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Date: June 23, 2026
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Aram Chaparyan, City Manager
By: Fran Fulton, Economic Development Manager | [email protected] Subject: City Manager – Reappoint Torrance Representative to the South Bay Workforce Investment Board. Expenditure: None.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation of the City Manager that City Council reappoint Ms. Catherine Holdbrook-Smith as representative to the South Bay Workforce Investment Board for the City of Torrance.
FUNDING
None required.
DISCUSSION
Since July 1, 2015 the South Bay Workforce Investment Board (SBWIB) has managed the federal funds distributed by the state that provide workforce development employment and training services for the community in the City of Torrance.
The current Board has 50 members comprised of representatives from the 10 cities that encompass the South Bay workforce investment area, as well as neutral seats representing partnering organizations. Currently there is one business private sector seat that needs to be filled. Ms. Catherine Holdbrook-Smith, Head of Human Resources for Robinson Helicopter Company was appointed in 2024 under an existing term of office expiring June 30, 2026. The Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce has nominated Ms. Holdbrook-Smith to continue to serve, this time for a full four-year term on the SBWIB as a Torrance business private sector representative for the term July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2030.
Mayor and Council are requested at this time to approve the re-appointment of Ms. Holdbrook- Smith so that the South Bay Workforce Investment Area Chief Locally Elected Official may ratify her re-appointment.
ATTACHMENTS
1. SBWIB Letter of Request to Fill Vacant Seat
2. TACC Letter of Nomination
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