Meet The Board
The Board of Directors provides strategic direction, serving as a leader in the workforce development system, ensuring a highly skilled workforce and powering Lake County’s economic vitality and quality of life.
Kimberly Wimer
Board Chair
Laser Precision, LLC
Dr. Carlotta Roman
Board Vice Chair
Collective Career Consulting, LLC
John Castillo
Domeny Tool & Stamping
Kevin Considine
Lake County Partners
Laura Crivlare
Illinois Department of Employment Security
Timothy Dempsey
The Dempsey Financial Group
Carrie Espinosa
Horizon Benefit Services
Yvette Ewing
The Community Works
Josh Fischer
Fischer Paper Products
Edward Gallagher
Pace Suburban Bus
Christine Hammerlund
Assured Healthcare
Jennifer Harris
CR Search, Inc.
Lisa Johnson
Independence Center
Marcus Jordan
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting
Dr. Michael Karner
Lake County Regional Office of Education
Dennis Kessler
Midwest Family Business Advisors
Noelle Kischer-Lepper
City of Waukegan, Office of the Mayor
Sarah Knizhnik
Lake County Board
Rachel Loberg
Advocate Aurora Health
Kristi Long
United Way of Lake County
Troy McIntosh
IDEX Corporation
Kathy Nellis
Tawkify
Darryl Rader
IDHS-Division of Rehabilitation
Jennifer Robbins
HydraForce
Mary Ross-Cunningham
Lake County Board
Julie Savitt
AMS Elite Solutions, Inc.
Carla Schroeder
Consumers Credit Union
Jennifer Serino
Lake County Workforce Development Department
Dr. Tasha Shell
College of Lake County
Lori Suddick, Ed.D.
College of Lake County
Kenneth Swanson
Local 881 UFCW
Dr. Andrew Warrington
United Conveyor Corp.