WASHINGTON DC – On March 7, 2014, the Department of Health and Human Services hosted another FAPAC One Day Leadership Workshop in Washington, DC to capacity crowd of 150 in person and remotely through Adobe Connect. Presenters included Juliet Choi, Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor from the HHS Office of Civil Rights, Marla Hendrikssen, Associate Administrator for Communication and Public Affairs at SAMHSA/HHS. Kenneth M. Bailey and Scott Lenum from Office of Civil Rights, ICE/DHS spoke about mentoring and problem solving. Hai Tran, CEO of Veracity Engineering, shared his experience on leadership and entrepreneurship. The next One Day Workshop will be held in early June. Please visit the web site for registration and update.

Established in 1985, FAPAC is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that promotes equal opportunity and cultural diversity among the 155,000 civilian and military AAPI employees in the Federal and District of Columbia governments of all ranks, including GS and SES employees and managers. FAPAC carries out its mission through activities in conjunctions with the observance of the Heritage Month, held during the month of May each year, and through its education program including the annual national training program held around the country, and its Military and Civilian Award programs. FAPAC Scholarship for Public Service is administered through the FAPAC Scholarship Fund, The National Training Program (NTP) will be held May 5-9, 2014 at the new Sheraton Charlotte in North Carolina. For further information on these and other activities, please visit www.fapac.org.