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S. WELCH DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (CIVILIAN PERSONNEL/EQUAL
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY)
Ms. Welch currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary
of the Navy (Civilian Personnel/Equal Employment Opportunity), the senior
civilian human resources (HR) advisor within the Department. Her primary
focus is to provide leadership for the human resources programs which
support the 200,000+ civilian population of the Department. On assuming
this position, Ms. Welch began to restructure the Department of the
Navy's HR Programs, focusing on a redesign of the headquarters organization
and regionalization of HR service delivery with emphasis on best business
practices. Prior to this position, Ms. Welch served as the Director
of Human Resources for the Defense Mapping Agency. Under her direction,
the Agency reengineered its human resources office and implemented numerous
innovations in civilian personnel, military personnel, EEO, safety and
health, training, personnel suitability/security, and personnel information
systems. While in this position, Ms. Welch was selected to be part of
a six member human resources transition team challenged with developing
the necessary legislation to support the standup of the National Imagery
and Mapping Agency. Ms. Welch began her Federal career in 1972 with
the Department of the Navy in the civilian personnel management intern
program. From July 1980 to July 1983, Ms. Welch served as the Director
of the Labor/Employee Relations Division in the Naval Civilian Personnel
Command. She was charged with the implementation of labor/employee relations
policy for the Department of the Navy, providing advice, guidance and
program direction to civilian personnel offices and labor/employee relations
specialists worldwide. During 1981, she also managed the Equal Employment
Opportunity staff office which was responsible for handling all Department
of the Navy formal EEO complaints. In July 1983, Ms. Welch became the
first director of the Naval Civilian Personnel Data System Center at
Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Under her direction,
the Department began standardization of its civilian personnel information
systems to support operating personnel offices at naval activities around
the world. Ms. Welch established the new Systems Support Branch of the
Defense Personnel Center in 1991, which she managed simultaneously with
the Naval Civilian Personnel Data Systems Center until December 1993.
Under her leadership, the Defense Department implemented the Defense
Civilian Personnel Data System throughout the Services, moving towards
standardization of its civilian personnel information systems. In December
1993, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense asked Ms.
Welch to return to Washington, DC, to become a charter member of the
Defense Civilian Personnel Management Service. She established the Field
Advisory Services, implementing reforms which shifted civilian personnel
policy and program responsibilities from the components to the Defense
Department. Field Advisory Services provides singular policy interpretation
and guidance to all Defense organizations in the area of benefits and
entitlements, pay administration, classification and labor relations.
Ms. Welch graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1971 and
holds a bachelor of arts degree in History. She has done graduate work
at the University of Maryland.
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