Thompson to Hold Diversity Roundtable

June 24, 2008

WASHINGTON , June 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 25th , Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, will hold a Diversity Best Practices Roundtable. The roundtable will bring together acknowledged diversity leaders from several business sectors, including private for-profit businesses, non-profit organizations, and governmental entities, to discuss their challenges and experiences in achieving model diversity initiatives. The lessons that these entities have already learned may yield important information that can be used to increase workforce diversity in the Federal sector.

Diversity Best Practices Roundtable

10 a.m.-12 p.m., Wednesday, June 25, 2008

311 Cannon House Office Building

Host

Chairman Bennie G. Thompson

House Committee on Homeland Security

Moderator

George Curry , Syndicated Columnist

Participants

Representatives from:

GAO, AARP, Verizon Communications, Novartis Pharmaceutical Company, Accenture, General Motors, National Education Association

SOURCE Committee on Homeland Security

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