West Kentucky Workforce Board
Derek R. Poor serves as the Veterans Transition Liaison for the West Kentucky Workforce Board, a role initiated in March 2022, where efforts focus on facilitating employment opportunities for service members and their spouses in the Fort Campbell region. Previous experience includes managing Top Shelf Hauling & Junk Removal LLC., an independent veteran-owned business, and developing educational materials as an Instructional Developer at INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES INC. Derek R. Poor also had a previous tenure with the Pennyrile Area Development District as a Veterans Transition Liaison, contributing to the Campbell Strong Workforce Partnership. With a distinguished career in the US Army from July 1998 to January 2019, Derek R. Poor held multiple leadership and supervisory roles. Derek R. holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership from Western Kentucky University.
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West Kentucky Workforce Board
The West Kentucky Worforce Board serves the seventeen counties of the Penny/Purchase areas to provide policy development and coordination for workforce development in support of economic development for the region. The mission of the WKWB is to provide an integrated system of quality employment information and training services to businesses and individuals through staffing/technology utilizing accessible service sites. The WKWB serves as a liaison between employers in the business, industry, and public sector and individuals in order to make workforce needs known. The WKWB also promotes and provides tactics to motivate individuals to continue their education and improve their work skills. It is also our intent to encourage and assist in the development of new training programs to benefit the region’s workforce. We conduct planning, oversight, and analysis of local workforce development programs through the local Career Centers. We strive to promote the region’s availability of qualified workers by matching efforts and activities with economic development goals. The West Kentucky Workforce Board governs the local Kentucky Career Center System in the Purchase and Pennyrile counties of Kentucky. Serving as the fiscal agent for the WKWB, the Pennyrile Area Development District is involved in the program administration, oversight and service delivery of Department of Labor initiatives throughout the service area.