Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board
The Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board (LTWDB) consists of 25 businesses and community leaders across Central Kentucky promoting a thriving, responsive workforce system supporting business success, growth and job creation.
The LTWDB provides oversight of the Kentucky Career Center-Lincoln Trail, youth services and employment and training activities funded by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. The board also selects and approves providers for employee training, develops relationships with economic development and employer communities, promotes private sector involvement in the workforce investment system and advises local education and training providers.
The members of the board include representatives from the eight counties of the Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Area.
- Kristen Abell, Goodwill Industries
- Joseph Ashley, Orbis Corporation
- Alan Biddle, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB) Local 40
- Lance Blanford, Wee Care Family Services
- Daniel Carney, Springfield-Washington County Economic Development Agency
- Stan Carton, NELCO, Inc.
- Christopher Cottrell, Ray’s Ford Chrysler
- Jerry Paul Dubree, Commonwealth Machining
- Michael Embry, IUOE Local 181
- Luke Hatfield, A.I.M. Wellness
- Shelvie Johnson, Nationwide Uniforms
- Patricia Krausman, University of Kentucky, Small Business Development Center
- Jenny Lampton, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Laura Lang, Central Kentucky Adult Education
- Scott Lusk, The Lusk Group
- Jana Martin-Reed, Career Development Office
- Mark Nelson, Sun Tan City, Planet Fitness, Topp’t Pizza
- Trish Niles, Mid-Park, Inc.
- Jennifer Nolan, Flaget Memorial Hospital
- Jim Rachlin, Rachlin Enterprises, Inc.
- Tom Renfrow, Central KY Realtors
- Dr. Telly Sellars, Elizabethtown Community & Technical College
- Christa Shouse, United Way of Central Kentucky
- Sarah Smith, Central KY Tool
- Davette Swiney, Central Kentucky Community Foundation
The Kentucky Career Center – Lincoln Trail helps match job seekers with local employment and training opportunities. Our business solutions team offers employers of all sizes and industries personalized support to build a competitive workforce. We are an equal opportunity employer.
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Program is funded with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Title I funds through the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet and the Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board. The Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board assures compliance with the Education and Labor Cabinet’s Methods of Administration, as amended, Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Assurance and all other Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity requirements of WIOA.
