Becky Steele, director of the Northwest Region Workforce Investment Board in Trenton, was named the Director’s Leadership and Innovation Award winner on Thursday during the Governor’s Conference on Workforce Development at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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Ms. Steele honored as a workforce leader who has championed the design and application of new products and processes to strengthen the region’s workforce as well as making contributions that significantly benefit the broad spectrum of the workforce system. According to the Missouri Department of Economic Development, which sponsors the award, Ms. Steele and her office has provided training and technical assistance to over two dozen private non-profit corporations. She conducts program management as part of the federal Head Start monitoring process, focusing on Native American programs. She was recognized “as an exceptional ambassador for the workforce system and the northwest region consistently leads the state in performance and innovation.”