As of 2016, the board consists of 41 voting members including the Governor, Commissioners of the Departments of Employment and Economic Development, Human Services, Education, two elected officials (City/County), 21 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 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, six education representatives as follows: one University of Minnesota senior leadership, the Chancellor of the Board of Trustees of MnSCU, one member representing public education with expertise in design and implementation of school-based, service learning (Career Technical Education), one private sector post-secondary senior leadership.
The majority leaders from the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate shall appoint one ex officio member from each.
The twelve 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 Director) representing the MN Workforce Council Association, two members representing school-based learning and secondary STEM education, and the Commissioners of the Departments of Correction, Labor and Industry.
The full board for FY 2015-16 will meet quarterly, at a minimum the executive and operations committees will meet bi-monthly, and additional ad-hoc committee or task force(s) as established by the board.