Plenary Session: And the Winner Is: Mark Sanders Award Announcement and Presentation
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The 2021 Mark Sanders Award for Exceptional Service to Veterans, with special emphasis on Veterans with Significant Barriers to employment, recognizes the efforts of an entire one-stop career center whose efforts to serve Veterans go above and beyond the scope of mandatory service provision. This award is named in honor of Mark Sanders, who, during his distinguished career with the California Employment Development Department and in leadership positions with the National Association of State Workforce Agencies, was untiring in his efforts to promote excellence in services to Disabled Veterans. The workforce center in Sacramento, California, is named in his honor.
This year’s nominees include:
- Florida – CareerSource Okaloosa Walton – Fort Walton Beach Career Center
- Indiana – Northeast Indiana Works, Inc.
- Kansas – Local Area II West (Fort Riley, Junction City and Manhattan)
- Michigan – Michigan Works Southeast
- North Carolina – Capital Area (Raleigh) NC Works Career Center
- Wisconsin – Oakhill Correctional Job Center
Presenter: Scott B. Sanders, President and CEO, National Association of State Workforce Agencies