About Us

Workforce Development Through Partnership

ConxusNEO is working to build a talent pipeline that supplies local employers with access to the right talent, at the right time, and in the right place; where both companies and all residents share in economic prosperity.


Workforce Development Through Partnership

Our role is to convene employers, educators, workforce programs, economic development, and community-based organizations to make that vision a sustainable reality.   Our work is based on the supply chain management model where workforce system strategies are innovated among partners to deliver the in-demand skills local companies need as the ultimate end-users in the supply chain.  As collaboration evolves, partners across the talent supply chain experience shared value.  Educators and workforce training programs are better able to align curriculum with in-demand skills, economic development efforts can benefit from more strategic workforce assets, and community-based organizations can leverage relationships and a variety of program partners to recruit and support residents in their job preparation efforts.

Acting as the non-profit backbone workforce development organization in our community, we bring together major stakeholders to perform six major functions:

  1. Guide our Community’s Vision & Strategy
  2. Support Aligned Activities
  3. Establish Shared Measurement
  4. Build Public Will
  5. Advance Policy
  6. Mobilize Funding

In Summit County, Ohio, ConxusNEO brings together and works through three Industry Sector Partnerships that include over 200 employers, educational and training entities, public workforce and governmental agencies and community-based organizations. Together we are building a sustainable, effective, and efficient ecosystem that will supply skilled talent to the industries that drive our regional economy: manufacturing, information technology and healthcare.

Board of Directors

Meet the board of directors for ConxusNEO. Board members help to create a robust talent supply chain that supports companies and residents to thrive and share in prosperity in Summit County, Ohio.

Jason Dodson

Jason Dodson

Roetzel & Andress
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Jason Dodson

Jason Dodson

Roetzel & Andress

Consulting Solutions Director

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Mark Douglas

Ohio State Building & Construction Trades Council
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Mark Douglas

Ohio State Building & Construction Trades Council

President

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Marcie Ebright

Akron Public Schools
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Marcie Ebright

Akron Public Schools

Director, College & Career Academies of Akron

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Montrella Jackson

City of Akron
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Montrella Jackson

City of Akron
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Para Jones

Para Jones, Ph.D.

Stark State College
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Para Jones

Para Jones, Ph.D.

Stark State College

President

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Annie McFadden

United Way of Summit and Medina
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Annie McFadden

United Way of Summit and Medina

Chief of Staff, Impact & Communications

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Christine Marshall

Christine Marshall

Summit and Medina Workforce Area
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Christine Marshall

Christine Marshall

Summit and Medina Workforce Area

Executive Director

Board Vice Chair

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Christine Mayer

Christine Mayer

GAR Foundation
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Christine Mayer

Christine Mayer

GAR Foundation

President

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Steve Millard

Steve Millard

Greater Akron Chamber
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Steve Millard

Steve Millard

Greater Akron Chamber

President & CEO

Board Secretary

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Diane Miller Dawson

Diane Miller Dawson, CPA

County of Summit
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Diane Miller Dawson

Diane Miller Dawson, CPA

County of Summit

Director of Community & Economic Development

Board Treasurer

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Brian Nelsen

Brian Nelsen, CPA

County of Summit
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Brian Nelsen

Brian Nelsen, CPA

County of Summit

Chief of Staff

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Gwyneth Price

The University of Akron
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Gwyneth Price

The University of Akron
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Kathy Romito Rainone

Kathy Romito Rainone

Western Reserve Hospital
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Kathy Romito Rainone

Kathy Romito Rainone

Western Reserve Hospital
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Sean Vollman

Sean Vollman

City of Akron
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Sean Vollman

Sean Vollman

City of Akron

Deputy Director, Economic Development

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