Legislation was passed in May 1996 to create a new
state department, Iowa Workforce Development, to streamline employment
and training programs. The Iowa Workforce Development Board was
created in the legislation. In 1999 the Board assumed the
responsibilities of the State Workforce Investment Board under the
federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) signed into law in August 1998.
The duties of the Iowa Workforce Development Board
include, but are not limited to, the following activities: the
development and implementation of a twenty-year comprehensive workforce
development plan; the preparation of a five-year strategic plan; the
development of evaluation methods; the establishment of guidelines for
the awarding of grants; the review of grants awarded by Iowa Workforce
Development; the recommendation of departmental usage of federal
funding; and the adoption of administrative
rules recommended by the director of Iowa Workforce Development.
The Board members
consists of nine voting members. The voting members represent
employers, employees and a nonprofit workforce development
organization. The current board chair is Dee Vanderhoef. and the
vice-chair is Francis Giunta II.
The list of Iowa Workforce Development Board
voting members include:
Employer Representatives:
Sally Falb, Director,
Oelwein Chamber & Area Development, West Union
Kenneth Anderson,
Marshalltown Area Chamber of Commerce
Dee Vanderhoef, Iowa
City
Caroline Hicks,
Osceola
Employee Representatives:
Ken Sagar, Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Des Moines (Statewide labor organization
representative)
Andy Roberts, Plumbers
and Steamfitters Union #33
Francis Giunta II, CWA
Local 7110, Dubuque
Robert Gilmore,
I.U.P.A.T. District Council #61
Non-Profit Workforce Development Organization
Representative
Rachel Hurley, Iowa
Biotechnology Association, Des Moines
Ex-officio Non-voting Members:
Gary Steinke, Iowa
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, Des Moines
Drew Conrad, University
of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
Greg Lewis,
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Des
Moines
Steve Ovel, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar
Rapids
Senator William Dotzler, Waterloo
Senator Jake
Chapman, Adel
Representative
Kirsten Running-Marquardt – Cedar Rapids
Representative Mary
Ann Hanusa, Council Bluffs
Jeremy Varner – Iowa
Department of Education
Debi Durham – Iowa
Department of Economic Development
David Mitchell – Iowa
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Greer Sisson - U. S.
Department of Labor/Office of Apprenticeship
Iowa
Workforce Development