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Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area

Workforce Services Team

Workforce Center Leadership

Meet the leadership team overseeing our Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area workforce centers:

Roberto Pérez Jr.

Roberto Pérez Jr.

Project Director

Jaime Rodriguez

Jaime Rodriguez

Interim Deputy Project Director

Michelle Watson

Michelle Watson

Human Resources Manager

Maggie Vazquez

Maggie Vazquez

South Area Operations Manager

Kanika Sweeney

Kanika Sweeney

North Area Operations Manager

John Garcia

John Garcia

South Area Manager

Melissa A. Gutierrez

Melissa A. Gutierrez

East Area Manager

David Grove

David Grove

North Area Manager

Opal Berry

Opal Berry

Manager of Business Services

Amanda Pérez

Amanda Pérez

Quality Assurance Manager

Angela Maldonado

Angela Maldonado

Multimedia Content Producer

Llano County, City of Llano Burnet County, City of Burnet Williamson County, City of Georgetown Lee County, city of Giddings Fayette County, city of LaGrange Bastrop County, city of Bastrop Caldwell County, city of Lockhart Hays County, City of San Marcos Blanco County, City of Johnson City

Where We Work

Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area serves 9 counties around the Austin, TX capital area:

Taylor - Temple College (WSRCA Mobile Outreach Satellite Office), Bartlett - Teinert Memorial Public Library (WSRCA Mobile Outreach Satellite Office), Georgetown - Public Library (WSRCA Mobile Outreach Satellite Office), Bastrop County, Hays County, Blanco County, Burnet County, Caldwell County, Fayette County, Lee County, Llano County, Williamson County, and Marble Falls - CRC (WSRCA Mobile Outreach Satellite Office)

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Roberto Pérez Jr.

Sector: Public Sector

Roberto Pérez Jr.

Project Director

Jaime Rodriguez

Sector: Public Sector

Jaime Rodriguez

Interim Deputy Project Director

Michelle Watson

Sector: Public Sector
Home County: Williamson County

Michelle Watson

Human Resources Manager

Maggie Vazquez

Sector: Public Sector

Maggie Vazquez

South Area Operations Manager

Kanika Sweeney

Sector: Public Sector

Kanika Sweeney

North Area Operations Manager

John Garcia

Sector: Public Sector

John Garcia

South Area Manager

Bastrop, Fayette & Lee Counties

Melissa A. Gutierrez

Sector: Public Sector
Home County: Bastrop County

Melissa A. Gutierrez

East Area Manager

David Grove

Office Phone: 512-244-2270 ext.11030
Sector: Public Sector
Home County: Williamson County

David Grove

North Area Manager

David Grove is WSRCA's Career & Education Engagement Specialist based in our Williamson County office. He's a veteran, having served 21 years in the U.S. Navy. David has spent his career helping the community as an Adult Education Instructor, Adult Probations officer, and Case Manager advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He holds a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice Studies from Saint Leo University in Florida and a master's degree in Addiction Counseling from Grand Canyon University in Arizona. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, David currently lives in Salado, Texas with his wife Kymberly and his three children, De'Andre, Marcos, and Eric.

Opal Berry

Office Phone: (512) 244-2207 ext. 1045
Sector: Public Sector
Home County: Williamson County

Opal Berry

Manager of Business Services

Opal has an extensive background in business. Her business experience includes McDonald’s franchisee as owner-operator, Marketing, Advertising and contract management for a fortune 500 retailer as well as Contract Manager for the $900,000,000 Texas Medicaid Health Plan contract with Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

More recently she was with Texas Workforce Commission as an Employment Specialist where she developed and managed Executive Presence, an executive discussion and networking group for executives Director level and above. Members of that group garnered $3,000,000 in annual salaries in the first year.

Opal’s business experience and work with Texas Workforce Commission afford her a unique understanding of the challenges of running and staffing a business.

Amanda Pérez

Office Phone: 512-392-1291 ext. 3039
Sector: Public Sector
Home County: Hays County

Amanda Pérez

Quality Assurance Manager

Blanco and Hays Counties.

Angela Maldonado

Sector: Sector

Angela Maldonado

Multimedia Content Producer