Dr. Juan E. Mejia, Tyler Junior College President and CEO, has been appointed to the board of Workforce Solutions East Texas.
Workforce Solutions East Texas, operated by the East Texas Council of Governments, is a community partnership serving the 14-county region, including a population of close to 900,000, over 33,000 businesses and industries, a labor force of over 413,000, and includes 12 public and private institutions of higher education.
Its 19-member board, one of 28 local Workforce Solutions boards across the state, works in partnership with the region’s chief elected officials and serves as the primary source of local workforce policy, with a focus on active economic development through a premier workforce attracting and supporting growth of business and industry.
“Workforce Solutions East Texas is honored to welcome Dr. Mejia to our board,” said Doug Shryock, Workforce Solutions East Texas executive director. “He has always been a proactive partner in developing the next generation of skilled workers for our businesses and industries and tomorrow’s leaders across our 14 counties. He is a friend, and I personally look forward to the ever-greater results Dr. Mejia will bring to the region through his seat on the board.”
Board chair Claude Figueroa added, “Dr. Mejia’s professional background, along with his well-known involvement in our community, are qualities we admire and I am most confident that he will be a valuable member of our team.”
Mejia said, “I am truly honored by this opportunity, and I look forward to being a part of the work toward a stronger East Texas. This is significantly more special because I have had the privilege of working with many of the board members and organization staff for some time already and consider them strong partners in our work and good friends.”
Additionally, Mejia serves on the Board for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools/Commission on Colleges, the Presidents’ Advisory to the Association for Community College Trustees, the Texas Association of Community Colleges, the Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Tyler Economic Development Council. He began his career in higher education in 1988, joined TJC in 2013 and has served as TJC president and CEO since 2019.