Southeastern Workforce Development Board
The Southeastern Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, also known as the SE WI WDB, was formed to provide oversight, guidance, and direction for the Federal Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA) in a three county region known as a Workforce Development Area (WDA). These three Counties include, Kenosha, Racine, & Walworth Counties. The State of Wisconsin has eleven WDA’s and the SE WI WDB is known as WDA 1.
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The Southeastern Wisconsin Workforce Development Board (SE WI WDB) Program Year 2024-2027 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Plan has been approved through Program Year 2027. The plan identifies strategic goals for the Southeastern Workforce Delivery Area and describes services and activities available to eligible adults, youth, dislocated workers, businesses and economic development partners through the American Job Centers/Workforce Development System in the three-county area: Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth counties. The SE WI WDB 2024-2027 WIOA Plan is valid until June 30, 2028.
Workforce Development Areas (WDAs) 1, 2 and 3 have developed a WIOA Regional Plan in conjunction with regional WIOA partners and employers to provide a vision and strategy for public workforce service delivery in the 7-county Southeastern Wisconsin region for the next four years. The WIOA Regional Plan​ outlines regional workforce development needs, provides labor market analysis and projections, establishes workforce program goals, defines governance structures and local policies, identifies service providers and locations, and conveys the performance and accountability measures for Wisconsin’s Workforce Development Area (WDA) 2. The WIOA Local Plan​ further defines the strategies and initiatives to increase workforce system efficiencies that ensure the continuing modernization of the workforce system and the creation of a customer-centered system in which:
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The needs of business and workers drive workforce solutions;
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Job Centers provide excellent customer service to all jobseekers and businesses;
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Strong regional economies are supported; and
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The local board’s vision and goals reinforce the priorities of the state workforce system.
Board Staff
Doug Bartz
Administrator
Rebecca Freund
Senior Administrative Assistant​
Executive Committee
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Nicholas Galich
Froedtert South
Brooke Infusino
Amy Mlot
Kenosha Area Business Alliance (KABA)
Home Helpers
Members at Large
Matt Bieser
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Laura Cesar
Susan Chandek
Derek D'Auria
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Edgard Delgado
Alexa Haigh
Stephanie Henderson
Matt Janisin
Sean Levitt
Jeff Neubauer
United Brotherhood of Carpenters - Delavan Chapter
LDV, Inc.
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)
Walworth County Economic Development Alliance (WCEDA)
Wisconsin Job Service
United Way of Racine County
Division of Unemployment Insurance (UI)
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Gateway Technical College
Levitt Real Estate Solutions / Remax
Racine Holdings, Inc.
Loretta Olson
Tom Reiherzer
Dave Riley
Amanda Roman-Espinosa
Tessa Springer
Matthew Stinebrink
Michelle Vos
Matt Waltz
Toni White
Aaron Williams
Express Employment Professionals
Building Alliance Tri-County Association & SEW Building & Construction Trades
Riley Construction
Domina Consulting
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WLKG
Piggly Wiggly
TS Food Packaging
CAEL
WRTP / Big Step
KUSD/Apprenticeship