Board Members

		Member Since			Member Since
James Barnes Business Manager	International Brotherhood of Boilermakers	2009	Richard Bryant, SPHR HR Manager	Wal-Mart Distribution Center	2008
Colleen Burton Executive Director	Polk Vision, Inc.	2006	Rod Crowley State Director of Operations	Southern Wine & Spirits of Florida	2008
Ed Chambers President	United Food & Commercial Workers, Local 1625	2007	Pam Bettis Project Director	AARP Foundation WorkSearch	2011
Gary Clark Chairman	Polk County Veterans Council	2010	(no photo available) Bob English Commissioner	Polk County Board of County Commissioners	2011
Stacy Hackworth General Manager	Ferguson Enterprises	2008	Lisa Hall Business Development Manager	Rita Staffing	2010
Eileen Holden President	Polk State College	2006	(no photo available) Albert Kirkland, Jr. Executive Director	Lake Wales Housing Authority	2010
Mike LaPan Director	The Lakeland Center	2009	Elka Lopez HR Director	Kegel Corporation	2007
Betsy Levingston Director of Training & Workforce Development	Lakeland Electric	2008	Robert F. Lusa Jr. Treasurer	R.F. Lusa & Sons Sheetmetal, Inc.	2009
Katrina Lunsford Senior Vice President	Wells Fargo	2007	Jerry Miller Manager, Community Relations	Progress Energy	2011
Michael A. Micallef, Jr. President/CEO	Community Southern Bank	2009	Sherrie Nickell Superintendent	Polk County School Board	2010
Alice Murray Associate VP, Campus Planning & Facilities Operations	University of South Florida Polytechnic	2009	Joe Ouellette Director of Administration	ALDI, Inc.	2009
Jeffery Payne V.P. of HR	Lakeland Regional Medical Center	2008	Erlinda Rada-Pilkington Director of Physician, Community and Government Relations	Heart of Florida Regional medical Center	2009
Anthony Rodriguez HR Director	The Ledger Publishing Company	2009	Rebecca McDonnell Campus President	Keiser University Lakeland	2006
Amy Palmer Senior Business Development Manager	Central Florida Development Council	2011	Diana Simmons School Director	Fortis Institute	2010
David Sorg HR Manager	The Mosaic Company	2008
Laura Taylor Assistant Director	Lakeland Economic Development Council	2006	(no photo available) Meghan Spuler Human Resources Manager	Pepperidge Farm	2011
Edith Tiencken President	Staff Builders, Inc.	2006	Judy A. Dertod Area Supervisor of Vocational Rehabilitation	Department of Education	2010
Mike Wilkerson Senior Consultant	Florida Workforce Solutions, LLC	2008	Lori Walsh V.P. of Human Resources	W.S. Badcock Corporation	2007
Albert Scott Miller Deputy Director	Agricultural & Labor Program, Inc (ALPI)	2011	Julia Hermelbracht Circuit Community Development Administrator	Department of Children & Families	2011