Louisa
N. Ruiz
Hispanic
Employment Program Manager
Louisa N. Ruiz is currently serving as the Department of the Navy’s
Hispanic Employment Program Manager in the Office of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Civilian Personnel Programs and Equal Employment
Opportunity. She previously served as an Equal Employment Opportunity
Program Manager of the Naval Sea Systems Command for eight and a half
years where she acted as the principal advisor to the Director Human
Resources Center on Hispanic Employment Program issues and concerns
as well as in all Special Emphasis Programs under the Affirmative Employment
Program. She has also been involved in other human resources management
projects and team efforts particularly with respect to training and
development.
Ms. Ruiz was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is fluent
in Spanish and Portuguese. In 1978, she earned her Bachelor of Arts
degree with a Major in Spanish and a Minor in Education from the University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Ms. Ruiz started her career working as an Investigator and Mediator
for the State of Maryland Human Relations Commission. In this capacity,
she investigated discrimination complaints filed by Hispanic Complainants
in the areas of employment and housing discrimination. Also as the initial
Commission’s Ethnic Specialist she served as a community relations representative
for the resident Hispanic and Asian-Pacific Islanders communities.
In 1980, Ms. Ruiz transferred from the State government to the Federal
sector to work with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in Alexandria,
Virginia. After three years with DLA she was promoted to her first job
with the Department of the Navy to serve as the first Naval Medical
Command Hispanic Employment Program Manager. Her most significant accomplishments
while serving at this Command was the initiation of a pilot cooperative
education program involving the recruitment of Hispanic nursing students.
She not only developed the plan for the implementation of this program,
she also assisted in the recruitment trips and traveled to many Naval
Hospitals in an effort to determine the best locations where the student
groups would be assigned. In 1988 for her hard work in this highly successful
initiative, she was awarded the 1988 Office of Personnel Management
Hispanic Employment Program Achievement Award.
Ms. Ruiz has been an active participant in many efforts to promote
public awareness of Hispanic Employment opportunities in the Federal
government. During her career she has appeared on local Baltimore and
Washington DC television and radio programs. In these programs she addressed
the rights of individuals who suspected they were victims of discrimination
and promoted Hispanic recruitment opportunities.
Ms. Ruiz has three adult children and five grandchildren. She presently
resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
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