Executive Director, Liz Rodriguez (she/her)

Liz Rodriguez, military-brat, out of the box thinker and advocator for equity and empowerment, takes joy in serving as the local workforce area’s East Central Iowa Workforce Board Executive Director. She has a long history of standing up federal and state compliance programs successfully in higher education, federal government and private for-profit organizations. She relishes the challenges that come with the job – getting to know her elected officials, local board member & IowaWORKS Center  core partners.

“Collaborating and learning with them is how we find innovative ways to improve the quality of services and programs we offer to local jobseekers and businesses. There’s lots of work to be done and I am excited to get started!”