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Leadership & Governance

The North Country Workforce Investment Board is a public-private partnership that works across the boundaries of professional, personal, educational, and cultural experience.

The Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton County Legislatures appoint the WIB, which includes prominent business, labor, higher education, government, and community leaders.

John VanNatten, regional vice president of Glens Falls National Bank, serves as chair.
 

North County Workforce Investment Board

Officers

John VanNatten, Chair
Glens Falls National Bank

Joe Riccio, Vice Chair
Adirondack Medical Center 
 
Susan Manning, 2nd Vice Chair
NYCO Minerals 

Patty Bashaw, Secretary
Essex County Office for the Aging

 John Bernardi, Treasurer
United Way

  Business

Dan Alexander
Denton Publications

Hope Coryer
ETS

Susan Delehanty
Citizen Advocates, Inc.

Garry Douglas
Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce

Allen Dunham
Kidsville News

Frederick Fink
CPA/Attorney-At-Law

Terry Gach
Trudeau Institute

Erin Hynes
The Development Corporation

Rebecca Leahy
North Country Home Services

Susan Manning, 2nd Vice Chair
NYCO Minerals

Neil McGovern
The Inn at Speculator

Mark Moeller
CBNA Insurance Agency

Sylvie Nelson
Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce

Elaine Reynolds
Pfizer

Joe Riccio, Vice Chair
Adirondack Medical Center

John VanNatten, Chair
Glens Falls National Bank

Joey Varin
Georgia Pacific

Gary Wagoner
Westaff

Gregg Wallace
Wallace Contracting

Richard Wilt
Wilt Industries

Scott Wilson
Illuminating Concepts, LLC

Fran Wynnik
Belcam, Inc.

 Labor

Ray Hawksby
Service Employees International Union

John Donoghue
Laborers' Local 186

 One Stop Partnership

Cliff Donaldson
NYS Department of Labor

Ellen Gordon
ACAP/Elizabethtown OneWorkSource

Community Based Organization

Patty Bashaw, Secretary
Essex County Office for the Aging

Marie Benedict
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

John Bernardi, Treasurer
United Way

 Economic Development

Carol Calabrese
Essex County IDA

Roseanne Murphy
Empire State Development

 Housing

Patricia Lucia
Plattsburgh Housing Authority

Education

Peter Grosskopf
Clinton Community College

Elaine Leavitt, Youth Council Chair
Upward Bound

Dr. Barry Mack
CV-TEC

Steve Novacich
VESID

Steve Shafer
State Education Department/FEH Boces

The North Country Workforce Investment Board is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.