State Workforce Investment Board
About SWIB
Mississippi's State Workforce Investment Board is created pursuant to MS Code Section 37-153-7 and the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to serve as an advisory board to the Office of Workforce Development (i.e. AccelerateMS), to monitor publicly-funded workforce development programs, and to recommend strategies and policies that enhance coordination among programs and activities towards continuous improvement of Mississippi's complex workforce development system.
WIOA Plan
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SWIB Members
Patrick Sullivan (Chair)
Mississippi Energy Institute
Trey Baxter
Madison County Board of Supervisors
Jacqueline Beasley
MINACT, Inc.
Donnie Bell
Mississippi House of Representatives
Valmadge Towner
Southwest Mississippi Community College
Kristen Powe Windham
Office of the Governor
Bob Anderson
Mississippi Department of Human Services
Sondia Christian
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Pablo Diaz
Vicksburg Warren Economic Development Partnership
Jim Flanagan
DeSoto County Economic Development Council
Chris Howard
Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services
Frank Howell
Delta Council
Darius Johnson
International Longshoremen’s Association
J.R. Jones
Sanjo Security
Monica Harrigill
The Sunray Companies
Brad Bounds
Working Solutions, LLC
Kristy R Luse
CREATE Foundation
Carolyn McAdams
Mayor of Greenwood
John McKay
Mississippi Manufacturers Association
Fontaine McNair
Priority One Bank
Bobby Morgan
Atmos Energy
Nic Parish
Burns Dirt Construction
David Parker
Mississippi Senate
Al Rankins
Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Kell Smith
Mississippi Community College Board
John Brent Swanson
Empire Trucking
Robin Stewart-Interim
Mississippi Department of Employment Security
Scott Waller
Mississippi Economic Council
Ray Morgigno
Mississippi Department of Education
Laura Hipp
Mississippi Development Authority