[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 7848-7849]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       IN TRIBUTE TO TOM HLAVACEK

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                            HON. GWEN MOORE

                              of wisconsin

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 16, 2017

  Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Tom Hlavacek who 
has served as the Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Association of 
Southeastern Wisconsin since 2005. He is retiring on June 30, 2017.
  As Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Association of Southeastern 
Wisconsin he has supervised a staff of 29 who provided over 37,000 
points of service per year in the chapter's eleven county region 
service area. Mr. Hlavacek convened and chaired the Alzheimer's 
Challenging Behaviors Task Force which produced two reports, 
``Handcuffed'' and ``We All Hold the Keys''. The reports led to his 
testimony before U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. Mr. Hlavacek 
has also been very involved in Wisconsin and proposed legislation to 
assist those receiving long term care services.
  Mr. Hlavacek holds a Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation 
Counseling from the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. He is a past 
recipient of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Public Policy 
Fellowship and served in Washington, D.C. as a Disability Fellow in the 
United States Senate in the Office of former Senator Harkin--Iowa.
  Prior to his service with the Alzheimer's Association of Southeastern 
Wisconsin, Mr. Hlavacek directed the Milwaukee Office of Disability 
Rights Wisconsin which is the statewide

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protection and advocacy system for people with disabilities. He also 
served as the Advocacy Director at United Cerebral Palsy of 
Southeastern Wisconsin.
  He has advocated tirelessly on behalf of the disability and aging 
communities for nearly 40 years. I am grateful to have had the 
opportunity to know and work with Tom over the years, whether it was on 
housing for those with disabilities or funding for Alzheimer's and 
other long term care services, he provided invaluable information and 
counsel. I am so sorry I am unable to join him, his family, friends and 
colleagues at his retirement celebration on June 14, 2017. However, I 
wish him much success as he transitions into a different phase of his 
life.
  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Tom Hlavacek and I am proud to call 
him a friend of the long term care community. The citizens of the 
Fourth Congressional District and the State of Wisconsin are privileged 
to have someone of his ability and dedicated service working on their 
behalf for so many years. I am honored for these reasons to pay tribute 
to Tom Hlavacek.

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