FRESNO REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
I. Applicant Information
Date: October 27, 2023
Name: Chris Zeitz
Home Address:
City/State/Zip:
Phone: Email:
County Supervisorial District Number for Residential Address. (Please check one box) {Please see http://www2.co.fresno.ca.us/2850/XMLLookup/IE6/Index.asp} District 1 (Pacheco)
District 2 (Brandau)
District 3 (Quintero)
District 4 (Mendes)
District 5 (Magsig)
City Council District Number for Residential Address. (Please check one box) N/A {Please see http://www.fresno.gov/Government/CityCouncil/CouncilLocator.htm} District 1 (Perea)
District 2 (Karbassi)
District 3 (Arias)
District 4 (Maxwell)
District 5 (Chavez)
District 6 (Bredefeld)
District 7 (Esparza)
Business/Organization Name: Fresno County Economic Development Corporation Your Title: Director of Special Projects
Business Address:
City/State/Zip:
P h o n e :
County Supervisorial District Number for Business Address (Please check one box)
District 1 (Pacheco)
District 2 (Brandau)
District 3 (Quintero)
District 4 (Mendes)
District 5 (Magsig)
City Council District Number for Business Address. (Please check one box)
District 1 (Perea)
District 2 (Karbassi)
District 3 (Arias)
District 4 (Maxwell)
District 5 (Chavez)
District 6 (Bredefeld)
District 7 (Esparza)
II. Appointing Jurisdiction
I am seeking appointment by the City of Fresno
I am seeking appointment by the County of Fresno
Either
III. Status
I am seeking:
New Appointment; or,
Re-Appointment
If re-appointment, please list previous term, and who you were appointed by: Term: January to November 2023 - Jointly appointed
IV. TYPE OF POSITION FOR WHICH YOU ARE APPLYING
A. Private Sector/Business Appointments
Are you an “owner of a business, chief executive or operating officer of a business, or a business executive or employer with optimum policymaking or hiring authority?”
(WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (A), (i).}
YES NO
Please describe your policy-making or hiring authority:
Do you “represent a business, including smal l businesses, or an organization representing businesses, that provides employment opportunities that, at a minimum, include high-quality, work-relevant training and development in in- demand industry sectors or occupations in our local area?” {WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (A), (ii)},
YES NO
How many workers does your business/organization employ?
B. Non Private Sector Appointments
(Check the box that represents the category for which you are seeking appointment.)
1. Mandated Membership Categories
Labor Representative
“Each local board …shall include representatives of labor organizations (for a local area in which employees are represented by labor organizations), who have been nominated by local labor federations, or (for a local area in which no employees are represented by such organizations) other representatives of employees”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (B), (i).}, (underline added)
Joint Labor-Management Apprenticeship Program
“Each local board …shall include representatives, who shall be a member of a labor organization or a training director, from a joint labor-management apprenticeship program, or if no such joint program exists in the area, such a representative of an apprenticeship program in the area, if such a program exists”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (B), (ii).}, (underline added)
Literacy Activities
“Each local board …shall include a representative of eligible providers administering adult education and literacy activities under title II.” {WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (C), (i).}, (underline added)
Higher Education
“Each local board …shall include a repres entative of institutions of higher education providing workforce investme nt activities (including community colleges)
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (C), (ii).}, (underline added)
Economic/Community Development
“Each local board …shall include a representative of economic and community development entities”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (D), (i).}, (underline added)
State Employment Service
“Each local board …shall include an appropriate representative from the State employment service office under the Wa gner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et seq.) serving the local area”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (D), (ii).}, (underline added)
Rehabilitation Act
“Each local board… shall include an appropriate representative of the programs carried out under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.), other than section 112 or Part C of that title (29 U.S.C. 732, 741), serving the local area”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (D), (iii).}, (underline added)
2. Discretionary Membership Categories
Adult Serving Employment Organizations
“Each local board …may include re presentatives of community-based organizations that have demonstr ated experience and expertise in addressing the employment needs of individuals with barriers to employment, including organizations that serve veterans or that provide or support competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities” {WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (B), (iii).}, (underline added)
Youth Serving Organizations
“Each local board …may include represen tatives of organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addre ssing the employment, training, or education needs of eligible youth, including representatives of organizations that serve out-of-school youth”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (B), (iv).}, (underline added)
Community Based Organizations
“Each local board …may include representatives of local educational agencies, and of community-based organizations with demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the education or training needs of individuals with barriers to employment”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (C), (iii).}, (underline added)
Transportation/Housing/Public Assistance Agencies
“Each local board …may include repres entatives of agencies or entities administering programs serving the loca l area relating to transportation, housing, and public assistance”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (D), (iv).}, (underline added)
Philanthropic Organizations
“Each local board …may include representatives of philanthropic organizations serving the local area”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (D), (v).}, (underline added)
Other Appropriate Entities
“Each local board …may include such other individuals or representatives of entities as the chief elected official in the local area may determine to be appropriate”
{WIOA, Sec. 107, (b) membership, (2) Composition, (E)}, (underline added)
V. Applicant Background
A. Educational Background, including schools attended, degrees attained and certifications achieved:
x Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Associate of Arts in Modern Standard Arabic
x Fairfield University, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
x Norwich University, Master of Arts in Diplomacy
x Boston College, Master of Sciences in Applied Economics
B. List past or present City and/or County appointments, elected positions held as well as other professional and community affiliations:
Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board, 2023
C. Briefly explain why you are interested in serving on the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board:
I am very passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility and how employers, training providers, and community-based organizations can collectively work toward solving common problems while realizing community and economic development goals.
D. What experience or Special Knowledge can you bring to the Fresno Regional Workforce Development Board? Please list occupational experience if applicable:
Since 2018, I have supported several Fresno area organizations that provide workforce development / employment and training services to underrepresented communities.
This includes workforce programs funded through SNAP and TANF with partners working at the city, county, and state level.
As of 2022, I have been working on the US Department of Commerce’s Good Jobs Challenge at Fresno County EDC. Through this grant, I am part of the cohort of 32- awardees in the nation and have recently traveled to Washington, DC, to meet with this cohort as well as outside experts at the Jobs for the Future Foundation.
In addition to this work experience, I have also lectured for one year at Fresno State in the Department of Economics. I am also a combat veteran with anxiety / post-traumatic stress disorder, and as such I represent a population that workforce boards and other agencies specifically target for services.
E. List any affiliations you or your spouse has with any public agency: