PROFILE



00Christine M. GriffinPROFILEMore than 23 years of successful executive experience leading non-profit, state and federal agencies through transition/organizational change and policy development and legislative initiatives. Strong leader with motivational management style and reputation for building and retaining highly motivated, diverse unionized workforce. Excellent written and oral communication skills, public speaker and problem-solver who can effectively forge relationships among various stakeholders. Equal employment opportunity advocate with proven track record in persuasively representing under-represented community interests to media, legislature, Congress, agencies, associations and coalitions. Professional and personal commitment to ensuring that the private and government sectors recruit, hire, advance and retain a diverse workforce that includes all people, including people with disabilities.PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIESMar. 2018 – May 2019Executive Search ConsultantResponsibilities and Accomplishments:Responsible for all aspects of search including development of position description, candidate profile, recruitment strategy, posting, advertising and recruitment of candidates. Performed screening and telephone interviews to yield 5 candidates for interviews. Created interview process and coordinated interviews with candidates. Developed first and second interview questions, reference check questions and conducted reference checks of two finalists. Notified all unsuccessful applicants. Met with search committee every two weeks and Board members as needed. DISABILITY LAW CENTER Boston, MAJan. 2013 - Feb. 2018Executive DirectorResponsibilities and Accomplishments:Responsible for the overall management of agency, including short and long term programmatic and financial planning, priority setting and implementation, fund-raising, budgeting, and oversight of contracts. Provided leadership on policy issues and participated in the legislative and political process in a manner responsive to the needs of the agency’s culturally diverse constituency. Oversaw all personnel management including ultimate responsibility for hiring and firing, union negotiations, training and professional development and ensuring diversity among staff. Assisted Board of Directors in the formulation of organizational policies, program priorities and annual operating budgets.MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Boston, MAAug. 2011 - PresentAssistant Secretary for Disability Policy and ProgramResponsibilities and Accomplishments:Provide leadership and supervision of management of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, Developmental Disability Services (DDS), Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and the Soldiers Homes in Holyoke and Chelsea. Chair the PCA Workforce Development Council which is responsible for collective bargaining with the PCA union, SEIU and oversight of the training fund, referral directory and all issues impacting the PCA program. Co-Chair of the DHCD/EOHHS Disability Housing Taskforce. Governor appointed EOHHS member of the CEDAC Board of Directors. Co-lead the federally funded three year demonstration project to develop, evaluate and disseminate a core-competency based curriculum for direct care workers across the Commonwealth. Co-lead the Aging and Disability Resource Consortium with the Secretary of Elder Affairs. Provide leadership on all issues impacting MassHealth members with disabilities by working closely with the Medicaid Director and Deputy Director, including development and implementation of the Duals Demonstration Initiative. Represent the Secretary at various disability community meetings and events. U.S. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT Washington, DCJan. 2010 - Aug. 2011Deputy DirectorResponsibilities and Accomplishments:Senate Confirmed Presidential Appointment position working closely with the Director on all initiatives, policy development and implementation in concert with President Obama’s vision for the federal workforce. Responsible for the overall management, budget and modernization of the federal retirement system, including the repair of the service credit system. Provided leadership as the agency Director in the absence of the Director. Responsible for the execution and implementation of the President’s Executive Order on Increasing the Hiring of People with Disabilities in the Federal Government. Oversaw the planning and implementation of the first ever federal hiring event for people with disabilities. Provided leadership for the creation and development of a Government wide strategic plan for Diversity and Inclusion in the federal workforce which included the establishment of a government wide interagency working group with representation from 26 federal agencies. This strategic plan recommended and resulted in President Obama issuing an Executive Order on Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce. Management and oversight of Recruitment and Diversity including the creation of a newly established government wide Diversity and Inclusion Office, Chief Human Capitol Officer Council, and the Veteran’s Initiative Steering Committee. Routinely provided testimony on behalf of OPM at Congressional hearings in the US Senate and US House of Representatives. Served as liaison to the Council of Inspector Generals on Integrity and Efficiency and the Vice President’s working group on Equal Pay.EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Washington, DCJan. 2006 - Dec. 2010Acting Vice ChairJan. 2009 - Dec. 2010CommissionerJan. 2006 - Jan. 2009Responsibilities and Accomplishments:Oversaw the development and approval of enforcement policies, authorization of litigation, approval of agency regulations in collaboration with other Commissioners. Issue Commissioner’s Charges of discrimination. Planned and presided over public EEOC hearings on Federal Employment of People with Disabilities, Investigations of Federal Employee EEO Complaints and Best Practices Roundtable on Evacuation of Employees with Disabilities. Established Leadership for Employment of Americans with Disabilities (LEAD) Initiative, a national outreach and education campaign to address the declining number of employees with severe disabilities in the federal workforce. Initiated and led the Federal EEO Investigations Task Force resulting in a series of recommendations to reduce/eliminate agency conflict of interest and improve the effectiveness and timeliness of federal EEO investigations.Represented the United States on EEOC, EEO law in federal and private sectors and employment of persons with disabilities to high level government officials, NGOs and other stakeholder groups in Israel. Educate international visitors about EEOC and employment discrimination laws in the United States.DISABILITY LAW CENTER Boston, MASept. 1996 - Dec. 2005Executive DirectorResponsibilities and Accomplishments:Responsible for the overall management of agency, including short and long term programmatic and financial planning, priority setting and implementation, fund-raising, budgeting, and oversight of contracts. Provided leadership on policy issues and participated in the legislative and political process in a manner responsive to the needs of the agency’s culturally diverse constituency. Oversaw all personnel management including ultimate responsibility for hiring and firing, union negotiations, training and professional development and ensuring diversity among staff. Assisted Board of Directors in the formulation of organizational policies, program priorities and annual operating budgets.EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Washington, DCJune 1995 - Aug. 1996Attorney Advisor(Office of the Honorable Paul M. Igasaki, Vice Chair)Responsibilities and Accomplishments:Advised the Vice Chair on policy and legal matters involving Title VII, Equal Pay Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title V of the Rehabilitation Act and laws governing equal employment opportunity. Acted as liaison with senior staff at EEOC, with the disability community and other protected groups, and with senior staff at other federal and state agencies with disability and civil rights responsibilities.DISABILITY LAW CENTER Boston, MAJan. 1994 - May 1995Skadden Fellow/Staff AttorneyResponsibilities and Accomplishments:Staff attorney in Discrimination Unit, providing training and legal representation for low income people with disabilities who experienced discrimination in employment, housing, state and local government services and public accommodations.MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY Buzzards Bay, MAJuly 1993 - Jan. 1994Interim PresidentUNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION Stoneham, MASept. 1983 - Aug. 1990Investigator/EngineerMay 1988 - Aug. 1990Mechanical Engineer Sept. 1983 - May 1988MILITARY EXPERIENCEUNITED STATES ARMY1974 - 1977Vietnam Era Veteran, Active DutyEDUCATION BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL Newton, MAJuris Doctor May 1993MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY Buzzards Bay, MAB.S. - Marine Engineering 1983PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSMember, Board of Directors, American Association of People with Disabilities, 2012 - 2017Member, Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council, 1997 - 2005SSA Ticket to Work, Work Incentive Improvement Act Advisory Panel Member, 2001 - 2003ADMISSIONSWashington, D.C. Bar, 1996Massachusetts Bar, 1993PUBLICATIONSLegal Rights of Individuals with Disabilities (MCLE, Inc. 2002)REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST ................
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