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Obama Administration Regional and State Executive Level Positions Still Open - People With Disabilities Needed! |
| July 20th, 2009 |
| Category Career Prep, General Announcement |
| Subject: Obama Administration Regional and State Executive Level Positions Still Open - People With Disabilities Needed! Dear Friends: The White House Office of Personnel has just informed the Committee on Disability Power and Pride that they are looking now to fill multiple political and other appointments within the Administration’s state and regional offices around the country. They are reaching out to the disability community to obtain the names and resumes of people for such appointments. This is a great opportunity to expand the number of people with disabilities serving at senior levels within the Administration. Specifically, the Administration still has approximately 47 positions left to fill within the state offices of the US Department of Agriculture. The positions are for State Directors under Rural Development/Housing Service division and under the Farm and Foreign Agriculture Service division. In addition, the Administration has about 100 executive level positions open throughout the ten (10) regional offices of the following agencies: Environmental Protection Agency Small Business Administration Health and Human Services Department of Interior Federal Emergency Management Administration Department of Commerce General Services Administration Commerce – Fisheries positions Housing and Urban Development Department of Labor The regional offices for these agencies are located in the following cities: Region 1 – Boston, MA; Region 2 - New York, NY ; Region 3 – Philadelphia, PA; Region 4 –Atlanta, GA; Region 5 – Chicago, IL Region 6 – Dallas, TX; Region 7 – Kansas City, KS; Region 8– Denver, CO; Region 9 – San Francisco, CA; and Region 10 – Seattle, WA. Each regional office serves several nearby states, and candidates are responsible for the entire region. Because all of these state and regional positions are highly visible, public roles where appointees will be serving as the representative of the Administration, candidates need to be comfortable with public speaking, capable of working with media, able to travel within their region, have significant management experience and overall be able to serve as reputable public spokespersons for the Administration. The Administration will be obtaining suggestions from elected officials for these political appointments within their regions, but the input from the disability community has also been specifically sought and encouraged. Interested candidates may want to contact their local representative or Senator or Governor in addition to supplying information to the CDPP, given the importance of those elected officials’ support in obtaining these appointments. Please send in names and resumes, along with talking points about why a particular candidate would be ideal for any of these positions, the name of the specific positions for which the applicant is qualified, to personnel@disabilitypowerandpride.org. Please feel free to include any questions in the email messages, and they will be answered as soon as possible. While resumes for all positions are needed as soon as possible, but we understand that the Administration is filling the positions in a particular order. Specifically, the USDA positions are being filled immediately, with the EPA, then SBA, and then HHS and GSA positions next in line. DOL positions will be considered closer to the end of the year, and HUD is being filled city by city. As soon as we know more detailed information on the process for any of these agencies, we will pass that along. With best regards, Alexandra (Sandy) K. Finucane, Esq. Co-Chair, Personnel Subcommittee Committee on Disability Power and Pride |
