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MassHire State Workforce Board

The MassHire State Workforce Board is comprised of business leaders, community partners, union representatives, and state and local agency partners.

Regional Workforce Planning

The Regional Plan Blueprints outline each region’s vision, mission, priority industries, occupations, and talent development needs. They demonstrate how workforce, economic development, education, and health services work together to meet the needs of both jobseekers and businesses across Massachusetts.

Membership

NameTitleOrganizationAffiliation
Sherry DongDirector, Community Health Improvement ProgramsTufts Medical CenterGovernor Appointed
Lauren JonesSecretaryExecutive Office of Labor and Workforce DevelopmentTitle I and III Representative
Robert LePageAssistant Secretary for Career EducationExecutive Office of EducationTitle II Representative
Patrica Yu Executive Office of Health and Human ServicesTitle IV Representative
Sarah StantonUndersecretaryExecutive Office of Economic DevelopmentOther Representative
Tina WolfCommissionerMassAbilityOther Representative
Jennifer AlmeidaDirector of EducationMassachusetts Restaurant AssociationBusiness and Industry
Anne BroholmChief Executive OfficerAhead, LLCBusiness and Industry
Jesse BrownFounder/Director of OperationsHeidrea Communications LLCBusiness and Industry
Jim ChiltonEVP, Chief Technology Officer and GM INFOSECCengage GroupBusiness and Industry
Megan DriscollFounder and CEO of Megan Driscoll ConsultingWage Equity Now CoalitionBusiness and Industry
Pamela EverhartSr. Vice President, Head of Regional Public Affairs/Community RelationsFidelity InvestmentsBusiness and Industry
Jessyca FelicianoSenior Director, People and Culture Business PartnerGenerate:BiomedicinesBusiness and Industry
Rainer Gawlick Progress SoftwareBusiness and Industry
Randall LyonsExecutive DirectorMassachusetts Marine Trades AssociationBusiness and Industry
Juliette C. MayersPresident and CEOInspiration Zone LLCBusiness and Industry
Tonja MettlachExecutive Vice PresidentMassachusetts Business Roundtable (MBR)Business and Industry
Nicole ObiPresident and CEOBlack Economic Council of Massachusetts (BECMA)Business and Industry
Sherri PitcherSr. Chief Advancement OfficerNotre Dame Academy, WorcesterBusiness and Industry
Joanne Pokaski (Chair)AVP, Workforce Planning and DevelopmentBeth Israel Lahey HealthBusiness and Industry
Radhames NovaPresident and CEOJunior Achievement of Greater BostonBusiness and Industry
Representative Kipp DiggsRepresentative, Second Barnstable DistrictMassachusetts House of RepresentativesLegislature
Senator Patricia JehlenSenator, Second Middlesex DistrictMassachusetts SenateLegislature
Chrissy LynchPresidentMassachusetts AFL-CIOLabor
John G. MannPresidentNAGE, Local 292Labor
Elizabeth SkidmoreBusiness Representative/OrganizerNorth Atlantic States Regional Council of CarpentersApprenticeship
Maria Ferreira-BedardExecutive DirectorSoutheastern Mass SER-Jobs for ProgressCommunity-based Organization
Dr. Pam EddingerPresidentBunker Hill Community CollegeCommunity-based Organization
Paul CooganMayorCity of Fall RiverChief Elected Official 

Committees

The Performance Committee develops and oversees strategies to enhance the workforce system’s capacity to support MassHire’s mission, vision, and values.

The Workforce System Modernization Committee provides oversight and guidance to the development, integration and deployment of the workforce IT system and ensures that the workforce IT system leverages modern tools, technologies, user-interface techniques, governance, and program management.

Committee meetings are open to the public. Visit the Open Meetings page for more information on past meetings, and future committee meeting dates, times, and locations. 

Resources

Open PDF file, 1.89 MB, for FY2022 MassHire Report (PDF 1.89 MB)

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