County Appoints Representatives to Workforce Investment Board
Posted By J.T. on December 19, 2009
Cass County, Missouri – The County Commission has appointed four representatives to the “Kansas City and Vicinity Workforce Investment Board.”
The County Commission appointed local attorney Chris Benjamin, to represent business organizations on the board. Chris Benjamin grew up in Harrisonville and graduated from Harrisonville High school in 1994. Benjamin received his law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a partner at Benjamin, McLaughlin, and Benjamin, PC, a law firm located on the Harrisonville square, and he serves as Garden City Municipal Judge.
The Commission also appointed Nicole Henderson, Vice-President of Operations at Belton Research Hospital to represent business organizations and appointed Jim Spencer, Director of the Cass County Career Center, to represent education agencies.
The Commission re-appointed Amos Jackson, Executive Director of the West Central Community Action Agency to represent community action groups.
The KC Area Workforce Advisory Board works with the Missouri Division of Workforce Development in implementing strategies to ensure that Missouri’s workforce system prepares the right people for the right jobs in the right places.
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