Southeastern Workforce Development Board
The Southeastern Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, also known as the SE WI WDB, was formed to provide oversight, guidance, and direction for the Federal Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) in a three county region known as a Workforce Development Area (WDA). These three Counties include, Kenosha, Racine, & Walworth Counties. The State of Wisconsin has eleven WDA’s and the SE WI WDB is known as WDA 1.
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The Southeastern Wisconsin Workforce Development Board (SE WI WDB) Program Year 2020-2023 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Plan has been extended through Program Year 2024 due to no significant changes. The plan identifies strategic goals for the Southeastern Workforce Delivery Area and describes services and activities available to eligible adults, youth, dislocated workers, businesses and economic development partners through the American Job Centers/Workforce Development System in the three-county area: Walworth, Racine and Kenosha counties. The SE WI WDB 2020-2023 WIOA Plan is valid until June 30, 2024.
Workforce Development Areas (WDAs) 1, 2 and 3 have developed a WIOA Regional Plan in conjunction with regional WIOA partners and employers to provide a vision and strategy for public workforce service delivery in the 7-county Southeastern Wisconsin region for the next four years. The WIOA Regional Plan​ outlines regional workforce development needs, provides labor market analysis and projections, establishes workforce program goals, defines governance structures and local policies, identifies service providers and locations, and conveys the performance and accountability measures for Wisconsin’s Workforce Development Area (WDA) 2. The WIOA Local Plan​ further defines the strategies and initiatives to increase workforce system efficiencies that ensure the continuing modernization of the workforce system and the creation of a customer-centered system in which:
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The needs of business and workers drive workforce solutions;
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Job Centers provide excellent customer service to all jobseekers and businesses;
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Strong regional economies are supported; and
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The local board’s vision and goals reinforce the priorities of the state workforce system.
Board Staff
Doug Bartz
Administrator
Rebecca Freund
Senior Administrative Assistant
Marilyn Putz
Program Integrity Specialist - WIOA
Executive Committee
Dr. Bryan Albrecht
Kenneth Fellman
Nicholas Galich
Gateway Technical College
Johnson Bank
Froedtert South
Brooke Infusino
Amy Mlot
Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA)
Stowell Associates, Inc.
Members at Large
Laura Cesar
Susan Chandek
Derek D'Auria
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Edgard Delgado
Ron Frederick
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Waylon Gross
Alexa Haigh
Stephanie Henderson
LDV, Inc.
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
Walworth County Economic Development Alliance (WCEDA)
Wisconsin Job Service
Kenosha County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council
Kenall Lighting
United Way of Racine County
Division of Unemployment Insurance (UI)
Paul Moeller
Loretta Olson
Tom Reiherzer
Dave Riley
Cynthia Simonsen
Tessa Springer
Matthew Stinebrink
Matt Waltz
Toni White
Aaron Williams
Professional Services Group
Express Employment Professionals
Building Alliance Tri-County Association & SEW Building & Construction Trades
Riley Construction
VIP Services, Inc.
WLKG
Piggly Wiggly
CAEL
WRTP / Big Step
KUSD/Apprenticeship