Seeking Board and Committee Members
The Mississippi Valley Workforce Development Board (MVWDB) is seeking interested individuals to serve on our board and committees. The purpose of the MVWDB is to serve as the Local Area’s expert and leader in workforce development by identifying workforce issues and concerns, and by bringing together the necessary assets to facilitate solutions for Local Area prosperity. By joining the MVWDB you can network with other business owners and community leaders, represent your industry’s workforce needs, learn about workforce trends at the local, regional, state, and national levels, and guide regional service delivery and impact local business and job seeker needs.
Dennis Duke
Carl A. Nelson & Company
Board Chairman
Carol Reynolds
Kent Corporation
Ryan Drew
I.U.O.E. Local 150
Southeast Iowa Building and
Construction Trades Council
Regina Matheson
St. Ambrose University
Rick Ernst
Iowa Workforce Development
Kirby Phillips
Muscatine Power and Water
Vice-Chair
Miranda Swafford
Executive Director
John Clark
Hearth & Home
Vacant
Secretary
Lori Bassow
Sterilite
Treasurer
Business Members
Mandy Parchert
HON Company
Labor Members
Officers
Joyce Stimpson
CNH Industrial America LLC
Jacob Nye
I.B.E.W. Local 13
Heather Halbrook
Doran and Ward
Tyler Lanz
Strategic Partnership Specialist
Cory Bergfeld
I.B.E.W. Local 145
Members
Andrew Sokolovich
Grow Clinton
Martha Bell
Southeastern Community College
Caitlin Bliesener
Great River Health
Chief Elected Officials (CEOs)
Jim Irwin, Clinton County Board of Supervisors (Chief Lead Elected Official)
Don Schwenker, Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Jean Dickson, Scott County Board of Supervisors
Danny Chick, Muscatine County Board of Supervisors
Brad Quigley, Louisa County Board of Supervisors
Chad White, Henry County Board of Supervisors
Shane McCampbell, Des Moines County Board of Supervisors
Chuck Holmes, Lee County Board of Supervisors
Board Staff
Nick Flogel
Carpenters Union Local 4
Mandy Tripp
Compliance Officer
Kimberly Jaber
Berry Global
Cynthia Whalen
Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services
