Chief Human Capital Officers Council
Meeting of the CHCO Academy

10/14/2010
Office of Personnel Management, Pendleton Conference Room, 5th Floor. RSVP Required to chcoc@opm.gov

 11:00 a.m. to 1:00p.m.

Pendleton Room, 5th Floor, Office of Personnel Management

Diversity Series on Hiring the Best: Outreach and Recruitment of Hispanics in the Federal Workforce

Learning Objective: To educate federal HR professionals and hiring managers about tools, methods, and resources that can be used to increase opportunities for the recruitment of Hispanic job seekers, and to share best practices on creating pathways to the federal government for students and minorities.

 11:00-11:15 Opening Remarks and Overview

Ø Kathryn Medina, Executive Director, CHCO Council

Ø Christine Griffin, Deputy Director, OPM

Ø Jessie Dearo, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President

11:15-11:40 Agency Best Practices on Hispanic Outreach

Ø Amelia Longoria, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity, Social Security Administration

Ø George Waldman, Director, Employment Solutions Division, Department of Energy

11:40-11:50 Outreach to the Hispanic Community

Ø Fernando Rey, President & CEO, Heroes & Heritage

Session Break

12:00-12:30 Capabilities and Resources of Hispanic STEM Organizations

  Pilar Montoya, CEO, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
  Mike Acosta, President, Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists MAES (MAES)
  JD Garcia, President, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science SACNAS (SACNAS)

12:30-12:40 Hispanic STEM Organizations as Recruiters

  Diana Gomez, Chair, SHPE Foundation

12:40-1:00 Q&A – All Speakers/Closing Remarks

  Kathryn Medina, Executive Director, CHCO Council