Purpose of the Young Workers Advisory Committee
The purpose of the Young Workers Advisory Committee is to provide expertise in young worker policy and to assist the Local Board in:
• Developing and recommending local young Mainer employment and training policy and practice.
• Broadening the young Mainer employment and training focus in the community to incorporate a young Mainer development perspective.
• Establishing linkages with other organizations serving young workers in the local area.
• Taking into account a range of issues that can have an impact on the success of young Mainers in the labor market.
All NWDB Young Workers Advisory Committee meeting notes can be found on our Meeting Minutes Page.
Committee Members
Dodie Emerson, Chairperson – Sunrise County Economic Council
Carrie Brooker – MDOL Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Susan Cerini – Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Stacey Cyr – Madawaska Adult Education
Shannon Fair – MDOL BES
Roger Felix – Loring Job Corps
Corrie Hunkler – Healthy Acadia
Bobby Hyson – Penobscot Job Corps Center
Hannah Greene – Educate Maine
Amanda Keegan – Aroostook County Action Program
Greg Leavitt – Bangor Adult Education
Morgen Leighton – Educate Maine
Liz Marsh – Bangor Housing Authority
Alina Mushero – DHHS Whole Family Program
Megan Ouellette – Aroostook County Action Program
Jim Roberts – Coastal Washington County Institute of Technology
Nichole Sawyer – Washington County Community College
Tiara Smith – Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Emily Thompson – Aroostook County Action Program
Kim Wilson-Roy – Eastern Maine Community College
Libby Wright – NAMI Maine
Janelle Wuoristo – Penquis CAP
Jane Blackwood – Axiom Adult Education
Madeline Bradfield – Loring Job Corps Center
Ree Anna Bridges – University Credit Union
Elizabeth Carroll – Adult Education
Kelly Cotiaux – Senator Susan Collin’s Office
Kim Delano – MDOL DBVI
Carrie Dwelley – Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Kelly Flagg – Associated General Contractors of Maine
Suzanne Graves-Hall – MEOC HOPE Program
Johanna Johnston – Southern Aroostook Development Corporation
Brianna Lavin – Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Danny MacDonald – Eastern Aroostook Adult & Community Education
Liz Nitzel – MDOL Vocational Rehabilitation
Shara Page – Presque Isle Adult Education
Saydee Plaster – Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Gary Sanfacon – Maine Dept. of Corrections
Lisa Shaw – Maine State Library
Stan Sluzenski – St. Croix Regional Technical Center
Edie Smith – Senator Angus King’s Office
Ander Thebaud – RSU 24 Adult Education
Rana Turchi – Aroostook mental Health Services
Nick Weeks – Aroostook County Action Program