Members of the Workforce Board
Mayor Michelle Wu appoints the members of the business-majority Council which serves as Boston’s workforce development board, chartering the city’s career centers and overseeing federal workforce funding.
*Also members of the PIC Board of Directors
Business
Community-Workforce
Government
Education-Public
Labor
Committees
The Workforce Development Committee and the Youth Council make spending recommendations on adult and youth service dollars to the full workforce board.
Workforce Development Committee
Harneen Chernow, 1199SEIU Training & Upgrading Fund
Lydia Argo, Boston Housing Authority
Karla Acevedo, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department
Babak Bagheral, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Midori Mirikowa, Mayor’s Office of Economic Development
Joanne Pokaski, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sal Pina, Center for Workforce Development
James Sutherland, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Jill Reynolds, Public Consulting Group
MJ Ryan, Partners HealthCare
Marina Zhavoronkova, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Youth Council
Michael O’Neill, Agency 451
Karla Acevedo, Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department
Jim Barr, Carpenters’ Apprenticeship and Training Fund
Bing Broderick, Haley House
Rashad Cope, Department of Youth Engagement and Employment
Lori D’avella, Boston Housing Authority
Papa Diop, Department of Youth Engagement and Employment
Ed Frechette, UTEC
Phil Jackson, Boston After School and Beyond
Dan O’Sullivan, Massachusetts Department of Youth Services
Marcella Raines, More Than Words
Joshua Shanck, Starbucks