COLUMBIA, MO – Job Point announced its 2005-2006 Board of Directors slate of officers. Serving as Chair is Mark Duncan of State Farm Insurance Companies; Vice Chair, Mary Carnahan, Attorney At Law; Treasurer, Terry Coffelt of First National Bank and Trust Company; Secretary, Sandra Wolsfeld Warner; and Members At Large, Bill Costello of UMB Bank and Donna Beckett of Assistance League of Mid Missouri.  Board of Directors usually serve a three year term.

New members include Steve Powell, President of Delta Systems Group, Marty Siddall of KOMU TV8/WB5 and Kerri Smith of Mid Missouri Dental Center. A dinner is planned for August 11, at the Donald W. Reynolds Alumni Center to acknowledge the contributions of outgoing Board Members: Dan Allen, Christopher Mallory and Ellie Saitta.

Job Point is Mid Missouri’s premier not for-profit employment center serving our traditionally disenfranchised community members. Since 1965, Job Point has been linking people and jobs by providing career planning and job placement assistance. Job Point specializes in preparing individuals to enter the workforce, while meeting a critical need of the business community. The organization is headquartered in Columbia, Missouri, with branch locations in Jefferson City, Marshall, Moberly, Sedalia, Wright City and Ottumwa, IA. Services are also provided at Lexington and Warrensburg in partnership with TRI Employment Services, a division of The Rehabilitation Institute, based in Kansas City, MO. For information about programs, services and locations please call Job Point at 573/474-8560.