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NEW SENIOR POST FOR DECORATED COAST GUARD OFFICER
The White House announced April that Chief Usher Rear Admiral Stephen W. Rochon will leave the White House to become the principal executive for strategic integration at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The CBP is one of the largest components of the Department of Homeland Security. Admiral Rochon is the eighth person and first ever African American to serve as director of the president’s execu- tive residence and “Chief Usher.” President George W. Bush appointed Admiral Rochon to the position in February 2007 and President Barack Obama asked him to continue when he took office in January 2009. Adm. Rochon led a team of executive residence employees in executing major events from state visits and presidential press conferences, to the annual Easter Egg Roll and East Room events, while preserving the most historic house in America.
In his new role at CBP, he will work on a wide range of
integrated efforts to enhance border security, as well as to facili- tate the flow of legitimate trade and travel across our nation’s borders. He will assist in ensuring that CBP’s resources and activities are aligned with measurable outcomes of improved homeland security.
In 1970, he enlisted in the Coast Guard and was quickly promoted up the enlisted and officer ranks where he developed an extensive background in personnel management, strategic planning, and effective interagency coordination. As the Coast Guard’s commander of the Maintenance and Logistics Com- mand Atlantic, Admiral Rochon was responsible for naval and civil engineering, financial management, personnel, legal, civil rights, electronic systems support, and contingency planning across 40 U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A New Orleans native, he served as the Coast
Admiral Stephen W. Rochon
Guard’s director of personnel management in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricanes, providing support for Coast Guard person- nel and their families, and ensuring they had housing and new job assignments. He helped rebuild and preserve the historic significance of three turn-of-the-century homes in New Orleans following the 2005 hurricanes. Admiral Rochon graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in business management from Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans and a master’s degree in national resource strategy from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
NAFEO 37TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) held its 37th annual conference April in Wash- ington, D.C., with some meetings scheduled in Maryland. This year’s Blacks in Higher Education summit had as its theme, “HBCUs & PBIs: Fostering Access & Success; Fueling Innovation & Competitiveness.” NAFEO is a national organization representing 106 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and about 20 newer, predominantly black institutions. Its purpose is to help black colleges compete for federal dollars in order to strengthen their infrastructure, add graduate programs, support development of medical and law schools, support Ph.D. programs and, overall, enhance the operating environment of HBCUs and other African-American institutions. NAFEO represents roughly one hundred and fifty colleges and universities in 35 states, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands; 500,000 students, fifty thousand faculty, and five million alumni. Earlier this year, President Barack Obama signed an executive order renewing the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. At the event held February 26, 2011, the president spoke about the importance of the nation’s HBCUs, which serve more than 300,000 students.
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