Workforce Investment Board

Antonio Rivera, Director
Phone: 908-558-2292

The mission of the WIB is to develop and implement fiscal policies that succeed in matching the needs of employers to have a well-trained workforce with the needs of job seekers to attain and retain employment that leads to economic self-sufficiency. To that end, the WIB will generate policies that facilitate the linking of the Union County One-Stop with private businesses; and systems of economic development, workforce development, educational development and social welfare development.

To accomplish our mission, many public and private entities within the workforce investment system are called upon. Thus far, we have been successful in moving both workforce and economic development initiatives forward to strengthen our local areas.

The Workforce Investment Board, in its Consolidated Plan, provides a program of action for ensuring that employers and job seekers are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to remain competitive in the global economy.

Board of Directors Members:

Officers:

Kevin Lynott, WIB Chair, AGL Resources/Elizabethtown Gas

Philip Connelly, Vice Chair, Kean University

John Perry, Secretary, Council for Airport Opportunities

Members:

MaryAnn Anderson, One-Stop Operations

Anna Belin-Pyles, Plainfield Student & Family Support Services

Thomas Bistocchi, Union County Vocational Technical Schools

Sam Crane, Crane Consulting

Donna A. Dedinsky, Wakefern Food Corporation

Pat Dobson, Plainfield Workforce New Jersey Office

Liz Garcia, INFINEUM U.S.A., L.P.

Charles Gillon, Union County Division of Social Services

James Horne, Jr., United Way of Greater Union County

Jacques Howard, City of Plainfield – Dept. of Economic Development

Frank Lehr, Frank H. Lehr Associates

Anna Lustenberg, Verizon

John Malcolm, Iron Workers Local 480

Margaret McMenamin, Union County College

Glenn Nacion, Trinitas Regional Medical Center

Erich Peter, Union County Economic Development Corporation

Myrna Pinckney, NJ Division of Vocational / Rehabilitation

Desiree Ramos, Port Authority of NY & NJ

Carlos Valdes, COMCAST

Ray Wuertz, Conoco Phillips

Edward Zarnock, Union County Alliance