Metro Denver WIRED Initiative Leadership Council
The WIRED Leadership Council was formed to oversee WIRED until the end of the grant period in January 2010. The Leadership Council is comprised of 24 members who represent WIRED’s partners in education, industry, economic development, and the public workforce system. WIRED’s fiscal partners (Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, the City and County of Denver, and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation) are also represented on the Council.
The council’s specific responsibilities include:
Oversight - The Leadership Council will have input on WIRED activities through the end of the grant, including the work of the Solutions Teams.
Focus on Sustainability of WIRED’s Mission - The Leadership Council will be responsible for developing a sustainability plan and forming partnerships that will implement the plan so that WIRED’s work will continue after the grant ends.
Focus on Transformation - The Leadership Council will define the transformation of workforce delivery systems taking into consideration industries’ needs for a skilled workforce and the capacity of the region’s education and public workforce systems. Specifically, the Leadership Council will be responsible for defining what transformation entails, and strengthening partnerships among industry, K-12 and higher education institutions, and the public workforce system.
Work Toward Becoming a Permanent Structure for Regional Talent Development - Leadership Council members will commit to participating in quarterly meetings through the end of January 2010, when the original WIRED grant ends. In addition, the Leadership Council will determine how it will transition to a permanent structure.
The Leadership Council will meet on a quarterly basis for the remainder of the grant period.