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More mayors are seeing the work you do as intermediaries – ensuring that employers, trainers, service providers and participants work together to meet individual and collective workforce needs – as critical to their collective goals and long term success. By bringing your experience and expertise administering programs to the WDC, you can provide a real impact on the national policy debate.
This is an exciting time to be in workforce development! In today's economy, workforce development and lifelong learning fuel growth. Highly educated, trained and skilled workers are the backbone of any workforce, so it’s no surprise that as employees thrive, so do businesses and the overall economy. And the nation's mayors are increasingly seeing this connection and prioritizing workforce development initiatives in their communities – emphasizing their importance to build equitable and inclusive cities.
WDC Leadership
WDC President
Director
Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development
Boston, MA
Trinh Nguyen
Pamela Nabors
WDC First Vice President
President and CEO
CareerSource Central Florida
Orlando, FL
Nick Schultz
WDC Second Vice President
Executive Director
Pacific Gateway WIB
Long Beach, CA
What People Say
ROBERT SAINZ
Assistant General Manager
City of Los Angeles, Economic & Workforce Development
“The Workforce Development Council is an indispensable resource for any local workforce administrator. Equally important, the WDC is a valuable national resource for Mayors throughout the nation.”
LAURIE BOUILLION LARREA
President
Workforce Solutions Greater Dallas
“Some days, workforce is “hard work”; and leaders need accomplished peers within reach. The Workforce Development Council is the most unique national table for experienced directors to connect, discover best practices, and sample administrative opinions. I value the professional relationships; and participating in forums with my Mayor. Our mayors work on big projects, but every mayor knows a prepared workforce builds a healthy city. This organization reinforces that connection. WDC is the most beneficial membership investment we make in Dallas.”
MICHAEL GRITTON
Executive Director
KentuckianaWorks
"The US Conference of Mayors Workforce Development Council is the single best place I've found to learn from urban colleagues about how they're innovating in the workforce space. The breadth of creativity and resourcefulness they bring to the work truly inspires me each time I attend a session! The WDC also keeps me totally up-to-speed on developments in DC. That's a powerful one-two punch!"