Nichole Kneedler
(Board Chair)
Chief Talent Officer, SVP – Huntington National Bank
Tom Poole
Board Vice Chair, Director, Talent Acquisition – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Evelyn Sullen Smith
(Treasurer, Past Board Chair)
Legal Director, Global
Operations – Dell
Technologies Inc.
Pegeen Cleary Potts
(Secretary)
Director - Tolles Career & Technical Center
Lisa Courtice
(Chair, Job Center Committee)
CEO – United Way of Central Ohio
Brian Morris
(Chair, Business Solutions Committee)
President – Morris Communications
Robert (Bo) Chilton
(Chair, Central Ohio Workforce Development Network)
Executive Director – Impact
Scot McLemore
Chair of Emerging Talent committee, VP Talent Strategy Columbus State Community College.
Jim Negron
(Past Board Chair)
CEO – CK Construction Group, Inc.
Archie Williamson
(Past Board Chair)
President/CEO - Diversified Systems
Joy Bivens
Deputy Administrator -
Health and Human Services, Franklin County
Jeremy Gildow
Vocational Rehabilitation Supervisor –
Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities
Quinten Harris
Deputy Director of Development – City of Columbus
Sumithra Jagannath
President - ZED Digital Software Enterprise
Michelle Carver
Program Delivery Manager, Office of Workforce Dev.
Ohio Department of Job & Family Services
Anthony Caldwell
Communications, AFSCME International
Ruchelle L. Pride
Director - Justice Policy and Programs, CASA of Franklin County
Jamie Shumaker
Executive Director, Central Ohio Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Noel Klay
Director, Global Talent Acquisition
Cardinal Health
Ashon McKenzie
Chief Legal Counsel, City of Columbus
Shannan Jones
Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility, Experience Columbus.
Guadalupe Velasquez
Managing Director, Welcoming City
Amber Studlien
Human Resources Business Partner, Worthington Enterprises
Rich Granger
Director Workforce & Workplace Innovation, Columbus Chamber
Sarah O’Reilly
Sr. Director, Human Resources, Andelyn Biosciences
Lisa Kirk
VP Talent Acquisition, Nationwide