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Committees

Apprenticeship
Employment of People with Disabilities
Industry Association
Older Workers
Policy Committee
Service Delivery
Veterans' Employment Committee
Women’s Employment Issues
Youth Transitions (School to Work)

Apprenticeship Committee

  • Don Berry, Chair
  • Phil Dionne
  • Bob Bourgault
  • Alan Wyman
  • John Napolitano
  • Jeff Cammack
  • Tuesdi Woodworth
  • John Evans
  • Kate Grambow

    • EX FACTO MEMBERS
  • Peaches Bass DOL, for Commissioner Fortman
  • Doug Robertson DOE, for Commissioner Gendron
  • Open Position, DECD, for Commissioner Richardson
  • Charles Mitchell, MCCS, for President Fitzsimmons

    • Staff/Policy Liaison, Gene Ellis

    Employment of People with Disabilities Committee

  • Mel Clarrage – Chair
  • Jill Duson – Policy Liaison
  • Michael Ashmore
  • Dennis Bouley
  • Gayla Dwyer
  • Rachel Dyer
  • Larry Glantz
  • Betsy Hopkins
  • Jennifer Kimble
  • Norbert Nathanson

    • Staff – Karen Fraser

    Industry Association Committee

  • Lisa Martin – Chair / Policy Liaison
  • Greg Dugal
  • Susan Swanton
  • Suzanne Goucher
  • Steve Boulet
  • Cheryl Timberlake
  • Bob McGregor
  • Kevin Murphy
  • Dick Grotton

    • Staff/Policy Liaison – Merle Davis

    Older Workers Committee

  • Phyllis Cohn, AARP, Co-Chair
  • John Christie, Rockland CareerCenter, Co-Chair
  • James McGrath, DHHS Office of Elder Services
  • Dan Muth, National ABLE Network
  • Bryant Hoffman, Area 3 LWIB Director
  • Betty Grant, Lakepoint Real Estate
  • Graham Newson, Area Agencies on Aging
  • Sharon Price, SCSEP
  • Robert Traill, Bonney Staffing Center
  • Merrill Huhtala, Center for Workforce Research and Information
  • Jeanne Shorey Paquette, Employment Times
  • Cynthia Dowd, TRC, Lewiston CareerCenter
  • Brenda Gallant, Maine LongTerm Care Program
  • Garret Oswald, Maine Jobs Council

    • Staff/Policy Liaison – Mary Fran Gamage

    Policy Committee

  • Phil Dionne
  • Ned McCann
  • Jill Duson
  • Sarah Standiford
  • Chris Hastedt
  • Al Menard
  • Linda Smith
  • Gene Ellis
  • Gary McGrane
  • Susan Gendron
  • Jeff Sousnaud
  • Joanne Harris
  • Mike Bourret
  • Peter Thompson
  • Laura Fortman

    • Staff/Policy Liaison – Steve Duval

    Service Delivery Committee

  • Mike Roland – AFL/CIO, Committee Chair, Vice Chair Maine Jobs Council
  • Anne Beebe-Center - Chief Local Elected Official Area IV
  • Gary McGrane - Chief Local Elected Official III
  • Dena Winslow - Aroostook / Washington Counties Workforce Investment Board
  • Joanna Russell - Tri County Workforce Investment Board
  • Bryant Hoffman - Central Western Maine Workforce Investment Board
  • Antionette Mancusi - Coastal Counties Workforce Investment Board
  • Torrey Eaton - Aroostook County Community Action
  • Candy Carpenter - Mid coast Community Action
  • Fenwick Fowler - Western Maine Community Action
  • James Trundy - Western Maine Community Action
  • Carroll Donnell - Training Development Corporation
  • Cathy Coogan - Training Resource Center
  • Ned McCann - Bureau of Employment Services
  • Steve Duval - Bureau of Employment Services
  • Jill Duson – Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
  • Maine Jobs Council – Garret Oswald

    • Veterans Employment Committee

  • Edwin Clift, Chair
  • Lee Fournier
  • Steve Wallace
  • John Simpson

  • Paul Luce

    • Women’s Employment Issues Committee

  • Sharon Barker – Chair
  • Sarah Standiford – Policy Liaison
  • Kathy Coogan
  • Christine Hastedt

  • Denise Nemeth-Greenleaf
  • Valerie Carter, Ph.D.
  • Darylen Cote
  • Christy Cross
  • Annie Houle
  • Lib Jamison
  • Karen Keim
  • Gilda Nardone

    • Non-voting Members: Commissioner Laura Fortman, John Dorrer, Stephen Duval, Gene Ellis, Jane Gilbert, Leslie Manning, Winnie Malia, Ned McCann, Garret Oswald, Gigi Ottmann-Deeves, and Penny Plourde.


    Committee Staff: Peaches Bass

    Youth Transition Committee

  • Craig Larrabee – Chair
  • Linda Smith – Policy Liaison
  • Candice Carpenter
  • Lora Downing
  • Mary Fran Gamage
  • Jeanne Paquette
  • Meridith Greig
  • Nigel Norton
  • Scott Phair
  • Maggie Vishneau
  • Staff - Debbie Bechard

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