Sesquicentennial Accessibility Campus A- Z Campus Map University Calendar Academics Admissions Illinois State University University Calendar Public Service and Outreach Extended Learning Camps College and Main Center for Informatics Gamma Phi Circus Extended University NCIST
Return to NCIST Main Page

EMILY STOVER DeROCCO
Assistant Secretary
Employment and Training Administration
U. S. Department of Labor

Emily Stover DeRocco invites legislators to investigate ways in which their involvement may benefit workforce constituents in their respective regions.

Emily Stover DeRocco was nominated by President Bush to be Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training on June 21, 2001. After being confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she was sworn in on August 3, 2001.

As Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Ms. DeRocco is responsible for managing a $11.1 billion budget that funds the country's public workforce investment system, which includes a number of important programs to America's workers and businesses. Ms. DeRocco has made it her purpose to develop a 'demand driven' workforce investment system, which links employment, education, and economic development. Her belief is that only by effectively equipping workers with the skills that are needed by employers, and better understanding the workforce needs of business, can we create the high-skilled workforce needed to maintain a globally competitive workforce in the 21st century.

Ms. DeRocco brings a wealth of experience to her position. In addition to high level federal positions serving the Cabinet officers at the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Energy during the Reagan Administration, Ms. DeRocco spent over ten years as the Executive Director of the National Association of State Workforce Agencies.

Assistant Secretary DeRocco is a native of Pennsylvania. She graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and received her Juris Doctorate degree from the Georgetown Law Center in 1982. She was admitted to the Bar of the District of Columbia in 1983.

Assistant Secretary DeRocco’s Speech at ISU Press Conference

Illinois State University - National Center for Integrated Systems Technology, Campus Box 4090, Normal, IL 61790-4090
Phone: (309) 438-7440, FAX: (309) 438-5069, Email: ncist@ilstu.edu
Location: 305 S. Linden St., Normal, IL 61761

This product was funded by a grant awarded under the President's High Growth Job Training Initiative as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment & Training Administration. The information contained in this product was created by a grantee organization and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. All references to non-governmental companies or organizations, their services, products, or resources are offered for informational purposes and should not be construed as an endorsement by the Department of Labor. This product is copyrighted by the institution that created it and is intended for individual organizational, non-commercial use only.