[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24017-24018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11131]


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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 appointment of Chair and members.

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SUMMARY: The Employment and Training Administration hereby announces 
the appointments of 30 members to fill vacancies on the Advisory 
Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA), an advisory board to the Secretary. 
The ACA which is authorized

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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. 1). 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. Ten members 
represent labor, ten members represent employers, and ten members 
represent the public. The National Association of State and Territorial 
Apprenticeship Directors and the National Association of Governmental 
Labor Officials will have representation within the public group of the 
Committee. The Secretary shall appoint one of the public members as 
Chairperson of the Advisory Committee. A representative of the U.S. 
Department of Education and a representative of the Department of 
Commerce will be invited to serve as non-voting ``ex-officio'' members 
of the Committee. The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and 
Training shall be a member ex-officio. The Designated Federal Official 
for the ACA is Mr. Anthony Swoope, Administrator of the Office of 
Apprenticeship, Training, Employer and Labor Services.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Anthony Swoope, Administrator, 
Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer and Labor Services, 
Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Room 
N-4649, 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

Philip J. Anderson, President & CEO, Associated Builders & Contractors 
of Kentuckiana, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Robert (Bob) W. Baird, Vice President, Apprenticeship and Training, 
Standards and Safety, Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc., 
Alexandria, Virginia.
Phyllis Eisen, Vice President, Manufacturers Institute, Washington, DC.
Julie A. Flik, Executive Vice President, Compass Group, North American 
Division, Rye Brook, New York.
Fred M. Haag, President, IRBY Construction, Jackson, Mississippi.
Kelvin D. Harrison, Technical Training Manager, Caterpillar Inc., East 
Peoria, Illinois.
Frederick N. Humphreys, President & CEO, Home Builders Institute, 
Washington, DC.
Stephen C. Mandes, Executive Director, National Institute for 
Metalworking Skills, Fairfax, Virginia.
Karen T. Soehner, Nursing Administrator, Avante at Ormond Beach Nursing 
and Rehabilitation Center, Ormond Beach, Florida.
Linda Maria Yu Bien, Acting Chief Executive Officer, North East Medical 
Services, Los Altos Hills, California.

Represents: Public

Sharon C. Chu, Attorney, Law Offices of Sharon C. Chu, Rockville, 
Maryland.
Arthur H. DeRosier, Jr., Billings, Montana.
Diane Enzi, Washington, DC.
Conrad H.C. Everhard, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Thomas F. Hartnett (Chair), Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein, PC, 
Albany, New York.
Mark Maki, President, National Association of State and Territorial 
Apprenticeship Directors, Helena, Montana.
Irving Pressley McPhail, Chancellor, The Community College of Baltimore 
County, Baltimore, Maryland.
Terrence P. O'Mahoney, Commissioner Representing Labor, Texas Workforce 
Commission, Austin, Texas.
James D. VanErden, Director, Workforce Development, Goodwill 
Industries, Bethesda, Maryland.
Vacancy.

Represents: Labor

Mark H. Ayers, Director, Construction & Maintenance, International 
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Washington, DC.
George H. Bliss, III, Director of Training, United Association of 
Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry of the 
U.S. & Canada, Washington, DC.
Stephen A. Brown, Director, Construction Training Department, 
International Union of Operating Engineers, Washington, DC.
Dwight W. Duke, Director of Programs, Laborers-AGC Education and 
Training Fund, Pomfret Center, Connecticut.
John S. Gaal, Director of Training & Workforce Development, Carpenters' 
District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity, Ballwin, Missouri.
Sonny Hall, President, Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, New 
York, New York.
Mark S. Johnson, National Training Director, International Brotherhood 
of Teamsters, Anchorage, Alaska.
Thaddeus R. Kuczynski , Executive Director, International Training 
Institute for the Sheet Metal Workers & Air Conditioning Industry, 
Alexandria, Virginia.
William V. Taylor, 4th District Vice President, International 
Association of Fire Fighters, Baltimore, Maryland.
Michael L. White, Executive Director of Apprenticeship and Training, 
International Union of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing 
Iron Workers, Washington, DC.

    Nominees were selected from employer or national employer 
associations; employees or national employees associations; religious, 
social welfare, academic, charitable organizations, community based 
organizations; national women's organizations, state or local 
government.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of April 2003.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-11131 Filed 5-5-03; 8:45 am]
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