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VETS News Release: [02/19/2004]
Contact Name: Mike
Biddle
Phone Number: (202) 693-5051
President’s National Hire Veterans Committee
Announced
WASHINGTON—Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today named the
members of the President’s National Hire Veterans Committee, which will
focus on efforts to raise the awareness of the value of hiring veterans. The
committee will meet Feb. 25 in Washington, D.C.
“It is my honor to nominate these outstanding individuals, who I am
confident will do a great job of meeting President Bush’s goal of raising
awareness of the skills that veterans bring to the workforce and the benefits
of hiring them,” said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. “The
committee will develop strategies to market veterans as a unique national
resource to a broad array of employment sectors.”
The committee members are:
- Joseph Achacoso, president of ALW, which specializes in logistics and
security;
- Thomas L. Aiello, vice president of the U.S. Army Account for Leo
Burnett, a major advertising agency;
- Hanif M. Akhtar, president of the Pakistan American Business
Association;
- Nick D. Bacon, director of the Arkansas Department of Veterans
Affairs;
- M. Larae Bakerink, chief executive officer of Westfield, Bakerink,
and Brozak, a securities broker/dealer;
- Patrick J. Botbyl, senior manager of Medco Health Solutions;
- Jean Fisher, one-stop center manager in the Utah Department of
Workforce Services;
- Robert A. Lutz, vice chairman for product development and chairman
for General Motors North America;
- Jackson W. Moore, chairman, president and chief executive officer for
Union Planters Corporation, a multi-state financial services company;
- James E. Nier, executive director of the Texas Veterans
Commission;
- Susan Pareigis, director of the Florida Agency for Workforce
Innovation;
- Terrance P. O’Mahoney, former commissioner of the Texas
Workforce Commission;
- Bob Ravener, vice president for human resources, Home Depot;
- and Andris J. Silins, general secretary-treasurer of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters.
The following are ex officio committee members:
- Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Anthony J. Principi;
- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld;
- U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Hector V.
Barreto;
- Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and
Training Frederico Juarbe Jr.;
- Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James;
- and Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer of the United
States Postal Service John E. Potter.
On Nov. 7, 2002, President Bush signed public law 107-288 to amend title
38 United States Code, Jobs for Veterans Act, with the directive to revise and
improve employment, training and placement services furnished to veterans. The
act authorized the Secretary of Labor to establish the President’s
National Hire Veterans Committee. Its objective is to raise employer awareness
of the training and skills that veterans possess at all ranks and occupational
specialties and of the ways to hire them.
The Veterans’ Employment and Training Service provides veterans
with the resources and services to succeed in the 21st century
workforce.
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