Regional Workforce Investment Board (RWIB)
The Regional Workforce Investment Board (RWIB), appointed by the Governor in consultation with the Chief Elected Official (CEO) board, plays a leading role in establishing policy for the region's Workforce Development Center System. The RWIB also selects the WIA service providers, directs the activities of the Youth Advisory Council, and shared responsibility for many other duties with the CEO board, including selection of the Coordinating Service Provider and overseeing the regional Workforce Development Center system's service delivery. Each RWIB shall have five voting members from business and five voting members from labor, and shall include one county elected official, one city official, and one representative of a school district, and one representative of a community college.
Region 8 has an additional 14 members of the RWIB, which include two representatives of community-based organizations, two representatives of economic development agencies, a Workforce Development Center system partner, and other individuals are representatives on other appropriate entities.
The majority of the Regional Workforce Investment Board members must represent business and the chairperson must represent the business sector. The Regional Workforce Investment Board meets quarterly.
Audubon County
Peggy Smalley, Audubon
Carroll County
Barry Bruner, Bruner & Bruner Law Firm, Carroll
Steve Schulz, DMACC, Carroll
Connie Pudenz, Turbine Fuel Technologies, Carroll
Barb Quandt, West Central Cooperative, Ralston
Gary Riedmann, St. Anthony Regional Hospital, Carroll
Susan Ehlers, Arcadia
Carolyn Schoenherr, Glidden
Karen Churchill, Carroll
Denise Hubert, IWD, Carroll
Crawford County
Judy Gronau, Vail
Diane Hargens, WITCC, Denison
Dennis Lally, UFCW Local 440, Denison
Kevin Fineran, Job Corps, Denison
Eric Skoog, Cronk’s Café, Denison
Greene County
Carlotta Wilde, Genesis Development, Jefferson
Guthrie County
Carla Grasty, AEA11, Stuart
Luann Waldo, Central Iowa Publishing, Bayard
Robert Witowski, Panora
Karen Sievers, Guthrie Center
Sac County
John Winkelman, Howard Center, Sac City
Joan Godbersen, City of Odebolt