Staff members at the Little Rock Workforce Development Board include an Executive Director, Office Manager, and Internal Monitor/Administrative Assistant.
Executive Director
W.J. Monagle
Executive Director
Phone: (501) 683-3843
Fax: (501) 683-3851
[email protected]
W.J. Monagle has served as the Executive Director of the Little Rock Workforce Development Board (LRWDB) since October 2007. The LRWDB is fiscally responsible for federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funding used to develop the capacity of the Little Rock workforce. W.J. Monagle has more than 22 years of experience working with the public/private partnerships between local municipal government and non-profit organizations. He has successfully written and competitively secured more than $7.5 million of competitive grants from federal sources and more than $13 million of State Discretionary Grants, predominately focused on high-risk target populations.
Previously, he served as Operations Coordinator for the City of Little Rock’s Department of Community Programs from 2001 to 2007. The Department of Community Programs now provides $6 million annually in contracts with community-based organizations to fund programs for at-risk youth – such as afterschool, gang-intervention, drug treatment and intervention, and summer jobs programs. As the principle writer of the award application, Little Rock was named one of the 100 Best Communities for Young People for three years in a row (2006-2008) by the America’s Promise Alliance, founded by retired general and secretary of state, Colin Powell.
He was the Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Pulaski County from 1995-2000. There, he developed a keen understanding of the issues involved in providing decent, affordable housing to low-income families in Little Rock using a volunteer and low-skill workforce.
Office Manager
Shannon Rast
Office Manager
Phone: (501) 683-3845
Fax: (501) 683-3851
[email protected]
Internal Monitor/Admin. Assistant
Tanisha Lawson
Internal Monitor
Phone: (501) 683-3844
Fax: (501) 683-3851
[email protected]
Administrative Assistant
Open Position
Administrative Assistant with LRWDB
@arkansas.gov