[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28997-28998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9919]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


Appointments to the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA)

AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Notice of ACA appointments.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration hereby announces 
the appointment of 32 members to fill vacancies on the Advisory 
Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA), an advisory board to the Secretary. 
The ACA, which is authorized by Section 2 of the National 
Apprenticeship Act (29 U.S.C. 50), complies with the requirements of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C., App.). The Committee will 
be an effective instrument for providing assistance, advice, and 
counsel to the Secretary of Labor and the Assistant Secretary for the 
Employment and Training Administration in the development and 
implementation of Administration policies and programs regarding 
apprenticeship.
    Members are appointed for one-year or two-year terms. The 
membership of the Committee shall include equal representation of 
employers, labor organizations, and the public. The National 
Association of State and Territorial Apprenticeship Directors (NASTAD) 
and the National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO) will 
both be represented by their current President on the public group of 
the Committee. The Secretary shall appoint one of the public members as 
Chairperson of the Advisory Committee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Anthony Swoope, Administrator, 
Office of Apprenticeship, Employment and Training Administration, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Room N-5311, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20210. Telephone: (202) 693-2796, (this is not a toll-
free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is a list of the Committee 
members by group:

Represents: Employers

    Mr. Robert W. Baird, Vice President, Apprenticeship and Training, 
Standards and Safety, Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc., 
Alexandria, Virginia.
    Ms. Linda Bien, President and CEO, North East Medical Services, San 
Francisco, California.
    Ms. Phyllis Eisen, Vice President, Manufacturing Institute, 
Washington, DC.
    Ms. Julie A. Flik, Executive Vice President, Compass Group, North 
American Division, Bion Island, Mamaroneck, New York.
    Mr. Fred Haag, Senior Vice President--Electrical, Infrasource Inc., 
Madison, Mississippi.
    Mr. Kelvin D. Harrison, Technical Training Manager, Caterpillar, 
Inc., Peoria, Illinois.
    Mr. Neill J. Hopkins, Vice President of Skills Development, 
Computing Technology Industry Association, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.
    Mr. Frederick N. Humphreys, President & CEO, Home Builders 
Institute, Washington, DC.
    Mr. Stephen C. Mandes, Executive Director, National Institute for 
Metalworking Skills, Fairfax, Virginia.
    Ms. Karen T. Soehner, Corporate Compliance Officer, Family Senior 
Care, Saint Augustine, Florida.
    Mr. Robert Piper, Vice President of Workforce Development, 
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., Arlington, Virginia.

Represents: Labor

    Mr. John T. Ahern, Business Manager, International Union of 
Operating Engineers Local 30, Richmond Hill, New York.

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    Mr. George H. Bliss, III, Retired Director of Training 
Administration, United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the 
Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry of the U.S. & Canada, Washington, DC.
    Mr. Stephen A. Brown, Director, Construction Training 
Administration Department, International Union of Operating Engineers, 
Washington, DC.
    Mr. William P. Doyle, Attorney, Marine Engineers' Beneficial 
Association, Washington, DC.
    Dr. John S. Gaal, Director of Training Administration & Workforce 
Development, Carpenters' District Council of Greater St. Louis and 
Vicinity, St. Louis, Missouri.
    Mr. William K. Irwin, Jr., Executive Director, Carpenters 
International Training Fund, Las Vegas, Nevada.
    Mr. John Mason, Director, Seafarers International Union, Paul Hall 
Institute, Piney Point, Maryland.
    Mr. Joseph A. Miccio, Recording Secretary, Uniformed Firefighters 
Association of Greater New York, Local 94 I.A.F.F AFL-CIO, New York, 
New York.
    Mr. Edward Mullins, President, Sergeants Benevolent Association, 
New York, New York.
    Mr. Michael L. White, Executive Director of Apprenticeship and 
Training, International Union of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and 
Reinforcing Iron Workers, Washington, DC.

Represents: Public

    Dr. Philip J. Anderson, President, The National Association of 
Government Labor Officials, Frankfurt, Kentucky.
    Ms. Sharon C. Chu, Attorney, Law Offices of Sharon C. Chu, 
Rockville, Maryland.
    Mr. Guarione Diaz, President and Executive Director, Cuban American 
National Council, Inc., Miami, Florida.
    Ms. Rita DiMartino, New York, New York.
    Ms. Diana Enzi, Washington, DC.
    The Honorable Mufi Hannemann, Mayor of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii.
    Mr. Thomas F. Hartnett--Chairperson, Attorney, Meyer, Suozzi, 
English and Klein, PC, Albany, New York.
    Ms. Jean Sickles, President, National Association of State and 
Territorial Apprenticeship Directors, Columbus, Ohio.
    Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, President and CEO, The McPhail Group, 
Ltd, Ownings Mill, Maryland.
    Ms. Audrey Silverstein, Attorney, Merion, Pennsylvania.
    Mr. Charles Wilson, Department Head of Machine Tool Technology, 
Greenville Technical College, Greenwood, South Carolina.
    Nominees were selected from employer or national employer 
associations, religious, social welfare, academic, charitable 
organizations, community based organizations, national women's 
organizations, and state or local government.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of May, 2007.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training.
 [FR Doc. E7-9919 Filed 5-22-07; 8:45 am]
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