Larry Temple

Ex Officio Member (Workforce Investment Council, Texas)

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Larry Temple is the Executive Director of the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), a state agency with an operating budget of approximately $1.2 billion in addition to the issuance of $2 billion in unemployment insurance benefits annually. TWC has oversight of the state's employment, training, welfare reform, childcare, and unemployment insurance programs and delivers these services to its 254 counties through a network of 28 local workforce development boards.

He serves as a member of the State's P-16 Council, which coordinates educational policy between Pre-K and 12 public education and higher education. He also serves on the Texas Workforce Investment Council, whose charge is to develop strategic planning and evaluation that promotes a well educated and highly skilled workforce. He serves as President for the National Association of State Workforce Agencies.

Temple brings to the job over 20 years of private-sector management experience in energy, retail and real estate development. Temple holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from St. Edwards University where he serves as a member of the Advisory Council.

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Executive Director (Workforce Commission, Texas)