The Richmond Workforce Development Board (formally known as the Richmond Workforce Investment Board) provides policy direction and governance to create and support an efficient, effective customer-centered workforce development system.

Member Terms & Meeting Information

• Resolution No. 107-15 and Resolution No. 32-00
• Four-year terms (effective 11/3/2015), no term limit.
• Maximum 39 members composed as follows: (20) local business representatives; (10) representatives of each of the"One-Stop" partners; and (9) representatives of education providers, labor organizations, community-based organizations (including disabled veterans), and economic development agencies. Minimum 19 members (effective 11/3/2015). 
• Meetings are held at 11:30 a.m., second Thursday of every other month (commencing with February), at RichmondWORKS, 330 - 25th Street, 2nd Floor Training Room.
• 14 Vacancies (as of 4/21/2020)

    

Name	Appointed	Term Expiration
Xavier Abrams	06/16/2015 01/16/2018	N/A 09/22/2021
Steve Bell	05/06/2014 11/15/2016 03/17/2020	N/A 03/01/2020 03/01/2024
Chuck Carpenter	03/17/2020	03/01/2024
Jeffrey Carr	*01/15/2019 03/17/2020	03/01/2020 03/01/2024
Evan Decker	04/21/2020	03/01/2024
VACANT	01/20/2015 01/16/2018	N/A 09/22/2021 (unexpired term; resigned by Tony Castillo)
Sandra Escalante	09/22/2015 09/12/2017	09/22/2017 09/22/2021
James Fitzgibbon	12/04/2012 03/15/2016	N/A 03/01/2020
Geovanni Flores	03/17/2020	03/01/2024
Nicole Jalbert	09/22/2015 10/17/2017	09/22/2017 09/22/2021
Hakim Johnson	03/17/2020	03/01/2024
Richard Johnson	03/01/2016	03/01/2020
Ruben Lizardo	02/20/2018	03/01/2022
VACANT	11/18/2014 01/16/2018	N/A 09/22/2021 (unexpired term; resigned by Per Lorentzen)
Miquel "Mick" Penn	03/17/2020	03/01/2024
Michael Parker	04/03/2012 03/15/2016 04/21/2020	N/A 03/01/2020 03/01/2024
Della Randolph	05/07/2019	03/01/2023
Kelly Schelin	03/01/2016	03/01/2020
Joe R. Serrano	06/09/2012 03/15/2016 04/21/2020	N/A 03/01/2020 03/01/2024
John C. Short III	09/13/2016	03/01/2020
Dan Torres	11/15/2016 04/21/2020	03/01/2020 03/01/2024
John Troughton	05/16/2006 03/15/2016	N/A 03/01/2020
Len Turner	09/13/2011 03/15/2016	N/A 03/01/2020
Nathan Tyler	09/22/2015 01/16/2018	09/22/2017 09/22/2021
Uche Justin Uwahemu	09/10/2013 03/15/2016	N/A 03/01/2020
Sarah Wally	07/18/2017 03/17/2020	03/01/2020 03/01/2024
Cassandra Youngblood	03/19/2002 04/05/2016	N/A 03/01/2020

Board Liaisons

City Council Liaison: Nathaniel Bates
Staff Liaison: Itza Mariel Gonzalez, Employment and Training Department


*Appointed replacement or filling an unexpired term