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March 19-23, 2012
NAJA Annual Conference
John Chamberlin is a lawyer with over thirty years of experience in managing, designing and trouble shooting workforce services. He’s worked in all 50 states and with over 200 local workforce areas. He grew up in Chicago, moved West for law school and now lives in the Portland, Oregon area on a small farm.
Thomas J. Diehl, CPA is a sole practitioner from Mt. Clemens,
Michigan. Prior to starting his own
firm, he was a forensic accountant with the Whall Group in Auburn Hills,
Michigan. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University
of Detroit in 1982 and master s degree in taxation from Walsh College in 1994. Tom has been involved with Workforce Systems
since he was asked to assist in a forensic investigation of the City of Detroit
Employment and Training Department in 2003.
Since 2003 Tom has worked on numerous projects including investigating and
monitoring sub-recipients and working with local Workforce Areas to resolve
audit findings and improve fiscal systems.
His professional expertise has been called upon by the State of New
Mexico, Arkansas as well as Workforce Boards from Wisconsin, Oregon, Michigan
and Maine. He is currently working with
Boards and service providers in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Contact him at: Phone: (586) 868-0754, Email: tjdiehlcpa@cavtel.net
Michael Scott is the president of Denver based Career Velocity, LLC. He has been a frequent presenter for numerous non-profit agency and association groups over the past 18 years. A former human resources director as well as workforce development trainer. Michael's presentations are well aligned with the pulse of emerging trends facing today's transitioning workers. Michael has a Bachelors degree in Sociology from the Ohio State University and a Master of Public Administration in Health Services Administration from the University of San Francisco.
Contact him at:
Phone: (303) 578.0791 or (916) 847-992
http://velocityofcareer.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/yourcareerstrategist
Twitter: http://twitter.com/careervelocity
Biosketches of our PAST DISTINGUISHED PRESENTERS (partial list):
Mr. Donahue is the former Chief of the DOL/ETA Division of Policy, Review and Resolution in the Office of Grants and Contracts Management. In that capacity, he was responsible for regulations and policy guidance for all fiscal and administrative matters associated with ETA grant programs. His involvement and experience in these matters date back to the closeout of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program, through the implementation and closeout of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program and into ETA’s newest program administered under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) directed that Mr. Donahue take the lead in a multi-agency effort to develop guidance for the one-stop system mandated by WIA. After the completion of that effort, the Comprehensive One-Stop Financial Management Technical Assistance Guide (TAG) was developed under his direction and guidance. He also represented DOL on the government wide Grants Policy Committee responsible for developing consistent rules and regulations to be used by all federal agencies. In addition, Mr. Donahue was responsible for the resolution of all audits of ETA program grants and contracts as well as for the closeout of those grants and contracts after the period of performance ended. He retired from the U.S. Department of Labor on August 1, 2008, after a total of 38 years service to the federal government.
Steve Garfinkel - Mr. Garfinkel has over 40 years of experience in federal programs. He started in Army Audit Agency in 1962 and worked for that organization both in this country and in Europe. Upon his return to the U.S. in 1965, he worked for the Departments of Army, Labor and Defense as an auditor, both here and abroad. Steve transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in 1971 and served in various management positions until his initial retirement in 1985. He returned to the federal government and joined the Department of Labor’s Office of Cost Determination in 1991. Steve served as Director of that Office from 1995 until his latest retirement in 2002. He has also served on the faculty of the USDA Graduate School, teaching courses on the OMB administrative and cost principals. Since his latest retirement, Steve has been consulting for several federal agencies and private organizations as presenter, facilitator, negotiator, etc. He is presently an Associate with Costing Solutions LLP, which specializes in costing issues in the federal arena.
Macey Prince-Swinson
Consultant
Mrs. Macey Prince-Swinson a recent retiree as the Grants and Contracts Specialist in the San Francisco Regional Office of the Employment and Training Administration, United States Department of Labor (ETA, USDOL). She worked for the USDOL for over 30 years. She was responsible for providing technical assistance and training to ETA staff and ETA grantees and for monitoring administrative and financial management activities of the ETA grantees. Mrs. Prince-Swinson has presented numerous times at the Western Regional NAJA conferences.
Mary Ann Lawrence
President/CEO of Center for Workforce Learning
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MaryAnn Lawrence, CEO Center for Workforce Learning, Inc.
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Ray Eibel, Director, Business Development
Educational Data Systems, Inc.
Wendell, North Carolina 27591
(919) 366-9130 Phone
reibel@EDSIsolutions.com <mailto:reibel@edsicorporated.com>
www.EDSIsolutions.com <http://www.edsincorporated.com
Prior to joining EDSI in 1997, Mr. Eibel was involved in the criminal justice field. During his employment with EDSI he has assisted in the design and implementation of numerous workforce development programs. During his tenure as Director of Business Development, EDSI has grown from a company with three offices in two states to a firm with over twenty-five offices.
Barbara Burger & Barbara Lefferts
Delaware County, PA Intermediate Unit
Barbara Burger,
Supervisor
OPTIONS Transition Services & Vision Support Services
Delaware County Intermediate
Unit
200 Yale Avenue, Morton PA 19070
Phone: 610-938-9000 ext 2317
Fax: 610 938-9890
Email: bburger@dciu.org
Barbara Burger has been an
employee of the Delaware County Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania for the past
30 years. She has been actively involved with the OPTIONS program for the
past 26 years as a job coordinator and supervisor. OPTIONS is a program
that provides a continuum of services to enable both youth and adults to be
employed. Before that she taught students with multiple disabilities. For
the past 9 years she has supervised both OPTIONS and Vision support services.
Barbaras is an active member of the ARC of Delaware County, the Office of
Mental Retardation Everyday Lives Committee, Council of Exceptional Children
and the Pennsylvania Vision Consortium.
Barbara Lefferts , Liaison Coordinator
OPTIONS Transition Services
Delaware County Intermediate Unit
200 Yale Avenue, Morton PA 19070
Phone: 610-938-9000 ext 2232
Fax: 610 938-9890
Email: blefferts@dciu.org
Barbara Lefferts has been working for the OPTIONS program of the Delaware County Intermediate Unit of Pennsylvania for the past 15 years. She works as a Liaison Coordinator to facilitate supportive employment activities for both students and adults.. She is chairman of the executive committee of the Everyday Lives Committee sponsored by the Office of Mental Retardation and facilitates Job Placement Partners, a group that monthly shares strategies, concerns, and leads for county wide job development.
Thomas F. Citro Administration Manager
Delaware County Office of Employment and Training,
9 South 69th Street, Third Floor
Upper Darby, PA. 19082
(610) 713-2230 (phone) (610)713-2224 (fax
tcitro@comcast.net
Tom Citro has been a workforce development professional for twenty-five years. He is responsible for contract administration and accounts payable. He has an M.A. in Educational Counseling,
A Secondary School Teacher & Counselor Certificate, a Certificate for Youth Employment Counseling from the U.S. Dept. of Labor, and he is listed in Who’s Who for Professionals in Non-Profit Organizations. Prior Experience:
Served as an Employment Counselor for a job training pilot program under the Manpower Development Training Act (MDTA) of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Participated in the establishment of the first Youth Opportunity Center for the New Jersey State Employment Service. Recruited the first young men in New Jersey for the Job Corps, and for the first Neighborhood Youth Corps, with funding by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Served as Training Coordinator at a pilot project for the U.S. Department of Labor at Miles College, Birmingham, Alabama, to train young minority college students to become employment counselors to place disadvantaged adults in job training.
At Philco-Ford Corp, Education and Training Division in Philadelphia, PA, developed on-the-job training positions at businesses & industry throughout the city, as part of the first comprehensive job training program for adults awarded to private industry by the United States Dept. of Labor.
