PHWP: Good Company

I'm thrilled to announce that we've confirmed the keynote speaker for APA's 2010 Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award Ceremony [drum roll, please...]

Former U.S. Secretary of Labor

We were fortunate enough to have Secretary Herman deliver the address at our inaugural event back in 2006 and given what's been going on in the economy since then, we thought it was a great time to bring her back.

Alexis M. Herman was America’s 23rd Secretary of Labor and the first African American ever to lead the United States Department of Labor.

As secretary, she focused on a prepared workforce, a secure workforce, and quality workplaces. With that mandate in mind, she consolidated the Department’s wide array of skills development programs into a simpler, more efficient system. She led the effort to institute a global child labor standard; moved people from welfare to work with dignity and launched the most aggressive unemployed youth initiative since the 1970’s. Under her tenure unemployment in the country reached a thirty-year low and the nation witnessed the safest workplace record in the history of the Department of Labor. Herman’s actions as secretary were a reflection of her understanding of the needs of America’s workers and the challenges they faced as this nation approached the 21st Century.

A successful businesswoman and authority on the evolving workforce, Secretary Herman will speak to today's issues, including competition, work-life issues and the importance of creating a healthy workplace as we head into the economic recovery.