[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17265-17266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1520]


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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 appointments of 31 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. Ten members 
represent labor, ten members represent employers, and eleven 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 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-4671, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C. 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.


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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, Nursing Home Administrator, Avante at Ormond 
Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Ormond Beach, Florida.

Represents: Labor

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

Mr. George H. Bliss, III, 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.

Mr. 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, United Brotherhood of 
Carpenters, International Training Center, 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, Commissioner of Labor, Kentucky Department of 
Labor, 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, Staten Island, New York.

Ms. Diana Enzi, Washington, DC.

Mr. Earl Everett, President, National Association of Government Labor 
Officials, Atlanta, Georgia.

The Honorable Mufi Hannemann, Mayor of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Mr. Thomas F. Hartnett, Attorney, Meyer, Suozzi, English and Klein, PC, 
Albany, New York.

Mr. Mark Maki, President, National Association of State and Territorial 
Apprenticeship Directors, Helena, Montana.

Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, Chancellor, The Community College of 
Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland.

Ms. Audrey Silverstein, U.S. Embassy--Montevideo.

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

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 28th day of March, 2005.
Emily Stover DeRocco,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training Administration .
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