The board consists of voting members including the Governor, Commissioners of the Departments of Employment and Economic Development, Human Services, Education, two elected officials (City/County), 23 Private sector members whom are business owners, chief executives or operating officers or employers with optimum policy-making or hiring authority representing in-demand industry sectors, five labor representatives from labor organizations who have been nominated by state labor federations, one labor member representing a joint labor-management apprenticeship or training program, two community-based organizations with demonstrated experience in addressing employment, training or education needs with a priority on individuals with barriers to employment, four education representatives as follows: one University of Minnesota senior leadership, the Chancellor of Minnesota State, one member representing public education with expertise in design and implementation of school-based, service learning (Career Technical Education), one private post-secondary senior leadership. The Leaders from the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate shall appoint two ex officio members from each. The non-voting members include: one member representing Adult Basic Education, one public libraries representative, one member representing the Women's Economic Security Act (WESA), two community-based organizations with demonstrated experience in addressing employment, training, or education needs with a priority on individuals with barriers to employment, one member (Chair or Executive Director) representing the Minnesota Association of Workforce Boards (MAWB), two members representing school-based service learning and secondary STEM education, a representative of the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, a representative of the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage, a representative of the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs, a representative of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, a representative of the Minnesota Council on Disability, and the Commissioners of the Departments of Corrections, Labor and Industry, Office of Higher Education, and Minnesota Management and Budget.