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The NWPA Workforce Investment Board (WIB) is comprised of members representing business, labor, education, social services, and government agencies throughout Northwest Pennsylvania. Working in cooperation with chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, planning commissions, and others, the Board focuses its development activities on key industry segments that include electronics manufacturing, food processing, construction, health care, metal fabrication, plastics, technology, lumber and hardwoods, oil and gas, transportation, and mining. The Board also administers federal and state funds for programs targeted to adults, dislocated workers, and young people through five PA CareerLink offices in Erie, Crawford, Warren, Venango, and Forest counties.



 

 Officers: Left to Right, Mr. Dale McBrier, Chairman; Mr. Kerry Schwab, Secretary; 
Mr. David Van Amburg,Vice-Chair; and Mr. Bill Liddle, Treasurer

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Chairman:  Dale McBrier, Owner
McBrier properties Group, Inc. 
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Vice-Chair:  David Van Amburg, President
Mutualgravity, Inc.​

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Treasurer:  William Liddle, President
Venango, Inc.
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Secretary:  Kerry Schwab, CEO
Bel-Aire Clarion Hotel 

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Mike Chevalier, President
Preferred Education, Inc.
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Dr. Aldo Jackson, Director
Erie County Technical School

Ron Cole, Training Coordinator
Ellwood Group
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Louis Kraft, President
Kraft Concrete Products, Inc.
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Hope Couch, Executive Director
Crawford County Assistance Office
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Don D. Lewis, CEO
Structural Modulars, Inc.
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Joel Dueterman, President & CEO
Velocity Network, Inc.
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Dr. Joyce Miller, President
Keystone Research Corp.
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Beverly Fetzner, President
Comfort Care Resources
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Steve O'Dell, President/Owner
Brightstar Healthcare
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Chip Folletti, Council Representative
Carpenter's District Council
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Dr. William Shields, President
University of Pittsburgh at Titusville
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Dr. Richard Gacka, Senior Administrator
Stairways Behavioral Health
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Kenneth Smith, President
Software Technology Concepts, LLC

Scott Gezymalla, Chief Financial Officer
Lincoln Metal Processing
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Robert Spaulding
Leadership Erie Board
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Larry Harvey, President
Crawford County Labor Union Council
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Ronald Steele, CEO
GECAC
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Jack Hewitt, District Administrator
Office of Vocational Rehab

Joe Stratico, Regional Director
Western Regional Office BWDP

Gary Horton, CEO
Quality of Life Learning Center
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Sean Wiley, Economic Research/Administrator
St. Vincent Health Center

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Deborah Iavarone, Human Resources Manager
American Turned Products
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Doug Armstrong, Executive Director
Mechanical Contractors Association of NWPA
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Dr. Ray Feroz, Professor of Special Education
and Rehabilitation Sciences 
Clarion University

Dee Lowery, Director - External Affairs
First Energy Corporation​

 

 

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