VISION
Luzerne/Schuylkill Counties have a world-class competitive workforce.
MISSION
To ensure a demand-driven, world-class workforce system aligned with economic development and education.
The Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, Inc. (L/S WIB, Inc.) is a private non-profit corporation that serves Workforce Investment Area # NE075, which combines both Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties into a Workforce Investment Area as designed by the Governor of Pennsylvania to implement programs established by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA).
The L/S WIB, Inc. engages business, industry, education, economic development and community organizations to participate with the public workforce system to identify workforce challenges and develop strategies and solutions to address those challenges. The vision of the L/S WIB, Inc. for workforce development in Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties is contained in the following mission statement: "To ensure a demand-driven world-class workforce system aligned with economic development and education."
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
- Target those clusters with sustainable growth industries in the region as the primary workforce focus.
- Establish the Luzerne/Schuylkill WIB, Inc. as the regional leader for aligning labor supply and demand.
- Align education and workforce development.
- Integrate global, national and regional socio-economic trends into the L/S WIB, Inc.'s strategic initiatives.
- Maximize resource effectiveness at the federal, state and local levels.
BOARD CHAIRPERSON
Karen A. Kenderdine, Vice President, First National Bank
BOARD VICE CHAIRPERSON
Mary R. Malone, Director of Grants & Government Relations, Greater Hazleton Health Alliance
Mary R. Malone, Director of Grants & Government Relations, Greater Hazleton Health Alliance



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