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Leadership

The WIB elects its leadership positions annually, including WIB Chair and Chair-Elect.

2011-2012 WIB Leadership

Chair: Doug Hubbard, Custom Desk and Hardwood Visuals

Chair-Elect:

The Chief Executive Officer, responsible for helping the WIB implement its Strategic Plan, is Mary Jo Gardner. Please contact her at mgardner@rcwib.org for policy or strategic questions regarding workforce development in Ramsey County. 



Board Members

Members of the Workforce Investment Board are appointed by the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners and Saint Paul Mayor Chris Coleman. 

Chair
Doug Hubbard
Owner
Custom Desk and Hardwood Visuals

Chair-Elect

 

 

 

Past-Chair
Butch Howard
General Manager, Food & Beverage Operations
HMSHost, Mpls/St Paul Airport

Treasurer
Craig Anderson
Vice President, Administration
Saint Paul College

Patricia Brady
Director
Workforce Solutions (Ramsey County)

Steve Carlson
Partner
Hedback, Arendt, Kohl & Carlson, PLLC

Jacquelyn Carpenter
Branch Manager
Manpower, Inc.

Toni Carter
County Commissioner
Ramsey Co. Board of Commissioners

Michael Chanaka
HR Director
CHS, Inc.

Mary DesJarlais
Manager, Apprentice Opportunities Project
Regional Labor Federation-Labor Resource Center

Robert de la Vega
Director, State Government Relations
Wells Fargo and Co.

Kathleen Engesser
Vice President, Marketing & Communications 
U.S. Bank

Amy Filice
Director, Dept. of Planning and Economic Development 
City of Saint Paul

Trixie Golberg
President
Lifetrack Resources

Scott Helland
Adult Basic Education Coordinator
ISD 622

 

Barbara Jeanetta
Director of Member Services

The NetWork for Better Futures

Dennis Johnson 
Rehabilitation Area Manager
MN Dept. of Employment & Economic Development
Tess Ketelsen
Talent Acquisition Manager
Ecolab, Inc.
Janet Ludden
CEO
Employer Solutions Inc.

Tom McCarthy
Business Representative
St. Paul Building & Construction Trades Council

Pamela Maldonado
Director of Community Engagement
Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties

David MacKenzie
Center Director
Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps

Robert Morse
Asst. Vice President Community Business Banking
Bremer Bank

Sean Mullan
Reliability Engineer
Gerdau

Paul Nelson
Business Development
Shaw-Lundquist Associates, Inc.

Scott North
Vice President and CEO
St. John's Hospital

Mary Russell
Manager of Organizational Development 
HealthPartners

Ashley Saar
Director, Business Services
Emergency Physicians Professional Association

Mary Schmidt
Field Office Area Manager
MN Dept. of Employment & Economic Development

Joe Stratig
Director, Placement Services
Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota

Dan Strittmater
Strategic Initiatives Project Manager
Presbyterian Homes and Services

 

 

 
Ramsey County Workforce Investment Board
2098 11th Avenue East
North Saint Paul, MN 55109