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Michelle Stanistreet has been returned unopposed to serve a third term as general secretary of the National Union of Journalists, UK & Ireland.
At the close of nominations she was the only candidate. Her re-election was confirmed at a meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) on Thursday 13 May.
Michelle Stanistreet was first elected general secretary in 2011, having previously been elected deputy general secretary. She was the first woman deputy general secretary, elected in 2008, and became the first woman in the NUJ's history to be elected as general secretary in April 2011.
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SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday announced a new member of the state Cabinet:
Vigil will relieve Secretary Brian Blalock , who is stepping down this month to support his wife’s pursuit of new work opportunities in California.
“I’m incredibly excited to announce this transition in leadership. Justice Vigil is a tremendously talented, incisive and well-respected public servant who has a depth and breadth of experience few in our state can match,” said Gov. Lujan Grisham. “We are lucky to have her, and I’m very grateful to her for her willingness to step back into the arena and take on a challenging opportunity for the benefit of children and families of New Mexico.”
Vigil, 62, has worked as a judge and lawyer in New Mexico for more than three decades, in that time ascending to the state’s highest court and earning the respect of colleagues in the legal community and in public service more broadly for her diligence, dedication and breadth of experience. Elected to the New Mexico Supreme Court in 2012, she served with distinction for almost 9 full years, including a stint as Chief Justice, before her retirement in June. Prior to serving on the high court, she was a judge in the First Judicial District Court beginning in 2000, presiding over more than 16,000 cases over 12 years and playing an instrumental role in the establishment of juvenile justice boards — which serve as a vehicle for the receipt of state and federal resources to create and sustain many critical social programs for at-risk youth. She also presided over Children’s Court for a decade, advocating for improved systems to meet the critical needs of New Mexico children and families. Before her time as a judge, Vigil worked in private practice. She earned a degree in accounting from New Mexico State University and her law degree from the University of New Mexico.
“I’m deeply humbled to have this incredible opportunity to continue serving our state,” Vigil said. “Throughout my career I have tried to be a passionate advocate for the children and families of New Mexico. There is so much need. And the systems that serve them, as we all know, do not always meet those needs. I have observed first-hand in my professional career where those breakdowns occur, and I know we are capable, as a state, of marshaling the critical resources and compassion to create an environment where children and families have what they need to lead safe, happy, healthy lives. I’m grateful to the governor for her confidence in me, and I very much look forward to taking on this new and exciting leadership role.”
Blalock has served as secretary since the outset of the Lujan Grisham administration, during which time the department drastically reduced its investigatory backlog, focusing on the successful completion of timely and high-quality investigations to ensure child safety and wellbeing. Among other initiatives, Blalock and CYFD implemented new safety measures to prevent child fatalities and put in place new protocols that resulted in a significant increase in kinship care, prioritizing keeping children with family or tribal community members whenever safe and feasible to do so. Under his leadership, CYFD worked through the challenging circumstances of the pandemic to provide food, housing, and mental health services to New Mexicans across the state, delivering more than 2.6 million pounds of food and providing more than 47,000 nights of shelter all across New Mexico.
CYFD on Monday published a progress and impact report highlighting the agency’s work as well as a Fiscal Year 2021 “360 Report” drilling down to the county level on some of the data referenced in the progress and impact report.
“I’m honored to have had the chance to serve the families and children of New Mexico,” said Blalock. “In close to three years, we have built structures and processes to turn CYFD around and made real progress in rebuilding the children’s behavioral health delivery system, increasing placement stability for our youth in care by prioritizing relatives and in-state community homes and establishing new safety measures so our child welfare system is intervening at the right time and in the right ways. The result is a CYFD that is better supporting children and families and increasing their safety and overall well-being. While I have loved my time and work in New Mexico, the pandemic has made it clear to me the importance of being close to family. My wife has an incredible career opportunity to go back and lead the advocacy organization where she first started her career and to be closer to our family, and I will be there to support her. I know the diligent workers of CYFD will continue to make incredible efforts day in and day out for the benefit of this state.”
“When Brian agreed to take this role, my expectation and hope was that an expert set of eyes from outside of our system would be the right ingredient to help move the ball forward for New Mexico children and families,” the governor said. “He inherited an agency in disarray, with employees who had been sidelined and discouraged by an administration that did not prioritize or support this essential work. Under his leadership the agency has made progress and implemented productive policies. I think we are in a great position, with CYFD, to build on the past two and a half years and move forward. I’m grateful to Secretary Blalock for his contributions to our state.”
Vigil is scheduled to begin work as secretary Oct. 1. Mariana Padilla , director of the state Children’s Cabinet, will serve as interim CYFD secretary after Blalock’s departure.
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No presidential administration in U.S. history has been the target of more negative conspiracy theories and outright myths than that of President Barack Obama . Of course, there was the so-called “birther movement” that falsely claimed that Obama was a Muslim born in Kenya and thus ineligible to serve as president. Then came the equally false claims that Obama had shunned the National Day of Prayer and used taxpayer money to fund abortions.
Not even First Lady Michelle Obama was off-limits, as claims appeared that she had an “unprecedented” number of staffers. Even after the Obamas had left the White House, the attacks continued as a highly-liked post on Facebook claimed that Michelle Obama “had a staff of 23” while Melania Trump “has a staff of 4.” Was it right?
Michelle Obama 's staff consisted of 18 employees who got paid nearly $1.5 million in salary in 2010, according to the administration's Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff.
The size of Michelle Obama's 2010 staff is comparable to the staff of former First Lady Laura Bush in 2008. Both First Ladies had 15 staffers directly under them, plus three more in the Office of the White House Social Secretary. The 15 employees who were members of Michelle Obama's staff in the Office of the First Lady were paid $1,198,870 in 2010.
Three more staffers worked in the Office of the Social Secretary, which is under the jurisdiction of the Office of the First Lady; they earned a total of $282,600, the administration's Annual Report to Congress on White House Staff stated.
Since 1995, the White House has been required to deliver a report to Congress listing the title and salary of every White House Office employee.
Here is a list of Michelle Obama's staff and their salaries in 2010. To see the annual salaries of other top U.S. government officials go here .
The White House social secretary is responsible for planning and coordinating all social events and entertaining of guests - a sort of Event Planner in Chief for the president and first lady, if you will.
The White House social secretary works for the first lady and serves as head of the White House Social Office, which plans everything from the casual and educational student workshops to elegant and sophisticated state dinners welcoming world leaders.
In the Office of White House Social Secretary were the following staffers:
According to the June 2017 report to Congress on White House personnel, First Lady Melania Trump maintains a significantly smaller staff than her predecessor, Michelle Obama.
As of June 2017, only four people were listed as working directly for First Lady Trump for a total combined annual salary of $486,700. They were:
As did the Obama administration, the Trump administration acknowledged several additional White House staffers beyond those listed in the report with the term “first lady” in their titles. However, even counting those employees, the total of nine for the current first lady compared to a high of 24 for Michelle Obama, Melania Trump’s total staff is relatively small.
For sake of comparison, First Lady Hillary Clinton retained a staff of 19, and Laura Bush at least 18.
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Michelle Lee built her own television as a child. [3] During her senate confirmation hearing, Lee testified that she was first exposed to technology and innovation when she built a Heathkit radio with her father. [4] Her family is of Chinese descent. [5]
Lee simultaneously obtained a B.S. in electrical engineering and an M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1989; [1] [2] [6] her master's thesis was on qualitative behavior of nonlinear circuits. [7] She obtained her Juris Doctor from Stanford University School of Law in 1992. [1] [2] [6]
Before her legal career, Lee worked as a computer scientist at Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories and at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory . [6]
She was admitted to practice law in California in 1992, [1] and is a registered US patent attorney. [3] Lee served as a clerk for federal judges Vaughn R. Walker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and Paul R. Michel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit . [6]
Prior to joining the USPTO, she was an attorney with the law firm of Keker & Van Nest from 1994 to 1996, [8] when she joined Fenwick & West , where she later became a partner , before resigning in 2003 and joining Google . [9] Lee was deputy general counsel and head of patents and patent strategy at Google from 2003 to 2012. [6] [10] [11] While at Google, she co-founded Chief IP Counsels (ChIPs), a networking organization for female patent attorneys. [11]
Lee's first position with the USPTO was as Director of its Silicon Valley satellite office. [12] She was appointed Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director on January 13, 2014. [12]
In October 2014, President Barack Obama announced that he intended to nominate Lee to the office of Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property , heading the USPTO on a permanent basis. [13] [14] Obama officially nominated Lee on November 11, [15] and her initial confirmation hearing was held December 10. [16] However, Congress adjourned without her confirmation, and the nomination was returned to the President on December 17. [15]
Following Senate rules, in order for Lee to be confirmed; Obama re-nominated her to the Senate of the 114th Congress, [16] and he did so on January 8, 2015. [17] Her second confirmation hearing was held January 21, [18] [19] and the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously in favor of her confirmation on February 26. [20]
Lee was confirmed by the full Senate by voice vote [17] on March 9, 2015, [21] and took the oath of office on March 12, when she was sworn in by Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas . [22]
Lee resigned from the USPTO on June 6, 2017. [23] Upon Lee's resignation, USPTO Associate Solicitor Joseph Matal began performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office until Andrei Iancu was sworn in.
In September 2019, Lee became vice president of Amazon Web Services. [24] She is also a full-term member of the MIT Corporation , which operates her alma mater. [25]
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