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.

Craig Jacobs

Chairman of the Board

 

Ann Fesperman

Executive Director

 

Beverly Deal

Associate Director

 

Marilyn Cunningham

Financial Assistant

 

Johnnie-Lynn Crosby

Business Services Team 

 

Dan Emory

Business Services Team

 

Sharon Emory

Youth Services Coordinator

 

Beth Fowler

Business Services Team

 

Jeff Goshorn

Business Services Team

 

Cornedia (CJ) Jackson

Financial Officer & VOS Coordinator

 

Natalia Valenzuela

Program and Grants Coordinator

 

Dana Wood

Greater Greer Business Resource Center Coordinator

Business Services Team