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WASHINGTON - Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao
announced today that President George W. Bush intends to nominate Emily Stover
DeRocco to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training (ETA).
If confirmed, DeRocco would become the first ever woman to hold that position.
"I am very pleased to announce that the President will
nominate Emily to lead our very important work in workforce development and
training," Chao said. "She has tremendous experience in the tough issues and
challenges that we will be facing as we build a 21st century workforce."
For the last 11 years, DeRocco has served as the chief
executive officer of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, a
national association representing the state secretaries, commissioners and
directors of labor and workforce services. From 1981 to 1983 and then again
from 1985 to 1989, DeRocco served as Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior
and Director of External Affairs, and from 1983 to 1985, she held the same
position at the Department of Energy.
DeRocco is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and
received her law degree from Georgetown Law School in 1982. She is a native of
Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She and her husband Tom live with their daughter Lauren
Beth in Wheaton, Maryland.
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