WDB Bylaws

Board Membership

Executive Committee Members are:

  • Darren Poole, Chair
  • Andrew Egbert, Vice Chair
  • Trent Cockerham, Immediate Past Chair
  • Fred Bazemore
  • Teresa Pardue

 The following people serve on the Piedmont Triad Regional Workforce Development Board:

 Board Member Name  Category or representation
 Darren Poole, Vice President & Chief Safety Officer
  EVO Corporation

 Small Business, Chair, Forsyth
 Andrew Egbert, Vice President/Owner
  Reynolda Manufacturing

 Joint Labor - Registered Apprenticeship Program,

  Vice Chair, Yadkin
 Lenard Bluitt, Jr., Owner
  The Bluitt Agency Allstate Insurance Company		  Small Business, Forsyth
 W. Trent Cockerham, President & CEO
  Hospice of the Piedmont		  Business, Forsyth
 Laura Harrell, Human Resource Manager
  Adele Knits		  Business, Forsyth 
 Nancy Johnston, Executive Director
  NC Biotechnology Center		  Business Forsyth
 Evan Raleigh, Director, Office of Business Inclusion
  & Advancement, City of Winston-Salem		  Business Community Development, Forsyth
 Lisa Tillman, Recruiter
  The Resource		  Business, Forsyth

 Orlando Poteat, Human Resource Manager

  Gildan Activewear

  Business, Rockingham
 Monica Jackson-Buxton, Human Resource Manager
  Parkdale America		  Business, Stokes

 Samantha Coleman, Owner

  Anchored - Sweet Treats & Savory Eats

  Small Business, Surry
 Andrew Wright, VP Existing Business Services
  Surry Economic Development Partnership		  Business, Surry 
 Alvin Warwick, Manager AFL/CIO
  IBEW, Local Union 342		  Labor Organization, Forsyth
 Vernon Gammon, Secretary & Treasurer
  Teamsters, Union #391		  Labor Organization, Rockingham
 Fred Bazemore, Program & Agency Operations Director
  Experiment in Self-Reliance		  Community Based Organization,  Forsyth
 Sherry Carpenter, Vice President of Workforce Development, 
  Goodwill Industries of NWNC, Inc.		  Community Based Organization, Forsyth
 Carolyn McManamy, President
  Davie County Chamber of Commerce		  Economic Development, Davie
 Dr. Sydney Richardson, Dean, College & Career Readiness
  Forsyth Technical Community College		  Adult Education and Literacy Activities
  under WIOA Title II, Forsyth 
 Dr. Mark Kinlaw, President
  Rockingham Community College		  Higher Education, Rockingham
 Teresa Pardue, CSE & IM Supervisor
  Yadkin County Department of Social Services		  Government Agency
 Toni King, Unit Manager
  Vocational Rehabilitation

 Rehabilitation Act of 1973

  under WIOA Title I
 Tony Mizzi, Career Center Manager, NCWorks Career Center
NC Department of Commerce, Division of Workforce Solutions		 Wagner-Peyser Act 

 

The Piedmont Triad Regional Workforce Development Program is an equal opportunity employer/program and auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.