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
Adirondack Medical Center
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
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
