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

Lance Blanford, Chair, Lincoln Trail Workforce Development Board
Jackie Masterson, Director, Workforce Services
Hightower and Strumpf Associates, One Stop Operator
Lincoln Trail Area Development District, Local Grant Subrecipient

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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.