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Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board
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New Leadership for the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board

Pittsburgh PA (December 22, 2006). Tommy Johnson, Director, Government Affairs, CONSOL Energy, has been elected President of the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board (TRWIB). He is replacing Gregory Greenleaf, President of the Greenleaf Group, LLC who will continue to serve on the TRWIB as a member and help ensure continuity during the transition.

“Tommy is an experienced business person who understands the challenges associated with finding and keeping qualified workers,” says Ron Painter, Chief Executive Officer of the TRWIB. He also is well versed in navigating the governmental process, the workforce investment system, and economic and community development.” A TRWIB board member since 2004, Tommy has spent a lot of time with the non-profit community and as an important interface with the private sector. This past year, Tommy played an important role in the TRWIB’s study that focused on issues related to our region’s aging workforce, Managing the Changing Workforce in Southwestern Pennsylvania, by serving as a subject matter expert in the energy industry and by sharing intelligence about some of the ways that CONSOL Energy has approached the “aging issue.”

Tommy is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he earned his bachelor’s degree in communications and rhetoric; he is currently working on a master’s degree in public administration at the University of PittsburghGraduate School of Public and International Affairs. He recently graduated from the FBI’s Citizens’ Academy in Pittsburgh and serves on other boards including those for Junior Achievement of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Wireless Neighborhoods.

The Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board is an organization whose focus is helping the region through strategic workforce planning and by helping to align employer needs with jobseeker skills. The TRWIB was established along with about 500 other Workforce Investment Boards across the country by federal legislation in 1998. As a joint initiative of the city of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, TRWIB Board members are appointed by the Mayor and County Chief Executive and represent the private and public sectors. Board members represent a diverse group of stakeholders including employers, training providers, labor unions, government agencies, and community-based organizations; they are unified by a shared concern about the quality of the workforce and the availability of good jobs in this region. For more information, please visit the TRWIB online at www.trwib.org.