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
Jane Blackwood – Axiom Adult Education
Madeline Bradfield – Loring Job Corps Center
Carrie Brooker – MDOL Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Stacey Cyr – Madawaska Adult Education
Carrie Dwelley – Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Shannon Fair – MDOL BES
Roger Felix – Loring Job Corps
Kelly Flagg – Associated General Contractors of Maine
Suzanne Graves-Hall – MEOC HOPE Program
Hannah Greene – Educate Maine
Bobby Hyson – Penobscot Job Corps Center
Amanda Keegan – Aroostook County Action Program
Greg Leavitt – Bangor Adult Education
Liz Marsh – Bangor Housing Authority
Alina Mushero – DHHS Whole Family Program
Liz Nitzel – MDOL Vocational Rehabilitation
Megan Ouellette – Aroostook County Action Program
Jim Roberts – Coastal Washington County Institute of Technology
Shara Page – SAD 1 Adult and Community Education
Saydee Plaster – Eastern Maine Development Corporation
Stan Sluzenski – St. Croix Regional Technical Center
Ander Thebaud – RSU 24 Adult Education
Emily Thompson – Aroostook County Action Program
Nick Weeks – Aroostook County Action Program
Kim Wilson-Roy – Eastern Maine Community College
Libby Wright – NAMI Maine
Janelle Wuoristo – Penquis CAP