Board Members

Serving the 13 county Houston-Galveston region, the Gulf Coast Workforce Board is the local board of directors for Workforce Solutions. The Board is business-led and community focused, with approximately 50 members representing private sector business, education, organized labor, and community-based organizations.

With participation from the region's chief local elected officials, the Workforce Board sets the strategic direction for the regional workforce system and guides the area's workforce agenda focusing on four key results:

1. Competitive employers
2. An educated workforce
3. More and better jobs
4. Higher incomes

Board Members

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MARIE ARCOS, YMCA of Greater Houston
ANNE BARTLETT, Brazosport College
SHONDA BELOW, Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation
CARL BOWLES, Bowles, Womack & Company, P.C.
MARY HELEN CAVAZOS, M.H. Cavazos & Associates
DORIAN COCKRELL, JPMorgan Chase
MELISSA GONZALEZ, Lone Star College
CHERYL GUIDO, Texas Workforce Solutions-VR Services
MARK GUTHRIE, Winstead PC
DARRIN HALL, United Airlines
BOBBIE ALLEN HENDERSON, Texas Southern University
ALAN HESKAMP, Heskamp & Associates LLC
GUY ROBERT JACKSON, Chambers County Abstract Co. Inc.
JOYCE JOHNSON, Why Sales Network
LAVONE JONES, Comcast
DOUG KARR, Pro Staff/Atterro
BRETT KERR, Calpine
JEFFREY LaBROSKI, Plumbers Local Union No. 68
SHAREEN LARMOND, West Gulf Maritime Association
MICHAEL LOVE, Houston Independent School District
JONATHAN LOWE, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
EDWARD MELTON, Texas Library Association
MARGARET OSER, United Way of Greater Houston
ADRIAN OZUNA, Prosperity Bank
PAUL J.PUENTE, Houston Gulf Coast Building and Construction Trades Council
MONICA RILEY, The Community Gatekeepers
MELANIE RODRIGUEZ, Elevate Latinas, LLC
NASRUDDIN RUPANI, Worlds Gold & Diamonds, Inc.
MOU SARKAR, Pearland Economic Development Corporation
DANIELLE SCHEINER, Conroe Economic Development Council
KERI SCHMIDT, Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce
VALERIE GARCIA SEGOVIA, TEES Nuclear Engineering & Science Center
RICHARD SHAW, Harris County Labor Assembly, AFL-CIO Council
GIL STALEY, The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership
KATHERINE TAYLOR, Genesys Works - Houston
LIZANDRA VAZQUEZ, Texas Workforce Commission
CAROLYN WATSON , William Stamps Farish Fund
MICHAEL WEBSTER, Houston Community College
BIN YU, MedxSunshine LLC

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