The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved two new members of the Pima County Workforce Investment Board on Tuesday.

The Workforce Investment Board had previously approved the memberships of Rita Martinez-Purson and Pamela Kirkpatrick Sutherland at its monthly meeting in February.

The Board approved the memberships of Zara Larsen and Sharon Mikrut in November.

Martinez-Purson has been the assistant dean of the University of Arizona Outreach College since August 2012. Previously she was dean of Continuing Education and Community Services at University of New Mexico.

Sutherland is the economic development director for the Downtown Tucson Partnership. She also is a member of the City of Tucson Small, Minority, and Women-Owned Business Commission.

Mikrut is a program manager at the Pima County office of the Arizona Department of Economic Security’s Rehabilitation Services, which helps disabled individuals achieve independence through employment and support services.

Larsen is the president/founder of The Larsen Group: Architects of Change, which offers leadership consulting, and executive/career transition coaching. She hosts a live FM radio show, “Circles of Change: Conversations on Change Leadership and Career Fulfillment,” at 10 a.m. Saturdays on KQTH, 104.1.

The Workforce Investment Board is authorized by the Department of Labor and appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to provide recommendations on local workforce policy and oversight of the Pima County One-Stop, which connects eligible job-ready youth, adult and dislocated workers to local growth, high-demand industry occupations.

For more information, including a full list of members and the board’s 2012 annual report, please visit http://www.pima.gov/ced/agencies-workforce-investment-board.shtml.

A certified public accountant and an insurance executive will talk about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on individuals and businesses at the March 8 Pima County Workforce Investment Board meeting.

The topics to be addressed by Nicole T. Simpson, a CPA with Regier Carr & Monroe LLP, and Jay Heydt, vice president at Crest Insurance Group, include:

• Additional Medicare tax (increase from 1.45% to 2.35%) on wages/self-employment income of high earners.
• 3.8% Medicare surtax on investment income of high income taxpayers.
• Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit
• Requirements of a small or large employer.
• The Exchanges: What do they mean?

The meeting will begin at 7:30 a.m. in rooms A109-112 at Pima Community College’s Community Campus, 401 N. Bonita Ave. It usually concludes by 9 a.m. and is open to the public.

The Pima County Workforce Investment Board is authorized by the Department of Labor and appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to provide recommendations on local workforce policy and oversight of the Pima County One-Stop Career Center that connects eligible job-ready youth, adult and dislocated workers in local growth, high-demand industry occupations.

One-Stop staff will provide information about current workforce issues and needs, grants, and training opportunities. They will also provide information on new bills before Congress and the effects of sequestration.

For more information, please visit http://www.pima.gov/ced/agencies-workforce-investment-board.shtml.

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The Pima County Workforce Investment Board released its 2011-12 annual report at its Dec. 14 meeting, documenting the actions the Board and the Pima County One-Stop Career Center have taken to assist local employers and job seekers meet their employment and training needs.

“A trained workforce fuels our community’s economic well-being,” said Gregg R. Johnson, chairman of the Workforce Investment Board and Campus Director of Southern Arizona’s University of Phoenix campuses. “In our current economic climate, the Pima County Workforce Investment Board’s role in providing local employers with skilled and qualified employees has never been more important.”

The Workforce Investment Board is authorized by the Department of Labor and appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to provide recommendations on local workforce policy and oversight of the Pima County One-Stop, which connects eligible job-ready youth, adult and dislocated workers to local growth, high-demand industry occupations.

According to the 2011-12 annual report:

• 773 businesses hired One-Stop clients.
• 15,682 job seekers utilized the One-Stop self-service system.
• Of the 4,153 job seekers enrolled for Workforce Investment Act case-managed services, 86 percent of dislocated or laid-off workers, 81 percent of adults and 71 percent of youth were successfully placed in employment.
• 37 companies utilitized the One-Stop Outplacement Services team to work with 1,050 employees during layoffs or plant closings.

The Workforce Investment Board includes representatives from Raytheon Missile Systems, Southwest Gas, ASARCO LLC, Unisource Energy/Tucson Electric Power, CAID Industries, Pima Community College, and Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities.

To obtain a copy of the print Workforce Investment Board 2011-12 annual report, please contact Risé Hart at 520-243-6766 or Rise.Hart@pima.gov. To see the annual report online, please visit www.pima.gov/ced/agencies-workforce-investment-board.shtml.

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The Pima County Workforce Investment Board will conduct its monthly meeting on Friday, Nov. 9, at Pima Community College’s Community Campus, 401 N. Bonita Ave.

The Pima County Workforce Investment Board is authorized by the Department of Labor and appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to provide recommendations on local workforce policy and oversight of the Pima County One-Stop Career Center that connects eligible job-ready youth, adult and dislocated workers in local growth, high-demand industry occupations.

Michael Keith, Downtown Tucson Partnership CEO, will talk about the revitalization of downtown Tucson.

One-Stop staff will provide information about current workforce issues and needs, grants, and training opportunities.

The meeting begins at 7:30 a.m., usually concludes by 9 a.m. and is open to the public.

For more information, please visit http://www.pima.gov/ced/agencies-workforce-investment-board.shtml.

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A panel of local experts will talk about trends in the logistics/supply chain field in southern Arizona at the Sept. 9 meeting of the Pima County Workforce Investment Board.

The meeting, which is open to the public, is 7:30-9 a.m. at the Pima Community College Community Campus, 401 N. Bonita Ave., Rooms A109-112.

The panelists are all board members of the Southern Arizona Logistics Education Organization (SALEO), created to educate, promote and grow the transportation and logistics industry by networking the logistics service providers and users in the Arizona-Mexico region.  For more information, go to www.saleo.org/.

Panelists are:

• Al Altuna, president and CEO of Altuna Logistics International LLC, president of SALEO.
• Mark Gutierrez, sales executive with DHL Global Forwarding and a founding board member of SALEO.
• Curt André Charles Pedersen, chairman of the board of The Enterprise and Land-Bridge Co., proprietor of C.A.C.P. Consultant Services, and a founding board member of SALEO.
• Hector Valenzuela, owner and president of Mode Transportation, and senior vice president – business/sponsorship development for SALEO.

The panel will be moderated by Noreen Nelson, 2^nd vice chair of the Pima County Workforce Investment Board and former director of human resources for Raytheon.

The Pima County Workforce Investment Board is authorized by the U.S. Department of Labor and appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to provide recommendations on local workforce policy and oversight of the local One Stop system that connects eligible job-ready youth, adult and dislocated workers in local growth, high-demand industry occupations.

For more information about the Pima County Workforce Investment Board, go to http://www.pima.gov/CED/CS/workforce%20investment/workforceinvestindex.htm