Joseph C. Juarez is the Regional Administrator of the Employment and Training Administration, Dallas, Texas. As the Regional Administrator, he is responsible for providing leadership, guidance and overseeing all Employment and Training programs and initiatives, including the Unemployment Insurance, State Employment Service and Workforce Investment Act programs throughout the region, which includes the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming, and Utah.
Since 1974, when Mr. Juarez joined the U.S. Department of Labor, he has served in progressively responsible positions in the areas of employment and training policy and planning, legislative development and program management. From 1987 to 1996, he was the Regional Administrator in Chicago, Illinois, and prior to that, he was the National Director of the Veterans Employment Service.
Mr. Juarez did his undergraduate work at Azusa Pacific University in California and graduate work in Public Administration at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Mr. Juarez is a recipient of the Distinguished Executive Presidential Rank Award for sustained extraordinary accomplishments.
