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

• Marie Arcos – Compudopt, Inc.
• Shonda Below – Northeast Houston American Federation of Teachers
• Carl Bowles – Bowles, Womack & Company, P.C.
• Rachel Cevallos – Identity Plus, LLC
• Dorian Cockrell – JPMorgan Chase
• Michael J. Dobert – HR in Alignment, LLC
• Dr. Melissa Gonzalez – Lone Star College
• Cheryl Guido – Texas Workforce Solutions-VR Services
• Mark Guthrie – Winstead PC (Board Chair)
• Dr. Allatia Harris – San Jacinto College
• Dr. Bobbie Allen Henderson – Texas Southern University (Vice Chair)
• Alan Heskamp – Heskamp & Associates LLC
• Guy Robert Jackson – Chambers County Abstract Co. Inc. (Vice Chair)
• Lavone Jones – Comcast
• Joyce Johnson – Why Sales Network
• Doug Karr – Pro Staff/Atterro
• Jeffrey LaBroski – Plumbers Local Union No. 68
• Shareen Larmond – West Gulf Maritime Association
• Susan Lindsey – Texas Workforce Solutions-Vocational Rehabilitation Services
• Jonathan Lowe – International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees
• Tanya Makany-Rivera – AT&T
• Edward Melton – Texas Library Association
• Sineria Ordonez – Comerica Bank
• Margaret Oser – United Way of Greater Houston
• Adrian Ozuna – Prosperity Bank
• Paul J. Puente – Houston Gulf Coast Building and Construction Trades Council (Vice Chair)
• Monica Riley – The Community Gatekeepers
• Grace Rodriguez – Impact Hub Houston
• Dr. Melanie Rodriguez – Elevate Latinas, LLC
• Nasruddin Rupani – Worlds Gold & Diamonds, Inc.
• Mou Sarkar – Pearland Economic Development Corporation
• Valerie Garcia Segovia – TEES Nuclear Engineering & Science Center
• Lenora Sorola-Pohlman – Sorola Consulting Services, Inc.
• Sandra Taylor – Tiny Toes Academy
• Lizandra Vazquez – Texas Workforce Commission
• Dr. Michael Webster – Houston Community College
• Bin Yu – Asian Chamber of Commerce

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