The Career & Educational Advisory Council (CEAC) is appointed by the SEMCA Workforce Development Board (WDB) to provide input and recommendations to the WDB and SEMCA staff. It’s membership consists of educational, employer, labor, and parent representatives from the SEMCA region. The CEAC brings education and business together by establishing a formal entity and mechanism to build and maintain a collaborative partnership with local school districts, employers, post-secondary institutions, advocates, and training centers to identify significant talent needs in a community and collectively develop and implement training strategies to effectively meet employers’ talent needs.