SAWDC & CGIA Joint Quarterly Council & Membership Meeting
December 10, 2015
3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Gulf Quest National Maritime Museum
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SAWDC
Board of Directors
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Chairman
Sandra Koblas
Austal USA
Vice Chairman
George Vann
BASF
Secretary
Bill Hafner
VT Mobile Aerospace Engineering
Treasurer
Lee Lawson
Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance
Legal Counsel
David Hannan
Maynard Cooper & Gale
Past
Chairman
Alabama Power
(Retired)
Carolyn Akers
Mobile Area
Education Foundation
Chris Comstock
Outokumpu
Ketrenia Crenshaw
Boise Paper
Ronnie Hall
Georgia Pacific
Frank Jelercic
Central Gulf
Industrial Alliance
John Johnson
Coastal Gateway
Jennifer Ogle
Airbus
Janice Rehm
USA Children's & Women's
Randy Rogers
Evonik Industries
Lesleigh Smith
Performance Contractors
Jill Stork
Alabama Power
Troy Wayman
Mobile Area
Chamber of Commerce
Laura Chandler
Executive Director
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SAWDC
Council Members
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Pete Black
Parson & Whittemore
Ken Corley
Olin Corporation
David Dexter
AM/NS Calvert
Bob Jones
United Bank
Emily Jones
Quincey Compressor
Charlotte Kopf
Associated General Contractors
James Martin
Creek Indian Enterprises
Carol Statter
Infirmary Health
Mobile Gas
Jill Vinson
SSAB
Gia Wiggins
BAE Systems
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CGIA's Assistance leads to Grant for Jefferson Davis Community College
The Jeff Davis Community College welding program in Atmore will be able to double capacity, serve more dual-enrollment students and produce more work-ready welders every year thanks to the assistance of the Central Gulf Industrial Alliance.
Coastal Gateway Regional Economic Development Alliance wrote and secured the $150,000 grant from the Delta Regional Authority (DRA). The grant will allow the school to transform the program and move its welding labs from a pair of outdated buildings into a modern facility.
According to Jess Nicholas, assistant director for communication and research for Coastal Gateway EDA, they probably wouldn't have received the grant without the help of CGIA. As part of the grant process, they were asked to document workforce needs along the Gulf Coast and prove the welders would have a job waiting for them once they completed the program. CGIA helped secure those commitments, employment figures and statements of need.
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Department of Commerce Launches Workforce Development Division
On October 1st, many of Alabama's key workforce development programs were consolidated in a new division within the Alabama Department of Commerce.
The formation of Commerce's new Workforce Development Division creates a better aligned option for businesses needing job-training and other workforce services across the state.
Commerce's new Workforce Development Division is headed by Ed Castile, the longtime leader of AIDT, the state's highly regarded job-training agency. Ed Castile adds the title of Deputy Secretary of Commerce and remains at the helm of AIDT.
Oversight of the state's 10 Regional Workforce Councils has been transferred to Commerce's Workforce Division from the Alabama Community College System (ACCS). The councils provide a direct link to the workforce needs of business and industry at the local level.
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2015 in numbers...
- 9,300 eighth grade students
- 83 schools from 9 counties
- 930 teacher, couselors, and parents
- 186 partners, sponsors, and exhibitors
- 155 Southwest Alabama companies
- 793 volunteers
- 84 community leaders and guests
Inspiring our Future Workforce...
One Student at a Time
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2015 SAWDC Worlds of Opportunity Student Giveaway Winners!
With the help of
the Alabama Career Centers, Alabama Power, Riviera Utilities and Mobile County Public Schools winners of the 2015 SAWDC Worlds of Opportunity Student Giveaway were presented Kindle Fire tablets. Winners were drawn from the passports the students turned in as they left the event and from the survey the students completed after attending the SAWDC Worlds of Opportunity. Click
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Inspiring our Future Workforce...
One Student at a Time
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SAWDC's Vision is to develop a comprehensive, integrated workforce development system which creates a skilled, diverse, motivated, adaptable workforce that better meets the needs of employers and leads to a better quality of life for our citizens.
SAWDC's Mission is to develop strategic partnerships which attract, educate and train students and workers to better meet employer needs and foster economic growth in a global marketplace.
For more information on how you can become involved with the efforts of the Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council and Region 9, please call 251-445-2090.
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