Board Information
Meetings
Board meetings are held quarterly and are open to the public. The level of public interest and attendance at the board meetings indicate strong community involvement in the delivery of employment and training services in Western Arkansas.
Western Arkansas’ workforce board encourages public comment. Help us make the workforce delivery system a success! See the event calendar for more information on upcoming meetings.
Additional Information
If you would like more information about board meetings, please contact Sasha Grist. If you need more information about the board or its projects, please contact us.
Sasha Grist sgrist@wapdd.org
Youth Committee Meeting June 22, 2024
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Meeting ID: 242 334 774 844
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Phone conference ID: 169 057 326#
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Executive Committee Meeting June 18, 2024
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Meeting ID: 292 001 652 833
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Compassionate Medical Academy ETPL
One Stop Committee Meeting June 13, 2024
Full Board June 04, 2024
Disability Committee Meeting May 28, 2024
Executive Committee Meeting April 30, 2024
Full Board Meeting March 19, 2024
One Stop Committee March 12, 2024
Executive Committee Dec 22, 2023
Full Board September 19, 2023
Executive Committee June 21, 2023
One Stop Committee June 14, 2023
One Stop Committee May 2, 2023
One-Stop Committee March 2, 2022
Disability Committee February 3, 2022
Staff to the Board
Program Staff
Board Members
John Craig | Board Chair
Bancorp south
Greg Aleshire | Board Vice-Chair
Aleshire Electric
Rachel Mize
Stark Manufacturing
Karen Breashears
NATF
Dana Byrum
Arkansas Rehab Services
Vanessa Caldwell
Arkansas Division of Workforce Services
Cathy Creekmore
Harry Robinson Buick
Melissa Curry
Methodist Village Senior Living
Debbie Faubus-Kendrick
Crawford County Adult Education
Brandon Fisher
Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative
Tonya Fletcher
Paris Chamber of Commerce, Vettrans Logistics
Jeremy Hughes
Carpenters Local 71
Kendall Ross
University of Arkansas Fort Smith
Zach Sloan
Arkansas Construction Education Foundation
Erick Wiggins
Bekaert
WIOA Title I-B Staff
The Western Arkansas Planning & Development District provides a well-rounded staff to support the Workforce Development’s functions. The experienced staff provides planning, evaluation, fiscal, procurement, and management information systems services to administer the Board’s projects in accordance with its goals.
If you have any questions about WAPDD or any of its projects, feel free to contact one of our staff members. WAPDD is located at 1109 S. 16th St. Fort Smith, AR 72901. The telephone number is 479-785-2651.