Board Members

Workforce Development Board

The North Central Texas Workforce Development Board (Board) oversees the planning, oversight, policy guidance and design of services in 12 Texas Workforce Centers located across the 14-county workforce development area. The North Central Texas Workforce Development Board is one of 28 Workforce Development boards in the State of Texas and is one of the larger boards in Texas.

Workforce Board Members are leaders within their communities and are appointed by the chief elected official of the county in which they reside or operate their business. Because businesses are the driving force within the economy, the Board is comprised largely of private business leaders. However, the Board includes representatives from the other key partners within the workforce system: economic development entities, chambers of commerce, labor, education and community organizations.

The Workforce Development Board and Executive Committee meet bi-monthly.

• A Special Executive Committee Meeting will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 23, 2025, at 600 Six Flags Drive, Ste. 300, Arlington TX 76011. Meeting Agenda

• The next Workforce Board Meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, at 616 Six Flags Drive, Transportation Council Room, Arlington, TX 76011.

Board Members

Chair - Mercedes Bolen Hillwood Properties Private Sector, Denton County Officer	Vice Chair - Carlton Tidwell President, Terrell Economic Development Corporation Private Sector, Kaufman County Officer
Past Chair - Roger Harris Metro Linen Services Private Sector, Collin County Officer	Secretary - Rolanda Macharia Bank of America Private Sector, Collin County Officer
Esteban Abascal La Moderna Private Sector, Johnson County Member	Bindu Adlakha Texas Workforce Commission Public Employment Services Member
Barbara Batista CBO Collin County Member	Christopher Bentle CEC Corporation Private Sector, Collin County Member
Amy Crippen Weatherford ISD Adult Basic & Cont. Education Parker County Member	Kathy Davis New Generation Child Care Center, with Child Care expertise At Large Member
John Dickson Greenville Board of Development Economic Development, Hunt County Member	Craig Driggers L3 Harris Technologies Private Sector, Hunt County Member
Jennette Espinosa Little Elm Economic Development Corp., Denton County Member	Chip Evans Parker County Adult Literacy Literacy Council, Parker County Member
Jason Gomez Farmerville ISD Secondary Education, Rockwall County Member	Romney Guy Goodwill North Central Texas Community Based Organization, Denton Member
Gary Henderson United Way of Denton County Private Sector, Denton Member	Mickey Hillock Hillock Foods, Inc. Private Sector, Navarro County Member
Kelly Holloway Texas Workforce Solutions Vocational Rehabilitation, At Large Member	Blake Jones Blake Jones Insurance Private Sector, Johnson County Member
Jan Jungmann Allen Economic Development Corporation, Collin County Member	William King, Ph.D. Collin College Education, Collin County Member
Cheri Moseley Public Assistance, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, At Large Member	Jerold Nichols Amber Electrical Contractors, Inc Private Sector, Ellis County Member
Hesston Parkin Wabtec Private Sector, Denton County Member	Ken Peters Luminant (Vistra) Private Sector, Somervell County Member
John Rattan The Body Shop Collision Repair Private Sector, Collin County Member	Phedra Redifer Executive Director
Jason Ripley Technip FMC Private Sector, Erath County Member	Kevin Strength Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce Private Sector, Ellis County Member
Rusty Vaughn Texas AirSystems Private Sector, Denton County Member	Sunitha Vegerla Recaro Aircraft Seating Americas, LLC Private Sector, Denton County Member
Mindy Wooley CASA for the Cross Timbers Community-Based Organization Erath County Member	Joshua Worthey International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Organized Labor, At Large Member