About This Group
The Workforce Development Committee identifies, develops, and promotes resources and partnerships for a successful career-cycle in public works. The committee will participate every year in a combined meeting or in a collaborative effort that addresses the objectives of the committee and the APWA Strategic Plan. These expenses are reimbursable for committee members. The WDC will also meet one day prior to PWX. Committee members shall commit to fund their own travel and expenses to attend the committee meeting held at PWX. Generally, each committee meets by conference call up to ten times per year for approximately one hour.
The ideal candidate will be representative of APWA’s broad membership and currently engaged in workforce development. All members of APWA are encouraged to apply; however, efforts will be made to appoint members of the following groups within APWA: Nationally Approved Public Works Institute (PWI) representatives; Emerging Leaders Academy (ELA) graduates; Council of Chapters members; LTAP representatives.
Contact Us
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Committee Roster
Chair
Nancy Cole
ERP Executive Project Manager
Pima County
Tucson, Arizona
Vice Chair
Susan J. Baillargeon
Program Director
Front Range Community College
Fort Collins, Colorado
Member
Jonathan Gano, PE, PTOE
Director of Public Works
City of Des Moines
Des Moines, Iowa
Member
Kenna Hubai
Business Services Manager
Charlotte County Public Works
Punta Gorda, Florida
Member
Scott Tourville, PE, MPA
Administrator, Division of Infrastructure Management
City of Columbus
Columbus, Ohio
Member
Heath Yeomans
Senior Maintenance Technician
City of Escondido
Escondido, California
Technical Director
Chris Anderson, AScT, CPWP-M
City of West Kelowna
Public Works Manager
West Kelowna, British Columbia
Staff Liaison
Corinne Watts
Career and Workforce Development Manager
American Public Works Association
Kansas City, Missouri
Operations and Maintenance Subcommittee
The mission of the Operations and Maintenance Subcommittee is to create workforce development strategies that ensure qualified candidates are available to fill public works operations and maintenance positions. The subcommittee is working on an operations and maintenance training framework and identifying training resources for these critical public works employees.
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Contact the Subcommittee
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Subcommittee Roster
Chair
Shane Mark, MSM
Assistant Director of Public Works
City of Needham
Needham, Massachusetts
Member
Harry Lorick, PE, PTOE, PWLF
Principal/President
LA Consulting, Inc.
Manhattan Beach, California
Member
Phil Mann, PE
Public Works Director
City of Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida
Member
Tim Plath, PTOE
Transportation Ops Engineer
City of Eagan
Eagan, Minnesota
Member
Jeff Thurman, MBA, CPM, CPWP-M
Interim City Manager
City of Edgewater
Edgewater, Florida
WDC Liaison
Heath Yeomans
Senior Maintenance Technician
City of Escondido, California
Escondido, CA
Staff Liaison
Corinne Watts
Career and Workforce Development Manager
American Public Works Association
Kansas City, Missouri