Our Board Members

Napa County Workforce Investment Board members are appointed by the County Board of Supervisors in accordance with criteria established in the Workforce Investment Act. The legislation mandates that workforce boards must have a majority of business leaders. It also mandates that key decision makers from education, economic development, community based organizations, labor unions, training, and human service agencies be represented on the workforce board. In all cases, membership is drawn from individuals with optimum policy-making authority from their organization and who hold executive positions. Workforce boards look for members with specialized knowledge and insight into one or more of our key areas of focus, and with skills and experience in long-range planning, group problem solving, capital investment strategies, and organization/business development backgrounds.

Click here for a Prospectus for prospective board members.

Current Board Chair:

William Kreysler, President, Kreysler & Associates

 

Current Board Members:

Mark Bontrager, Deputy Director, Aldea Children & Family Services

Dean Bowen, Owner, Net-Flow Corporation

Stephanie Cabral, Manager of Workforce Services, Experience Works

David Dias, Business Representative, Sheet Metal Workers' International Assoc.

Mounir Fahmy, Owner, Bayleaf Restaurant

Jeri Hansen-Gill, CEO, Sustainable Napa County

Peter Harsch, California Department of Rehabilitation

Aurelio Hurtado, Director, California Human Development

Drene Johnson, Executive Director, Community Action of Napa Valley

Reuben Katz, Director, Culinary Institute of America at Greystone

Susan Knapp, President, A Perfect Pear

Mark Leonardi, President, MLA Events, Inc

Dorothy Lind Salmon

Mary Ann Mancuso, Hynes & Company

Sue Nelson, Vice President Instruction, Napa Valley College

Barbara Nemko, Superintendent, Napa County Office of Education

Beth Painter, President, Beth Painter & Associates

Janice Payne, Manager, Recruitment Services, Kaiser Permanente

Rhonda Slota, Principal, Napa Valley Adult School

Ronald Souza, Partner, Lynch, Gilardi & Grummer

Brad Wagenknect, Supervisor, Napa County Board of Supervisors

Kyle Wheeler, Business Representative, Plumber’s Union

Carol Whichard, President, Communication Workers of America

Michael White, Field Manager, Carpenters Training Academy

Teresa Zimny, Deputy Director, Napa County Health & Human Services