Main Conference Day One

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012

HIRING THE BEST: Developments And Opportunities In Recruitment And Hiring Reform

7:15 Registration & Continental Breakfast

Registration & Continental Breakfast

7:55 Welcome Address

Welcome Address

8:00 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

A Representative of Monster Government Solutions

8:15 America's Navy: A Global Force For Good

Honorable Juan M. Garcia, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), US Navy - ASN (M&RA)

The vision of the Department of the Navy is to develop and effectively utilize a fully integrated workforce – consisting of military service members (active and reserve), government civilians, contractors, and volunteers – to execute the Naval mission, with the right person, doing the right work, at the right time, with the right training, at the best value. This session provides a strategic update on DON Human Capital from the Department of the Navy Manpower and Reserve Affairs

Honorable Juan M. Garcia

Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), US Navy - ASN (M&RA)

Juan M. Garcia, III was confirmed as the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) on 16 September 2009.

Garcia is an attorney, former Texas State Representative, and a second-generation naval aviator. Born May 27, 1966, his family hails from South Texas. He graduated from UCLA in 1988, giving the commencement speech [read more]

9:00 Industry Keynote Presentation

A Representative of Monster Government Solutions

9:45 Update On The Presidential Memorandum Hiring Reform Initiative

Angela Bailey, Associate Director, Employee Services, Office of Personnel Management

mproving USAJOBS
Streamlining job opportunity announcements
Reducing time to hire: Keys to getting good candidates in less time
Increasing applicants’ satisfaction with the hiring process

Angela Bailey

Associate Director, Employee Services, Office of Personnel Management

Angela Bailey became OPM’s Associate Director for Employee Services and the agency’s Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) in July 2011. She is responsible for the design, development, and implementation of Government-wide human resources policy and programs for recruitment and hiring, pay and leave, performance management, employee development, executive resources, labor relations, and work/life. As [read more]

10:30 Morning Networking Refreshment Break

Morning Networking Refreshment Break

11:00 Budget Cuts, Funding And Lack of Resources: Doing More With Less

Michael Chase, Executive Director, Human Capital, Defense Contract Management Agency

In the face of funding cuts, reducing contractors, a hiring freeze for all but critical jobs and the proposed cutting of at least 150 senior executive service positions and 50 general and flag officer positions during the next two years

Articulating requirements: How to successfully compete for scarce resources
Current pressure to reduce the number of contractors and reservists
HR personnel under pressure to streamline processes

Michael Chase

Executive Director, Human Capital, Defense Contract Management Agency

Mr. Chase is the Executive Director for Human Capital for the Defense Contract Management Agency. He leads 100 human resources professionals who service more than 10,000 civilian and military personnel executing worldwide contract management for more than 18,000 contractors and $200 billion in unliquidated obligations. In Mr. Chase’s previous two assignments, he served as the Director of Human Res [read more]

11:45 Building A Talent Pipeline: Communications And Recruitment Strategies

Eric Vazquez , Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

Leveraging innovative technology and communication strategies to recruit, hire, and retain talent
Building partnerships and conducting outreach activities to attract a diverse workforce
Collecting and analyzing recruiting metrics to improve decision-making and report returns on recruiting investment

Eric Vazquez

Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

Mr. Vazquez, an Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, has supported the workforce planning and strategic recruitment needs of such clients as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Chief Information Officer, the U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC), and most recently, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), where he led the enterprise-wide development and deployment of a [read more]

12:30 PANEL: Workforce Transition & Talent Management

Will Brown, Talent Manager and Deputy Director of Business Operations and Services, US Navy - Office of Naval Research
Barbara Panther, Director, Department of the Army, Civilian Human Resources Agency, US Army - Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA)
Ron Sanders, Senior Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton

Potential DoD drawdown, filling hard to fill skills
Transitioning between corporate life, civilian and active service; retiring
Reducing contractors and planning for a new era of doing more with less

Will Brown

Talent Manager and Deputy Director of Business Operations and Services, US Navy - Office of Naval Research

Will Brown has spent most of his professional career working for the U.S. Department of Defense. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy and currently serves as a civilian leader for the Office of Naval Research (ONR). As a role model and mentor to those who work for and with him, Brown demonstrates leadership skills that help him and others to navigate the federal government workplace. While in [read more]

Barbara Panther

Director, Department of the Army, Civilian Human Resources Agency, US Army - Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA)

Ms. Barbara P. Panther assumed the position of Director of the Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA) in October 2008. In this capacity, she is responsible for providing comprehensive civilian human resources services, advice, and support to Commanders, Directors, and employees at installations and activities throughout the Department of the Army. Ms. Panther manages operations in Headquarters CHR [read more]

Ron Sanders

Senior Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton

Retiring in 2010 after 37 years of Federal service (20 as a senior executive), Dr. Ronald Sanders is now a Senior Executive Advisor with the management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton; in that capacity, he helps Federal agencies deal with human capital, learning, and organizational transformation challenges.A finalist for the 2010 Service to America Career Achievement Medal, Dr. Sanders most r [read more]

1:30 Luncheon

Luncheon

2:45 Small Group Brainstorming:Developments And Opportunities In Recruitment And Hiring Reform

Chris Robertson, Director, Military HR & Manpower Solutions, STG International, Inc.

This hands-on exercise gives you a new way of thinking and ideas to bring back to your office. Collaborate and problem solve with your peers! Each small group will have a specific theme, no more than 20 people and last 45 minutes. During this time, your group will work together to determine the challenges, solutions and plan of action. You will have the opportunity to attend two separate roundtables.

Chris Robertson

Director, Military HR & Manpower Solutions, STG International, Inc.

Chris Robertson is the Director of Military HR and Manpower Solutions for STG International in Alexandria VA. He is a retired Army Signal Corps Colonel with 30 years of service, his final six years being with the US Army Human Resources Command. The last three years of service were as the Chief of the Officer Personnel Management System (OPMS). Here he and his team researched, developed, vetted, a [read more]

3:30 Afternoon Networking Refreshment Break

Afternoon Networking Refreshment Break

4:00 DoD Diversity Efforts And Equal Employment Opportunity Planning

Captain Kenneth J. Barrett, Deputy Director, Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity, US Department of Defense - Office of the Secretary

Providing an overarching framework for DoD diversity and civilian
equal employment opportunity (EEO) programs and plans to prevent
unlawful discrimination
Developing recruitment programs that attract a diverse talent pool
Complying with Executive Order (July 2010)-- Increasing Federal Employment of Individuals with Disabilities: What are the best practices for recruitment and retention of persons with disabilities

Captain Kenneth J. Barrett

Deputy Director, Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity, US Department of Defense - Office of the Secretary

Captain Barrett is currently serving as the Under Secretary of Defense’s Deputy Director, Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity in Washington, DC. He is a native of Worcester, Massachusetts and graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1984. Upon commissioning through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC), he served on USS DENVER (LPD 9) in multiple engineering role [read more]

4:45 Update On The Student Pathways Programs: Internships, Recent Graduates And The Presidential Management Fellows Programs

Juanita Wheeler, Student and PMF Program Manager, Office of Personnel Management

Offering clear paths to Federal internships for students from high school through post-graduate school
Developing clear paths to civil service careers for recent graduates
Providing meaningful training, mentoring, and career-development opportunities

Juanita Wheeler

Student and PMF Program Manager, Office of Personnel Management

Juanita Wheeler began her government career as a Department of Army Education Specialist intern at Fort Carson, CO. She completed her internship at the Pentagon Education Department where she became a Department of Army Guidance Counselor. While at the Pentagon, she entered an upward mobility position in the Office of the Secretary of the Army, Civil Works. After two years with the Army Secretaria [read more]

5:30 Networking Cocktail Reception

Networking Cocktail Reception

6:30 Main Conference Day One Concludes

Main Conference Day One Concludes






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Main Conference Day One

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012

Honorable Juan M. Garcia Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), US Navy - ASN (M&RA)

Angela Bailey Associate Director, Employee Services, Office of Personnel Management

Michael Chase Executive Director, Human Capital, Defense Contract Management Agency

Eric Vazquez Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

Will Brown Talent Manager and Deputy Director of Business Operations and Services, US Navy - Office of Naval Research

Barbara Panther Director, Department of the Army, Civilian Human Resources Agency, US Army - Civilian Human Resources Agency (CHRA)

Ron Sanders Senior Executive Advisor, Booz Allen Hamilton

Chris Robertson Director, Military HR & Manpower Solutions, STG International, Inc.

Captain Kenneth J. Barrett Deputy Director, Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity, US Department of Defense - Office of the Secretary

Juanita Wheeler Student and PMF Program Manager, Office of Personnel Management