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ETA News Release: [08/21/2003]
Contacts: Lorette
Post, (202) 693-3984
Chad Aleshire, (202) 693-2703
Secretary of Labor Announces Members of Native American
Employment and Training Council
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao has announced
the appointment of 18 members to the Native American Employment and Training
Council. The Council’s first 2003 meeting will be held Sept. 9 at 9:00
a.m. at the U.S. Labor Department’s Frances Perkins Building.
“This Administration is committed to matching employers looking for
workers with unemployed workers seeking jobs so that no American worker is left
behind,” said Chao. “The members of this council help accomplish that
goal by focusing on the first Americans, helping the Department of Labor
achieve the goal of placing unemployed Native Americans in real jobs with
promising futures.”
The Workforce Investment Act requires that the council be composed of
individuals representing Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Natives
entities, Indian-controlled organizations serving Indians, and Native Hawaiian
organizations.
One of the council’s major functions is to assist in developing a
funding distribution plan for the Employment and Training Administration’s
$56 million Native American grant program. The council also recommends
performance measures for grantees and advises the Secretary of Labor on
operation and administration of grant programs.
All prior appointments to the council, which requires at least 17
members, have expired. The Secretary of Labor has appointed a total of 18
members for one and two-year terms.
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Native American Employment and Training Council
Membership List—2003
(18 Members as of August
7, 2003)
Appointees |
Term |
Lauri Bordeaux
WIA Director
Rosebud Sioux
Tribe
Rosebud, South Dakota |
two years |
Maynard Kahgegab, Jr.
Chief
Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Michigan |
two years |
William Locklear
WIA Director
Lumbee Regional
Development Association
Pembroke, North Carolina |
two years |
M.J. Longley
Chief of Operations
Cook Inlet
Tribal Council, Inc.
Anchorage, Alaska |
two years |
Terry D. Martin
Chitimacha Tribe of
Louisiana
Charenton, Louisiana |
two years |
John Richard
E&T Program Director
Council of
Three Rivers
American Indian Center, Inc.
Dorseyville, Pennsylvania |
two years |
David Gipp
President
United Tribes Technical
College
Bismarck, North Dakota |
two years |
Leo Cummings
Administrator
Employment and
Training Department
Three Affiliated Tribes
New Town, North Dakota |
two years |
Jeff Foster
Executive Director
Four Tribes
Consortium of Oklahoma
Anadarko, Oklahoma |
one year |
Martha Farher
Executive Director
Native American
Cultural Center, Inc.
Rochester, New York |
two years |
Karen Kay
Executive Director
Michigan Indian
Employment & Training Services, Inc.
East Lansing, Michigan |
one year |
Kay Kidder
Program Coordinator
Nez Perce
Tribe
Lapwai, Idaho |
one year |
Ann Richardson
Executive Director
Mattaponi,
Pamunkey, Monacan Consortium
King William, Virginia |
one year |
Elkton Richardson
WIA Director
North Carolina
Commission of Indian Affairs
Raleigh, North Carolina |
one year |
Lorenda Sanchez
Executive Director
California
Indian Manpower Consortium
Sacramento, California |
one year |
Donna Scott
Director
Employment and
Training
Tanana Chiefs Conference
Fairbanks, Alaska |
one year |
Darrell Waldron
Executive Director
Rhode Island
Indian Council
Providence, Rhode Island |
one year |
Winona Whitman
Employment and Training Program
Administrator
Alu Like, Inc.
Kawaiahao Plaza
Hale Mauka
Honolulu,
Hawaii |
two years |
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