Business and Economic Development Committee
The mission of the WDB Business and Economic Development Subcommittee is to coordinate workforce development and economic development in order to align training and placement with job openings.
We will achieve this mission with the following actions:
Solicit feedback from the business community on its workforce needs.
Educate businesses on the workforce system's improved services.
Promote, target, and clarify incentive, grant, training, placement, and transportation programs available to businesses who hire our residents.
Identify and help remove systemic barriers to employment and job creation.
Analyze labor demand statistics to anticipate growth and influence economic development policy.
Our most important metric to gauge success: lower Newark and Essex unemployment rate so it is at or below the state average
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Taskforce Chairpersons:
Tech Taskforce
Health Professions Taskforce
Green Energy and Infrastructure Taskforce
Sam Caucci
1Huddle - Founder & CEO
Diana Candelejo
RWJBarnabas Health - Director of Anchor Strategy, Social Impact & Community Investment
Alex Rivera
Kean University -Director, Center for Economic and Workforce Development, Social Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, John S. Watson Institute for Urban Policy and Research
The Green Energy and Infrastructure Committee supports NWDB in cultivating opportunities for residents to participate in the clean energy and climate resilience economy through training programs that provide skills in solar installation, wind power, landscaping, and tree maintenance.
Shovel Ready Taskforce
Shanteau McFadden
Final Touch Construction LLC- CEO
We are dedicated to bridging the gap from the community to the construction industry by introducing the construction industry to the urban community by providing training and making sure each participant is properly compensated in their field of work.