Perkins would like to welcome new Workforce Council Member for the new year. Workforce Council are (WFC) are used to improve the quality of career technical training programs, and to review relevant labor market information to identify employment opportunities in communities where graduates will seek employment and the skills and education necessary for those employment opportunities. Perkins has appointed several new members for the 2019 council from various career fields.

Tim Akers, Apprenticeship and Training Director form Louisville, KY, Louis Patrick, Manager from LMS Construction from Salyersville, KY, Frank Dawahare, Manger from Eastern Telephone and Technologies form Pikeville, KY, Gary Compton, KY State Probation and Parole District Supervisor, Mike Childers, U.S. Department of Federal Prisons, Donald Lewis, Eastern KY Corrections Complex, Larry Miller, Manager East KY Exposition Center, and Michelle Spriggs I Management Consultant Morehead State University I Small Business Development Center.