Heartland Workforce Investment Board, Inc.

Board of Directors:

Local Elected Officials

Chair, Executive Board

Honorable Ronald P. Neads

DeSoto County Board of County Commissioners

Vice Chair, Executive Board

Honorable Dale Johnson

Hardee County Board of County Commissioners

Honorable C. Guy Maxcy

Highlands County Board of County Commissioners

Board Officers

Chair

Alicia “Lee” Dyce, Assistant Vice President & Branch Manager

Seacoast National Bank – Lake Placid

Chair-Elect

Kenny Miller, Manager, Technical Services

CF Industries, Inc. – Wauchula

Secretary/Treasurer

Velma Lumpkin, Executive Director

Community Child Development Center – Avon Park

Board Members

Jim Beckley, Vice President/Human Resources

Wauchula State Bank

Ann Berner, Administrator

Florida Dept. of Children & Families, Dist. 14

David Bridges, Sr. Vice-President

Farm Credit of Southwest Fla., ACA

Mary Dow, President

Dow Realty, Inc.

Louise England, Executive Director

Highlands County EDC

Dr. Jamie Finley-Kirschner

Arcadia Chiropractic Clinic, Inc.

Dan Graham, Chief Executive Officer

DeSoto Home Health Care, Inc.

Lois J. Hilton, Human Resources Director

DeSoto Memorial Hospital

Mandy Hines, County Coordinator/EDC Representative

DeSoto County

Bill Jernigan

Cobb Construction, Inc.

Pam Karlson

Pamela T. Karlson, P.A.

Rocky Kitchens, Deputy Superintendent

Hardee County School District

Bill Lambert, Director

Hardee County Economic Development Office

Tracy Lehman, Office Manager

Sebring Septic Tank Co.

Michael London, Business Manager – Local 626

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Martha Jo Markey, Lead Instructor – Workforce Education

DeSoto County School District

Dr. Michael McCoy, Executive Director

Hardee County Assn. for Retarded Citizens, Inc.

Vivian Norris, Area Representative

Experience Works, Inc.

Wayne Olson, Area Director

Florida DOE/Vocational Rehabilitation Services

John Payne, President

C M Payne & Son

Raul Rodriguez, Investigator

Florida Dept. of Business & Professional Regulation

David Royal, VP Land Management

Clear Springs Land Co.

Donald Samuels

Retired Military – representing CBO: Veterans

Eric Sevigny

Sevigny Optometry Lab.

Larry Shoeman, Executive Director

Avon Park Housing Authority

Selden Spencer, President

Hardee Education Association/United

Lauretta Stephens, Director – Farmworker Program

Florida Non-Profit Housing, Inc.

Dr. Norman Stephens, President

South Florida Community College

Doug Thoburn, Career & Technical Ed Coordinator

Highlands County School District

Mary Victor