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.
2018-2019 Program Year
CHAIRMAN
Carol Statter (Business)
Infirmary Health
VICE CHAIR
Micheal Hare (Business)
Qwick Kurb, Inc.
TREASURER 
Ola Anise (Business)
Azalea City Credit Union
SECRETARY
John Clyde Riggs (Government, Economic and Community Development)
Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission
Carolyn Akers (CBO, Education and Training Providers)
Mobile Area Education Foundation
Stevie Anderson (Business)
PowerSouth – McIntosh Plant
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
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
Clara Jones (Business)
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Sandra Koblas (Business)
Austal USA
Rick Lambert (CBO Labor)
IUPAT District Council 80, Local 779
Judy Mitchell (CBO )
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
Stephanie Streeter (Government, Economic and Community Development)
Mobile County Department of Human Resources
Dr. Reginald Sykes (Education and Training Providers)
Bishop State Community College