Our Staff

Tracey Carey

Executive Director

Midwest Urban Strategies

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Eric Clark

Accounting Assistant

Midwest Urban Strategies

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Keith Dehut

Director of Information Technology

Midwest Urban Strategies

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Laura Heller

Director of Administration

Midwest Urban Strategies

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Athena Mayes

AmeriCorps VISTA, Workforce Innovators

Midwest Urban Strategies

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Jerry Roberts

Director of Philanthropic and Corporate Engagement

Midwest Urban Strategies

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Kara Whitman

AmeriCorps VISTA, Racial Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Midwest Urban Strategies

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Our Board

Debra Bahr-Helgen

Executive Director

City of Minneapolis Employment and Training (Minnesota, MN)

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Frank Brickner

Interim CEO, CFO

Ohio Means Jobs, Cleveland-Cuyahoga County (OMJ) (Cleveland, OH)

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Chytania Brown

President & CEO

Employ Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)

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Robert Cherry

CEO

Partner4Work (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Angela Carr Klitzsch

EmployIndy (Indianapolis, IN)

Board Vice Chair

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Lisa M Daugherty

President & CEO

Center of Workforce Innovations

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Keith Lawing

Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas Inc (Wichita, KS)

Board Secretary

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Clyde McQueen

President & CEO

Full Employment Council (Kansas City, MO)

Board Chair

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Jennifer Meek Eells

Executive Director

Stark Tuscarawas Workforce Development Board (Canton, OH)

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Karin Norington-Reaves

CEO

Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, (Chicago, IL)

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Lisa Patt-McDaniel

Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio (Columbus, OH)

Board Treasurer

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Terri Weems

Interim President & CEO

Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation (Detroit, MI)

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