AMERICA WORKS - Key Persons
Dr. Lee Bowes is awarded the Stevie's Award for Lifetime Achievement for her successes at America Works.
Dr. Lee Bowes is one of the leading experts on Welfare to Work and Prison to Work Workforce Development policies. In the 1990's, Dr. Lee Bowes and her husband, Peter Cove, were instrumental in educating both political parties about the merits of implementing a national "Work First" policy. She is a frequent guest and speaker at associations that deal with welfare to work policies. She has been a speaker at The Public Welfare Association, the Democratic Leadership Council, The Renaissance Weekend, and the Association of Community Development Corporations.
Dr. Lee Bowes has held the position of CEO since 1987. Dr. Bowes was an adjunct professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. She lectures on Human Resource Management, Social Policy, and Innovative Management Techniques. Dr. Lee Bowes has a book published, No One Need Apply: Getting and Keeping the Best Workers, as well as numerous articles in the New York Post, the Huffington Post, and elsewhere.
Peter Cove founded America Works as an experiment to prove his philosophy about helping those in poverty. The experiment was delivering services with an emphasis on work and partnering with the public sector to fill existing needs.
Peter Cove was invited to speak on the topic Next Steps for Welfare Reform: Ideas to Improve TANF to Help More Families Find Work and Escape Poverty in front of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means value for municipalities.
Peter Cove, a social activist and businessmen, is one of the nation's leading advocates for private solutions to workforce development and alleviating poverty.
As the founder of America Works in 1984, Peter Cove has worked to link private-sector investment and employment with welfare reform. Peter Cove has also devoted his energy to prisoner reentry initiatives, advocating tirelessly for second chance legislation on a national level, to inform policy makers that the work first model of services is the answer for successful reintegration of ex-offenders into communities.
Peter Cove has a book published, Poor No More: Rethinking Dependency and the War on Poverty, as well as numerous articles in the New York Post, Real Clear Policy, the Huffington Post, and elsewhere.