MAX Team

MAX Board of Directors

MAX is governed by a board of directors comprised of leaders in the public workforce system, voices for business, nonprofit workforce training and human services providers, funders, intermediaries, and employers.

Chair

Amy Lancaster-King

Metro Atlanta Chamber

Immediate Past Chair

Wendell Dallas

Georgia Power
State Workforce Development Board

Vice Chair

John Helton

Atlanta CareerRise

Treasurer

Jenny Taylor

Goodwill of North Georgia

Secretary

Gerlda Hines

Georgia Department of Human Services

David Dietrichs

Miller & Martin

Dana Inman

Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency
MAX Provider Council

Kristin Laarhoven

WorkSource Georgia

Rob LeBeau

WorkSource Atlanta Regional

Karen Leone de Nie

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Amelia Nickerson

First Step Staffing

Daniela Perry

Georgia Chamber

Marion Phillips

Georgia Power
MAX Data Council

Kevin Shea

Georgia Economic Developers Association

Dr. Barbara Wall

Georgia Department of Education

The MAX Provider Council works to help align MAX strategies and actions with the needs and operations of workforce service providers – especially nonprofits and community-based organizations – in order to achieve its mission of strengthening connections, collaborations, and practices among workforce development organizations in Metro Atlanta.

CHAIR: Dana Inman

Atlanta CareerRise

Atlanta Center for Self Sufficiency

Bobby Dodd Institute

City of Refuge

Crossroads Community Ministries

First Step

Gateway Center

Generation Atlanta

Goodwill of North Georgia

Jewish Family & Career Services

Juma Atlanta

Latin American Association

United Way of Greater Atlanta

Urban League of Greater Atlanta

Westside Works

Year Up Greater Atlanta

The MAX Data Council works to better inform local and state policy makers and practitioners by amalgamating various data sources into a more comprehensive picture of the region with the intention of leading to better outcomes for job seekers and employers; by creating a peer learning network to empower and enhance the skill sets of research/data staff within entities; and by identifying opportunities for the more efficient use of data (including purchased data) among providers.

CHAIR: Mike Carnathan

Accenture

Atlanta Regional Commission

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Georgia Power

Goodwill of North Georgia

Governor’s’ Office of Student Achievement

Metro Atlanta Chamber

TechBridge

Technical College System of Georgia

University of Georgia, Carl Vinson Institute of Government

University System of Georgia

WorkSource Atlanta Regional

The MAX Leadership Network is comprised of workforce leaders who convene regularly to strengthen our collective capacity as workforce developers to meet the needs that employers have for a ready workforce. Members of this network come together to jointly do the following: