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County of Kern
Board of Supervisors
Workforce Investment Board (WIB)
Members
Legal Authority: Private Industry Council was established by Board of Supervisors Minute Order of January 4, 1983, pursuant to Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA); term of appointment changed by Minute Order dated October  9, 1984; increased membership to 19 by Board action dated November 10, 1998. Private Industry Council was replaced by the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) on January 4, 2000.
Membership Qualifications: Membership of the local WIB shall be composed of members from the following categories: business representatives, local educational entities, labor organizations, community-based organizations, economic development agencies, and One-Stop partners.
Term: Three-year staggered term.
Duties: Directors shall provide strategic planning, policy development, and oversight of the local workforce investment systems; and, in partnership with units of general local government, provide policy guidance; shall develop job training plan, select grant recipient and an entity to administer job training plan; shall act as liaison with business community; and shall perform additional review functions as required by local, state and federal law.
Meeting Place and Time: Directors shall meet no less than four times a year; time and place to be announced by Chairperson or contact ETR.
Compensation: Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for any actual and necessary expenses incurred in connection with their duties as WIB members which will be paid by Federal funds.
Ethics Training: Pursuant to State law, on or after January 1, 2006, any person newly appointed shall successfully complete a course in ethics training approved by the Fair political Practices Commission and Attorney General. Each member is required to complete this training every two years.
Contact: Employers' Training Resource Department
1600 East Belle Terrace
Bakersfield, CA 93307
(661) 336-6849
  No Oath Required
(Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700) Required. ETR is filing official)

Workforce Investment Board [Wib]
(Replaces Private Industry Council)
Members When Appointed Appointed By Whom1 Term Expires
Business      
Leo Bautista
Rain for Rent
5/16/2006 BOS 12/31/2011
McCoy Dean Haddock
Community Counseling & Psychological Services, Inc.
7/31/2007 BOS 6/30/2013
Vacant
BOS 6/30/2013
Keith Wolaridge
Touchstone Industrial Supply
(Replacing Aaron Mitchell)
12/1/2009 BOS 12/31/2011
Morgan Clayton
Tel-Tec Security
1/4/2000 BOS 12/31/2011
Les Clark
IOPA
1/4/2000 BOS 6/30/2013
Allen Lyda
Tejon Ranch
10/16/2001 BOS 6/30/2013
Philip Halpin
GAF Materials Corporation
8/3/2004 BOS 6/30/2013
Vacant
BOS 6/30/2013
Chris Gardner
Elk Corporation
5/16/2006 BOS 12/31/2011
Paul Anthony
Xtech Industries
4/21/2009 BOS 6/30/2013
Frank Herrera
Esparza Enterprises
5/16/2006 BOS 12/31/2011
Vacant
BOS 6/30/2013
Tommy Bathe
Domino Plastics Manufacturing
(Replacing Donald Thompson)
12/1/2009 BOS 12/31/2011
Danny Ordiz
Ordiz-Melby Architects
1/4/2000 BOS 12/31/2011
Karen King
Golden Empire Transit District
4/21/2009 BOS 6/30/2013
Edward Arambula
Wm. Bolthouse Farms
3/23/2010 BOS 12/31/2011
Vacant BOS 12/31/2011
Marie Walker
CEO Fiberset
8/17/2010 BOS 6/30/2013
Joel Seal
B. W. Implement Company
7/31/2007 BOS 6/30/2013
Vacant
(Replacing Melissa Montgomery)
BOS 12/31/2011
Dan Murray
North Kern South Tulare Hospital District
3/23/2010 BOS 6/30/2013
Vacant
BOS 6/30/2013
Education      
Don Carter
Kern High School District
8/3/2004 BOS 12/31/2011
John Means
Kern Community College District
8/11/2009 BOS 6/30/2013
Christine Lizardi Frazier
Kern County Superintendent of Schools
12/15/2009 BOS 6/30/2013
Labor      
Jim Elrod
IBEW Local #428
8/17/2010 BOS 6/30/2013
Carl Wyatt
Operating Engineers Local #12
8/17/2010 BOS 6/30/2013
John Spaulding
Kern, Inyo, Mono Counties CLC
11/27/2007 BOS 6/30/2013
Michael Rock
Plumbers, Pipefitters & Refrigeration Local 460
4/21/2009 BOS 6/30/2013
Stephen Gomez
Plumbers, Pipefitters & Refrigeration Local 460
8/17/2010 BOS 6/30/2013
Donny Williams
CSEA
3/31/2009 BOS 12/31/2011
Margarita Jaramillo
United Domestic Workers Union
3/31/2009 BOS 12/31/2011
Community-Based Organizations      
Magda Menendez
MAOF
5/16/2006 BOS 12/31/2011
Jeremy Tobias
Community Action Partnership of Kern
8/11/2009 BOS 6/30/2013
Vacant
BOS 6/30/2013
Economic Development      
Vacant
(Replacing Barry Jung
Community and Economic Development)
BOS 12/31/2011
Richard Chapman
KEDC
1/9/2007 BOS 12/31/2011
One-Stop Partners      
Diane McClanahan
(Replacing Patti Brokken)
California Department of Rehabilitation
9/15/2009 BOS 12/31/2011
Norma Rojas-Mora
Housing Authority
10/16/2001 BOS 6/30/2013
Rebecca Mendibles
SER Jobs for Progress
6/24/2008 BOS 6/30/2013
Vacant
(Replacing Marcia Becerra)
BOS 12/31/2011
Pat Cheadle
Human Services Department
7/31/2007 BOS 12/31/2011
Irma Chacon
Inland Empire Job Corps
8/11/2009 BOS 12/31/2011
Verna Lewis, Director
Employers' Training Resource
10/28/2003 BOS 6/30/2013
Brooks Lockhart
California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc.
1/9/2007 BOS 12/31/2011
Vacant
(Replacing Ed Zylman
Mono County Health & Human Services)
BOS 12/31/2011
Vacant BOS 12/31/2011
Other      
George Lartigue
Bakersfield Parole Office
1/4/2000 BOS 12/31/2011
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