Mission Statement

North Central Texas InterLink, Inc. is a regional nonprofit alliance bridging business, education, and government by providing timely and relevant information on labor market trends, occupations, education, skill, and training needs of employers and employees.

Carrying out this mission will result in a quality workforce with a globally competitive advantage supporting the region’s economic development activities.

InterLink 2023-2024 Board of Directors

Eduardo Amezcua
TMAC/UTA

Andrea Anderson
Birdville ISD

Dr. Marcus Balch
TSTC

Candy Baptist
Texas Health Resources

Eric Batten
Texas Instruments

Ann Beheler/Mark Dempsey
Collin County College

Alison Belliveau
Rockwall ISD

Kathryn R. Bourne/Lea Ann Stone
Carrollton Farmers Branch ISD

Rick Bracy/Candace McGowan
Grapevine Colleyville ISD

Coleman Bruman
Garland ISD

Karen Buechman
Plano ISD

Ryan Contreras
Celina ISD

Jason Cooper/Adrian Moreno
Lewisville ISD

Andre “Andy” Costa
Andy Costa Films

Don Cumming
Flex-N-Gate

Vincente D’Ingianni
Binary Systems

Danielle Davis
Workforce Solutions NCTX

Annette Duvall
Crowley ISD

Andrea Ellis
Commerce ISD/NETCAT

Jason Gomez
Farmersville ISD

Janel Humphries/Becky Barker/ Jean Laswell/Tomika Lewis/ Rochelle Robinson/Darion Walton
Dallas ISD

Brett Hankey
Prosper ISD

Lisa Harrison
ESC Region 11

Claire Hilscher
44 Farms

Tricia Hiros
Bell

Jason Hudson
Wylie ISD

Ernest Huffman
NCTX COG

Tu Huynh
Comerica Bank

Andre’ K. Jones
FAA

Leon Kao
Raytheon, Inc.

Eric Kibodeaux
Coppell ISD

Michael Kotubey
Orion Services Group Advisor
SCORE Consultant

Kristi Krajca
Mesquite ISD

Ted Mackey
Anna ISD

Jason Madison
V3 Consulting Engineers

Caitlin Mauer/Carolyn
UT Southwestern

Mark McClure
Cleburne ISD

Jann Miles/Renee Parker
Workforce Solutions of Tarrant County

Rex Miller
MindSHIFT

Ken Moon
Moon Peaks Consulting

Zach Moore/Miyosha Guinn
Irving ISD

Suzanne Murr
Azle ISD

Mart D. Nelson
Avistas

Irene Nigaglioni
IN2Architects

Susan Patterson
Arlington ISD

Larry Perieria
AT&T

Jimmy Renfro
UNT Health Science Center

Mark Rhea
Sycamore Services

Daphne Rickard
InterLink

Robert Wright, Lisa Castillo, Jennifer Abe, Bobbi Levine, and Stephanie Tennyson
Fort Worth ISD

Chelsea Rose
Colleyville Chamber of Commerce

Daphne Rickard
InterLink

Carla Ruge
Denton ISD

James D. Runzheimer
Attorney at Law and CPA

Dr. Joe Seabrooks
Dallas College – Cedar Valley

Nikki Simon
Simon Engineering & Consulting

Ronnie Spellman
PlanetMagpie IT Consulting

Helen Sullivan
Consultant

Bill Swope
Halff Associates, Inc.

Anthony “Tony” Tasillo
Texas A&M (TEEX)

Jared Thompson
Encore Mechanical LLC

Ashley Treat
Waxahachie ISD

Rodney Wetterskog
University of Texas at Dallas (UTD)

Adrienne Williams
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Glenn C. Wintrich Jr.
Futurist/Imagineer

Shannon Yogayada
Tarrant County College

Barry Young
Oncor Electric Delivery

Todd Young
McKinney ISD

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Note: When more than one person is listed they share a position on the Board of Directors 

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InterLink Executive Committee

  • Ronnie Spellman ~ President
  • Don Cumming ~ Vice President
  • Jim D. Runzheimer ~ Secretary/Treasurer
  • Annette Duvall ~ V.P. Secondary Education
  • Rodney Wetterskog ~ V.P. Post Secondary Education
  • Andrea Ellis ~ Parliamentarian
  • Michael Kotubey ~ Immediate Past President
  • Daphne Rickard ~ Exec. Director

Emeritus

  • Irene Nigaglioni ~ Past President
  • Glenn C. Wintrich Jr. ~ Past President
  • Nikki Simon ~ Past President

Past Presidents/Companies

  • Alan Black ~ DFW Airport
  • Max Davis ~ Raytheon
  • Mike Edelman ~ SW Bell/AT&T
  • Michael Engstrom ~ BNSF
  • Kevin Ferrell ~ Avaya
  • Jon Gustafson ~ Lockheed Martin
  • Ralph Hargrow ~ Avial
  • Michael Kotubey ~ TDIndustries
  • Art Lacy ~ Texas Instruments
  • Irene Nigaglioni ~ IN2Architects
  • Kathy O ‘Day ~ GTE/Verizon
  • David Rawles ~ GTE/Verizon
  • Nikki Simon ~ Simon Engineering
  • Sam Webster ~ Texas Instruments
  • Glenn C. Wintrich ~ DELL

Advisory Organizations

  • AIA Dallas ~ American Institute of Architects
  • CEF ~ Construction Ed. Foundation
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
  • Greater Dallas Restaurant Assoc.
  • Hotel Association of North Texas
  • IEC ~ Independent Electrical Contractors of Dallas
  • Independent Ins. Agents of Dallas
  • NTC ~ North Texas Commission
  • TEXO ~ The Construction Assoc.
  • TxDOT ~ Texas Dept. of Transportation
  • TMAC/UTA ~ TX Mfg. Assistance Center
  • Texas Workforce Commission
  • U.S. Department of Labor

Advisors

  • John Fistolera ~ HOSA Foundation
  • Jane Hanna ~ Construction Education Foundation
  • John Kuznar ~ U. S. Department of Labor, Apprenticeship Dept.
  • Traci Mayer ~ Hotel Association of North Texas
  • Larinda Smith ~ TEXO
  • Bill Webb ~ Associated Industries of Texas