Board Members - Governor's Workforce Development Board (GWDB)
Hon. Wes Moore, Governor
Delali Dzirasa
GWDB Chair
CEO
Fearless
8 Market Place #200
Alexander Austin
President & CEO
Prince George’s Chamber of Commerce
Marco V. Ávila, P.E.
Vice President
WSP
Chair/Director
Maryland Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Calvin Ball
County Executive
Howard County
Stacey Beichler
Assistant Vice President, Neurodiversity and Community Workforce Development
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Michelle Bell
President & CEO
1st Choice, LLC
Erikk B. Bonner
Assistant State Superintendent, Division of Rehabilitation Services
Maryland State Department of Education
Charnetia V.(Young) Callaham
Lead Director, Workforce Initiatives
CVS Health
Brian S. Cavey
International Vice President
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators
& Allied Workers
Dr. Annesa Cheek
President
Frederick Community College
Todd Cohen
Sr Mgr, Strategic Workforce Development
Lockheed Martin
Harry Coker, Jr.
Secretary
Maryland Department of Commerce
Donna Edwards
President
MD State and DC, AFL-CIO
Edward Evans
Director of Corporate Responsibility
Live Casino (Cordish Company)
MacKenzie Garvin
Director
Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Employment Development
Kimberly Green
Consultant
Matthew R. Holloway
Owner & Operator
Quantico Creek Sod Farms, Inc.
Dr. Roderick King
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
University of Maryland Medical System
Katie Leonard
Founder & CEO
Slate Seven
Travis Marion
Mayor, Rising Sun
City of Rising Sun
Jessica Mente
Director of Training
Royal Farms
Rick Muller
SVP and Chief Scientist
IonQ Federal
Kirkland J. “Kirk” Murray
President & CEO
Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation
President, Maryland Workforce Association
Myra W. Norton
CTE Committee Chair
Senior Director
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
Tamla Olivier
GWDB Vice Chair
President & CEO
BGE
Elena Quiroz-Livanis
Secretary
Maryland Higher Education Commission
Edward C. Rothstein (COL Ret)
Acting Secretary
Department of Veterans Affairs
Martin “Marty” Schwartz
President
Vehicles for Change
Brian Stamper
Executive Director, Cell Therapy Operations
AstraZeneca
Hon. VACANT
State Delegate
Hon. VACANT
State Senator
Inez Stewart
SVP-CHRO
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Teaera Strum
Chief Executive Officer
Strum Contracting Company, Inc.
Michael D. Thomas
Vice President, Workforce Development & Continuing Education
Baltimore City Community College
Perketer Tucker
Director, Office of Adult Education and Literacy Services
Maryland Department of Labor
Robert Williams
Founder & CEO
Elite Eight Strategies
Rheanne Wirkkala
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
Clarion Strategies
Carey Wright
State Superintendent of Schools
Maryland State Department of Education
Portia Wu
Secretary
Maryland Department of Labor
Caryn York
Lead Director, Workforce Initiatives
CVS Health
Non-voting Members
The following members of the Governor’s Cabinet participate as ex-officio non-voting members to serve in an advisory capacity and to partner on initiatives of the Board that are relevant to their department missions.
Carol Beatty
Secretary
Maryland Department of Disabilities
Jacob “Jake” Day
Secretary
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Jonny Dorsey
Acting Secretary
Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation
Stacy Rodgers
Acting Secretary
Maryland Department of Human Services
Carmel Roques
Secretary
Maryland Department of Aging
Carolyn J. Scruggs
Secretary
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Meena Seshamani
Secretary
Maryland Department of Health
Katie Thomson
Acting Secretary
Maryland Department of Transportation
Betsy Fox Tolentino
Acting Secretary
Department of Juvenile Services