Southwest Alabama Partnership for Training and Employment (SWAPTE) is governed by a 35 member board of directors from both the business and public sector. Our board ensures SWAPTE provides a strong network of programs and services for businesses and job seekers.
CHAIRMAN
John Moses (Business)
Bay Chevrolet
VICE CHAIR
John Clyde Riggs (Government, Economic and Community Development)
Alabama-Tombigbee
Regional Commission
TREASURER
Ron Mitchell (Business)
Mitchell Container Service
SECRETARY
Carol Statter (Business)
Infirmary Health
Carolyn Akers (CBO, Labor, Education and Tranining Providers)
Mobile Area Education Foundation
Stevie Anderson (Business)
PowerSouth – McIntosh Plant
Ola Anise (Business)
Azalea City Credit Union
Dan Barber (Business)
Barnett Millworks
Brinda Barrett (Government, Economic and Community Development)
Alabama Career Center System – ADOL
Lisa Black (Business)
Fruit of the Loom
Adam Boykin (Business)
Future Achievers Learning Center
Mark Burnett (CBO Labor)
UA Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 119
Stan Chavis (Business)
State Farm Insurance
Mark Burnett (CBO Labor)
UA Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 119
Autherine Davis (Business)
D.W. McMillan Memorial Hospital
Wallace Davis (CBO Labor)
Volunteers of America of the Southeast
Virginia Guy (CBO Labor)
Drug Education Council, Inc.
Beth Hanks (Government, Economic and Community Development)
Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services
Michael Hare (Business)
Qwick Kurb Inc.
Shawn H. Harrison (Business)
Harrison and Harrison Insurance and Realty, Inc.
Patty Hughston (Education and Training Providers)
Coastal Alabama Community College
Jacqui James
Choctaw County Chamber of Commerce
Clinton Johnson (Business)
Alabama Power
Sandra Koblas (Business)
Austal USA
Rick Lambert (CBO Labor)
IUPAT District Council 80, Local 779
Judy Mitchell (CBO Labor)
Franklin Primary Health Center, Inc.
K.C. Pang (Business)
Golden Dragon Copper Tubing Plant
Gabriel Peck (Business)
Allstate Insurance Company
Charles Pharr (Government, Economic and Community Development)
Prichard Housing Authority
Tim Prescott (Business)
Evonik
Rickey Rhodes (Government, Economic and Community Development)
South Alabama Regional Planning Commission
Anthony Rogers (CBO Labor)
Kemira
Travis Short (Business)
Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc.
John Sipple (Business)
Southern Oil Exploration, Inc.
Stephanie Streeter (Government, Economic and Community Development)
Mobile County Department of Human Resources
Dr. Reginald Sykes (Education and Training Providers)
Bishop State Community College