laborers' Union Local 332
Andrew B. Wigglesworth
Philadelphia International Medicine
Shelly D. Yanoff
Philadelphia Citizens for Children & Youth
Celeste Zappala
Mayor's Commission on Services to the Aging
