Barbara Halsey

Executive Director
California Workforce Investment Board
Phone: (916) 324-3364
www.cwib.ca.gov

Barbara Halsey was appointed Executive Director for the California Workforce Investment Board (State Board) May 2007. She is a graduate of Orange City, Iowa's, Northwestern College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Work.

As the Executive Director, Barbara is responsible for overseeing the development of a collaborative process that will design and implement a workforce investment system including all partners, both State and local. Her role also consults and advises the State Board, in its deliberative role, in making recommendations to the Governor on the development of California's five-year Workforce Development Strategy and the initiatives embedded in that strategy.

Prior to her State Board appointment, Barbara was the Director of San Bernardino County Department of Workforce Development for over 3 years and has nearly 27 years of experience in the workforce training field.