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29 May 2014 -Washington, DC - Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez dropped by the Native American Employment & Training Council meeting to give brief remarks. ETA Assistant Secretary Portia Wu gave remarks earlier in the program. Council members on hand for the meeting were: Region 1 Mr. Darrell Waldron Executive Director Rhode Island Indian Council, Inc. Providence, Rhode Island And Chairperson of Indian and Native American Advisory Council; Region 3 Mr. Elkton Richardson, (PICTURED) WIA Program Director, North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs Raleigh, North Carolina And Vice Chairperson of Indian and Native American Advisory Council; Region 3 Mr. James Hardin Executive Director Lumbee Regional Development Association, Inc. Pembroke, North Carolina; Region 4 Dr. Rodney Stapp, MD, Executive Director Urban Inter-Tribal Center of Texas Dallas, Texas; Region 5 Ms. Jessica James, MA, WIA Director Indian Center, Inc. Lincoln, Nebraska; Region 5 Ms. Christine Molle, Executive Director American Indian Council North Kansas City, Missouri; Region 6 Ms. Lorenda T. Sanchez, Executive Director California Indian Manpower Consortium, Inc. Sacramento, California; Region 6 Ms. Kristen English, Chief Operating Officer Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Anchorage, Alaska; Ms. Winona Whitman Director, Department of Employment and Training, Alu Like, Honolulu, Hawaii; Mr. Jacob Bernal Executive Director, American Indian Association of Tucson, Tucson, Arizona; Dr. David Yarlott, President, Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency, Montana; Dr. David Gipp, President, United Tribes Technical College, Bismarck, North Dakota.

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