Workforce Innovation Board

The Workforce Innovation Board addresses the employment and training needs of economically disadvantaged and dislocated workers in Champaign, Ford, Iroquois, and Piatt Counties. Upcoming and recent meeting dates can be found below.

Upcoming Meetings

Recent Meetings

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Executive Committee

  • Lorianne Bauer, Chair
  • Tina Smith, Vice Chair
  • Gayle Gustafson, Employer Engagement Chair
  • Dean Rose, Youth Committee Chair
  • Toriana Rhone, WIOA Program Administrator
  • Linda McCoy, WIOA Secretary (non-voting, ex-officio)

Standing Committees

Employer Engagement

  • Aletha Alexander
    DHS/DRS – TItle IV Vocational Rehab
  • Sandra Alsop
    Spherion Staffing
  • James Ayers
    Shonkwiler, Ayers & Rhodes
  • Paul Belcher (proxy)
    Illinois Migrant Council
  • Jarrett Clem
    IBEW 601
  • Gayle Gustafson
    Central Illinois Manufacturing Company
  • James McNeely
    Federal Companies
  • Todd McNutt
    MCS Office Technologies
  • Seamus Reilly (proxy)
    Parkland College
  • Jimmy Roedl
    Plumbers LU 149
  • Craig Rost
    Champaign County Economic Development Corporation
  • LaMae Ryan
    Adecco Staffing
  • Joe Siedenburg
    Conair Corporation

Youth Committee

  • Angele Thibodeaux Burns
    East Central Illinois Community Action Agency
  • Michael Bryant
    DHS Division of Rehabilitation
  • Marc Changnon
    Ed. to Career and Professions
  • Lynette Correa-Velez
    Career Coaching 4 Kidz
  • Gwen DuPree-Pryor
     IDES
  • Nick Elder
    Ed. for Empl. #330
  • Mary Garman
    Cunningham Children’s Home
  • Donna Kaufman
    ROE READY
  • Renae Kirkton
    Ed. for Empl. #330
  • Jim Mayer
    Rural Champaign County Special Ed Co-op
  • Tawanna Nickens
     Parkland Adult Education
  • Dean Rose
    Ironhand Rail