Local WIBs
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Missouri’s workforce system is comprised of fourteen unique regions with individual labor market characteristics. Click the thumbnail map above for a full version of Missouri’s regional layout. The directory below includes email/website links and contact information for the chief of staff and chairperson of each local WIB.
| Northwest Region |
Becky Steele, Director NW Workforce Investment Board North Central Missouri College 912 Main Street Trenton , MO 64683 WIB Chair- Lisa McGhee |
P: (660) 359-3622 ext. 17 F: (660) 359-3082 bsteele@mail.ncmissouri.edu. |
| Northeast Region |
Mark Fuqua, Director NEMO Workforce Investment Board, Inc. 111 E. Monroe Paris , MO 65275 WIB Chair-Virgil (Sonny) Raines |
P: (660) 327-5125 F: (660) 327-5128 mfuqua@nemowib.org |
| Kansas City | Clyde McQueen, Director Full Employment Council, Inc. 1740 Paseo, Suite D Kansas City , MO 64108 WIB Chair - Barbara Curry |
P: (816) 471-2330 ext. 257 F: (816) 471-0132 cmcqueen@feckc.org |
| West Central Region |
Pati Carter, Director Workforce Development Board of Western Missouri Inc. 2905 West Broadway Sedalia, MO 65301 WIB Chair- Randy Lee |
P: (660) 827-3722 F: (660) 827-3789 wdbpc@iland.net |
| City of St. Louis |
Tom Jones, Director St. Louis Agency on Training and Employment (SLATE) 1017 Olive St. St. Louis, MO 63101 WIB Chair- Janice Rhodes |
P: (314) 589-8101 F: (314) 641-8440 tjones@stlworks.com |
| Southwest Region |
Jasen Jones, Executive Director Workforce Investment Board of Southwest Missouri 105 N. Rangeline Road P.O. Box 1706 Joplin, MO 64802-1706 WIB Chair - Gary Little |
P: (417) 206-1717 F: (417) 206-0022 ceo@workforcezone.net |
| Ozark Region |
Bill Dowling, Director Department of Workforce Development City of Springfield 1514 South Glenstone Springfield, MO 65804 WIB Chair- William Skains |
P: (417) 887-4343 F: (417) 887-1892 bdowling@jcocmis.org |
| Central Region |
Janet Vaughn, Executive Director Central Region Workforce Investment Board 1202 Forum Dr. Rolla, MO 65401 WIB Chair- Jim Dickerson |
P: (573) 364-7030 ext. 133 F: (573) 364-7130 jvaughn@copic.ext.missouri.edu |
| South Central Region |
Tana Holder, Director South Central Region Workforce Investment Board 1105 Independence Drive P.O. Box 88 West Plains, MO 65775 WIB Chair- Garland Barton |
P: (417) 257-2630 F: (417) 257-2633 tholder@centurytel.net |
| Southeast Region |
June O’Dell, Director Workforce Investment Board of Southeast Missouri Marquette Tower 338 Broadway, Suite 500 Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 WIB Chair- John Moorman |
P: (573) 334-0990 ext. 259 F: (573) 334-0335 june@job4you.org |
| Eastern Jackson County |
Clyde McQueen, President & CEO Full Employment Council 1740 Paseo Suite D Kansas City, MO 64108 WIB Acting-Chair- Betty Freeman-Boots |
P: (816) 471-2330 F: (816) 471-0132 cmcqueen@feckc.org |
| St. Louis County |
Gene Gorden Workforce Development Director Office of Workforce Development 26 North Oaks Plaza St. Louis, MO 63121 WIB Chair- Frederick Douglas |
P: (314) 679-3300 F: (314) 679-3301 ggorden@stlouisco.com |
| St. Charles County |
Donald N. Holt, Executive Director Department of Workforce Development St. Charles County 212 Turner Blvd. St. Peters, MO 63376-1079 WIB Chair- Walter Tate |
P: (636) 278-1360 F: (636) 278-1843 dholt@sccmo.org |
| Jefferson- Franklin Consortium |
Shirley Wilson, One Stop Coordinator Office of Job Training Jefferson-Franklin Counties, Inc. P.O. Box 350 Hillsboro, MO 63050 WIB Chair- John Rhodes |
P: (636) 287-8909 F: (636) 287-1245 swilson.ojtp@sbcglobal.net |