Chicago Workforce Investment Council > Who We Are

Workforce Investment Board

CWIC provides staffing to the Chicago Workforce Investment Board, the federally mandated entity that oversees the investment of the City’s annual Workforce Investment Act (WIA) allocation from the federal government. The membership composition of the board is required to be at least 51% business representation with the balance of members coming from organized labor, economic development agencies, education, mandatory Workforce Center partner agencies, service providers, and civic organizations.

View a printer-friendly list

Chairman	Paul O'Connor	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Members	Rita Athas	World Business Chicago
	Tom Balanoff	Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1
	Peggi Boyd	American Labelmark Company
	Evelyn Diaz	Chicago Department of Family Support Services
	Nancy J. Clawson	Merrill Lynch
	Stan Deans	United Parcel Service
	Almeda E. Dunn	Star Detective & Security Agency
	Albert Friedman	Friedman Properties
	Harold Goldmeier	Goldmeier LLC
	Marc J. Gordon	Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association
	Terry Mazany	Chicago Public Schools
	Craig Huffman	Ascendance Partners
	Ralph Hughes	Macy's
	Cheryl Hyman	City Colleges of Chicago
	Jeffrey Isaacson	Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters
	Grace Jenkins	National Able Network
	Mary Anne Kelly	Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
	Robert Kilbury	Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Rehabilitation Services
	Anne Ladky	Women Employed
	Jimmy M. Lago	Archdiocese of Chicago
	Tom Livingston	CSX Corporation
	Brian P. Malone	The Chicago Stock Exchange
	Dean Manheimer	Northwestern Memorial Hospital
	Bryan Mason	Paul Simon Job Corps Center
	Mark Newton	Swedish Covenant Hospital
	Maureen O'Donnell	Illinois Department of Employment Security
	Sheila O'Grady	Illinois Restaurant Association
	Raymond Orozco	Office of the Mayor
	Gregory Polman	Chicago Lighthouse for People who are Blind or Visually Impaired
	Andrew Mooney	Chicago Department of Community Development
	Jorge Ramirez	Chicago Federation of Labor
	Gerald Roper	Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
	Michelle Saddler	Illinois Department of Human Services
	Russell C. Salzman	Institute of Real Estate Management
	Caroline Sanchez Crozier	CSC Julex Learning
	Lorenda T. Sanchez	California Indian Man Power Consortium (CIMC) Chicago
	Mark Schulman	Eli's Cheesecake
	Gerald N. Shields	Graymills Corporation
	Shelley Stern Grach	Microsoft Corporation
	Damayanti Vasudevan	R.R. Donnelley
	Dori Wilson	Dori Wilson Public Relations

Upcoming Meetings

Quarterly Workforce Investment Board Meeting
September 22, 2011
7:30 - 9:00 am
Harold Washington College
30 East Lake Street
11th Floor, Room 1115

Meeting Materials

2011 WIA Funding Recommendations