Next Commission Meeting Wednesday, July 18

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a meeting on Wednesday, July 18, at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the open session of the meeting will be open to public observation of the Commission’s deliberations and voting. For scheduling purposes, the meeting is anticipated to conclude at 4:30 pm.

In February, the Commission approved a Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2012-2016. The first performance measure of the Strategic Plan requires the Commission to approve a Strategic Enforcement Plan (SEP), which it is now developing. In June, the Commission solicited written public input into the development of the SEP. On July 18, the Commission will hear publically from five roundtables of invited guests on what the agency’s national enforcement priorities should be for the next three years in order to have the greatest impact on combating discrimination in the workplace. The participants will also address recommendations for improving enforcement, outreach and prevention, and customer service.

The Commission is scheduled to hear from the following confirmed panelists and organizations:

Former EEOC Leadership Roundtable

Former Chair Gilbert Casellas, OMNITRU
Former Vice Chair Leslie Silverman, Proskauer Rose LLP

Private and State and Local Government Sectors Roundtable I

Sahar Aziz, Texas Wesleyan School of Law
David Burton, National Small Business Association
Claudia Center, Employment Law Center
Brian East, Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities
Fatima Goss Graves, Employment Task Force, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Ray McClain, Employment Task Force, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Joshua Stehlik, National Immigration Law Center
Bobbie Wanzo, Illinois Department of Human Rights

Private and State and Local Sectors Government Roundtable II

Marc Bendick, Bendick and Egan Economic Consultants, Inc
Deborah Eisenberg, University of Maryland School of Law
Daniel Kohrman, National Employment Lawyers Association
Joyce Margulies, Margulies Employment Law Consulting
Nancy Modesitt, University of Baltimore School of Law
Joseph Sellers, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC
Gary Siniscalco, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Federal Sector Roundtable

Banjo Akinyemi, Federal Disability Workforce Consortium
Sharon Eller, U.S. Department of the Interior
Ernest Hadley, Federal Employment Law Training Group
Leonard Hirsch, Federal GLOBE
Joseph Leonard, U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Coalition for Equity in Public Service
Patricia Randle, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO
Jason Zuckerman, U.S. Office of Special Counsel

EEOC Employees Roundtable

William Cash, Little Rock Area Office
Reuben Daniels, Charlotte District Office
Elizabeth Grossman, New York District Office
John Hendrickson, Chicago District Office
James Lee, SES Advisory Council
Gabrielle Martin, National Council of EEOC Locals
Kathleen Mulligan, Administrative Judges Association

Seating is limited, and it is suggested that visitors arrive 30 minutes before the meeting in order to be processed through security and escorted to the meeting room.

The Commission agenda is subject to revision. Additional information about the hearing, when available, will be posted at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/meetings/index.cfm.

The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.