Michelle Rose, Executive Director
216-777-8200

Terrah Morrison, Executive Assistant
216-777-8159

The Workforce Development Board (WDB) serves as the advisory body for the Cuyahoga County Department of Workforce Development. The purpose of the department is to provide resources and information that assist residents of Cuyahoga County in moving toward financial independence through employment. Its programs and services include education, job training, job search assistance and employment-related youth programs funded through the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA). The WDB, by law, provides policy and guidance and exercises oversight for Service Delivery Area 3 (City of Cleveland/Cuyahoga County), in partnership with Cuyahoga County and City of Cleveland.

In order to meet the requirements of the federal law governing Workforce Development Boards (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014), a majority of WDB members must be from the private sector; and they must be owners of businesses, chief executives or other private sector executives who have substantial management or policy responsibilities. By law, the WDB must include public sector representatives of organized labor and community-based organizations; also, a representative of each of the following: education, vocational rehabilitation agency, public assistance agency, economic development agency, representatives of the one-stop partners and the public employment service.

R2023-0267

R2022-0179D Herdeg and Karp

R2021-0170

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014

2022/2023 CCWDB Roster

Plans/Strategies/Other Related Information 

NOW Regional Plan 2021-2025 

Local Plan 2021-2025 – Area 3 

Strategic Direction 2019-2023

Strategic Direction 2015-2019 

CCWDB Standing Committees 

One Direction for Workforce Development - WDB-OMJCC presentation 

One Direction for Workforce Development - Tri-C presentation 

One Direction for Workforce Development - Literacy Cooperative presentation 

One Direction for Workforce Development - Greater Cleveland Partnership presentation 

One Direction for Workforce Development - Talent NEO presentation 

One Direction for Workforce Development - Generation Work presentation 

Workforce Transformation presentation