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Economic Development & Employer Services Committee (EDES)

Composition: Economic Development and Employer Services Committee of the WIB. The chair of this committee shall be a member representing private business or a local economic development agency. The committee is comprised of representatives of the Alameda County Workforce Investment Board, including those representing mandated partners. The chair is selected from the Committee membership and appointed by the WIB Chair. The Vice-Chair is selected by the EDES Committee.

The Economic Development and Employer Services Committee shall develop strategies to train workforce participants for jobs that will provide long-term career paths; coordinate labor market studies; provide the WIB with information on emerging market trends; provide guidance regarding Individual Training Accounts (ITAs), the Eligible Training Provider List, and employer services in the One-Stop Career Centers; recommend changes to the workforce investment system in order to improve employer satisfaction with employee recruitment, retention, productivity, and profitability, and other outcomes; and develop strategies to enhance the responsiveness of the workforce investment system to the needs of local businesses.

Name Company/Organization Phone/Email
Bruce Kern
Committee Chair
Executive Director, EDAB (510) 272-3874
bruce.kern@acgov.org
Martha Giggleman
Committee Vice-Chair
Nursing Support Services Director,
Washington Hospital
(510) 745-6462
martha_giggleman@whhs.com
Bob Brewer
Vice President, Workforce Dev., Goodwill Industries (510) 698-7232
gvp47@aol.com
Winston Burton
Program Director,
BOSS
(510) 891-8773, x320
winburton@aol.com
Matt Gardner President
BayBio
(650) 871-7101
mgardner@baybio.org
Dave Johnson
Executive Director,
Oakland Commerce Corp.
(510) 632-1238
occoak@earthlink.net
Daniel Kennerk Representative
SEIU Local 1000
(510) 622-1582
kennerk@sbcglobal.net
James Paxson
General Manager,
Hacienda Business Park Owners Association
(925) 734-6510
james@hacienda.org
Luke Sims Business Development Mgr,
City of San Leandro
 
(510) 577-3320
lsims@ci.san-leandro.ca.us
 
     
 
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