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Monroe County/Rochester Workforce Development Board
Workforce Development Board
A Local Workforce Development Board (LWDB) represents every community in the United States. LWDBs are the foundation of workforce development systems statewide. In addition to providing skill-based programs through one-stop career centers, local boards develop strategic plans to match employers with qualified candidates. There are 33 LWDBs throughout New York.
The Monroe County/ Rochester WDB serves Rochester and Monroe County. Rochester’s mayor and county executive appoint board members. Federal law requires that a majority of the board members come from the business community to ensure that workforce initiatives align with economic development. In New York State, LWDBs typically have between 20 and 40 members.
Board Responsibilities
Determine the needs of the local job market as a guide for allocating workforce development resources.
Oversee the activities of the one-stop career centers, which assist unemployed job seekers, existing workers seeking better career paths, local businesses seeking new hires, and young adults entering the local workforce
Hire an Executive Director
Create policies for the WDB that govern the delivery and prioritization of workforce services in the region.
Adopt 4-year local and regional workforce development plans
Approve spending of WIOA and other Federal workforce funds
Member Information
Workforce Development Board
DANA ABRAMSON*
Owner, Achieve Results
MARCO ALTIERI*
CEO, All American Home Care
RANDY ANDRE
Manager, New York State Department of Labor
ZACHARY ARNOLD*
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition, University of Rochester Medical Center
MARY BETH ARTUSO* (Vice Chair, WDB)
VP, Human Resources, Complemar Partners
RACHAEL BARANELLO*
Partner, Harris Beach
THOMAS BATTLEY*
Executive Director, Rochester Regional Photonics Cluster
HON. ADAM BELLO
County Executive, County of Monroe
KAITLYN BOND*
Senior Director of Talent Acquisition, Rochester Regional Health System
BERT BRINKERHOFF* (Treasurer, WDB)
Vice President, M&T Bank
DR. ROBIN COLE
Vice President, Economic & Workforce Development and Career Technical Education, Monroe Community College
RODRIC COX-COOPER
Regional Director, Workforce Development Institute
ROBERT COYNE*
Executive Director, RTMA
ANTHONY DITUCCI
President & COO, Livingston Associates
RICK DONOVAN
Vice President, UAW 1097
SERGIO ESTEBAN*
Principal, LaBella Associates, PC
HON. MALIK EVANS
Mayor, City of Rochester
DR. LIA FESTENSTEIN
Executive Director, Office of Adult and Continuing Education Services (OACES)
SHAWN FUTCH
Workforce Development Coordinator, City of Rochester
DR. SHIRLEY GREEN
Commissioner, Department of Recreation and Human Services, City of Rochester
JANELLE HARRIS*
Supervisor, Background/Drug Screening Services, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce
JUDY HONAN
District Office Manager, ACCES-VR
GLEN JETER*
Owner, Horace Jeter, LLC
ANA LISS (Secretary, WDB)
Director, Monroe County Department of Planning and Development
GRANT MALONE
District Manager, Operating Engineers Local 158
DR. ROOSEVELT MAREUS
Dean & Executive Director, SUNY Rochester Educational Opportunity Center
JOSEPH MORELLE, JR.
Executive Director, UNiCON
TIFFANY OWENS
SVP, Entrepreneurship & Wealth Building, Urban League of Rochester
ANGELICA PEREZ-DELGADO
President & CEO, Ibero-American Action League
TYRONE REAVES*
President, TruForm Manufacturing
GARY ROGERS*
CEO, Dock Hardware
DAVID SCOTT
Chief Diversity Officer/Director of DEI, County of Monroe
DR. PATRICIA STOVALL-LANE
Executive Director, Workforce Program Administration NY/VT/OH, Pathstone Corporation
MELISSA SUCHODOLSKI* (Chair, WDB)
President, USC Builds
ALMA VIERU*
Vice President of Operations, LMT Technology Solutions
MICHAEL WEED*
President, Graywood Companies, Inc.
JOE WESLEY*
Workforce Development, Wegmans
*Business Member
Policies & By-Laws
Workforce Development Board
Meeting Minutes
2020 - Present
- 2025
- 2025 - Executive, Finance, & Audit Committee
- 2025 - Workforce Innovation Performance
- 2025 - Workforce Development Board
- 2024
- 2024 - Executive, Finance, & Audit Committee
- 2024 - Workforce Innovation Performance
- 2024 - Workforce Development Board
- 2023
- 2023 - Executive, Finance, & Audit Committee
- 2023 - Workforce Development Board
- 2023 - Workforce Innovation Performance
- 2023 - Youth Committee
- 2022
- 2022 - Executive, Finance, & Audit Committee
- 2022 - Workforce Development Board
- 2022 - Workforce Innovation Performance
- 2022 - Youth Committee
- 2021
- 2021 - Executive, Finance, & Audit Committee
- 2021 - Workforce Development Board
- 2021 - Workforce Innovation Performance
- 2021 - Youth Committee
- 2020
- 2020 - Executive, Finance, & Audit Committee
- 2020 - Workforce Development Board
- 2020 - Workforce Innovation Performance
- 2020 - Youth Committee
