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Events Team Welcomes Two New Staffers AWB Welcomes Interns as Workforce Portal Grows
Two experienced business professionals with a background at AWB have joined the events department .
Mallory Campbell comes to AWB from Travel Tacoma and has worked with AWB before , alongside her grandma in a local catering company that served meals at AWB conferences for years .
Mallory Campbell
Angela Hoseney
Angela Hoseney , formerly in the AWB membership department , has returned to AWB after working at Seabrook Hospitality . She and her husband are also co-owners of Scoopology Pet Waste Removal .
Hoseney replaces Stacie Neiswanger , who has moved from the AWB events team to a position with AWB ’ s CompWise retrospective ratings program .
AWB Hosts Washington Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board
With workforce one of the greatest ongoing priorities of employers , AWB is committed to helping train and prepare the next generation of skilled workers .
As part of that work , AWB hosted the Washington Workforce Training & Education Coordinating Board for a day-long meeting in February .
The group covered a lot of ground , including how business and labor can work together on this shared goal . AWB President Kris Johnson spoke with April Sims , president of the Washington State Labor Council , in a panel discussion .
Among the board members at the meeting was AWB ’ s former vice president of government affairs , Gary Chandler , who is co-chair of the board .
AWB interns are Jaida Sheppard , Ian Sprouffske and Emma Stepan .
As the statewide Workforce Portal continues to connect employers and interns , AWB has welcomed a number of interns this year .
Emma Stepan , a student at Saint Martin ’ s University in Lacey majoring in educational studies , interns with the AWB Institute . Stepan connected with the Institute for the internship through the Washington Workforce Portal , an initiative of the AWB Institute . STCU sponsored her internship .
Stepan assists the Institute in its work on child care policy which supports LEAP , the Legislative Education Action Project .
Ian Sprouffske re-joined AWB for the second year in a row . A graduate of Rainier High School , he is studying accounting at Friends University in Wichita , Kansas . He also came to AWB through the Washington Workforce Portal , and joins Stepan in supporting the Institute ’ s portfolio of work .
Jaida Sheppard , interning in the AWB events department , graduates this year from Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor ’ s in business administration and a 4.0 GPA . She has worked for the last four years at the Farm 12 Restaurant , winner of AWB ’ s Washington Resiliency Award in 2022 .
“ It ’ s been great working with these interns and their ideas , energy and willingness to learn ,” said Britney Martin , AWB Institute manager . “ Internships are a powerful tool for both students and employers . AWB is leading by example for our 7,000-plus small business members by hosting our own interns and sharing best practices and expanding internship opportunities through the Washington Workforce Portal .”
Find more internship opportunities and resources at www . WashingtonWorkforcePortal . org .
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