Wes Jurey
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Center for Innovation
Wes Jurey was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce October 1, 2001. Within the first six months of his tenure, the Chamber established the Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development in partnership with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), the City of Arlington, and the Tarrant County Workforce Investment Board. Built on the UTA campus, the facility houses virtually every major education and workforce development stakeholder in Tarrant County, and was selected as one of four national demonstration sites by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Labor in the second round of the Workforce Innovations Networks Initiative (WINS) in 2002. He also serves as Immediate Past Chairman of the Board of the Institute for a Competitive Workforce; chair of Workforce Development for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100, and serves on the U.S. Chamber’s Education, Employment and Training Committee, and the National Chamber Foundation Board of Directors.
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