AFM Business Council (AFMBC)

Purpose:

As a result of the 2009 Employee and Customer Satisfaction Survey, the Deputy Administrator, Administrative and Financial Management (DAAFM) established the AFM Business Council (AFMBC) to serve as an midlevel management advisory board to AFM executive management on issues such as organizational planning, resource allocation across program areas, and overall program decision making.

Charter

• AFM Business Council's Charter

Members

• Casandra Butler, HRD – casandra.butler@ars.usda.gov
• Don Jones, FD – donald.jones@ars.usda.gov
• John Chadwick, APD – john.chadwick@ars.usda.gov
• Kim Hicks, EAD – kim.hicks@ars.usda.gov
• Kim Parks, FMD – kim.parks@ars.usda.gov

AFMBC Current Initiatives:

• Supervisory Training for AFM
  Managing the Federal Employee Process, Brookings Institute, Inc.
  Mandatory for all AFM supervisors.  3 classes were held at GWCC during the months of May & June 2010. 

• Customer Service Training - AFM

• Telework/Worklife 
  AFM is already working on a telework initiative, including a group making recommendations to OCIO for infrastructure improvements needed to facilitate telework.

Last Updated: 09/27/2012