MISSION:

Building and maintaining a workforce investment system that meets the needs of the employers of Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union Counties.

 

VISION:

To create and oversee a continuously improving workforce investment system for Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union Counties that:

 

• Encompasses all necessary resources for the citizens of our three-county Workforce Investment Area to obtain employment at a liveable wage.

• Ensures employers have a work ready pool of applicants and a point of contact to obtain other employer related services, and

• Promotes youth development in education, training, and employment through a youth council.

 

The Upstate Workforce Investment Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin/ethnic origin or disability in its admission policies, programs, activities or employment practices.

Rita Revels

Chair of the Board

 

Ann Fesperman

Executive Director

 

Beverly Deal

Associate Director

 

Ashley Crocker

Business Services Team

 

Johnnie-Lynn Crosby

Business Services Team 

 

Brenda Connelly

Business Services Team Admin Assistant

 

Sharon Emory

Youth Services Coordinator

 

Beth Fowler

Business Services Team

 

Jeff Goshorn

Business Services Team

 

Donna Hicks

Program Assistant

Cornedia (CJ) Jackson

Financial Officer

Beverly Owensby

Youth Summer Program Coordinator

Shannon Thomas

Administrative Assistant & VOS Coordinator

 

Natalia Valenzuela

Program & Grants Coordinator

 

Dana Wood

Process Improvement Manager