ARCSE Members
This message is being sent for your information on behalf of Julie MacSwain, who is the new President of the Association of Retired Conservation Service Employees (ARCSE). See the message below that was sent to NRCS leadership, announcing the signed MOU between the ARCSE and the NRCS (copy attached).
The MOU will provide opportunities for employment and partnership to assist with the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other needed support.
Contact information at the state level is available in your ARCSE 2023 Directory, a copy of which is attached. For states without an ARCSE representative, your contact would be your regional vice president (see below).
Jerry M. Bernard ARCSE Editor
540-720-5644
The Association of Retired Conservation Service Employees (ARCSE)
Regional Vice-Presidents for ARCSE
| Melvin Womack mwpocket2@comcast.net | Bill Kuenstler bkuenstler@gmail.com | Rebecca Fletcher becky_fletcher@sbcglobal.net | Bill Ward bluegrassbillward@gmail.com |
| East | South | Midwest | West |
| Connecticut | Alabama | Illinois | Alaska |
| Delaware | Arkansas | Indiana | Arizona |
| District of Columbia | Florida | Iowa | California |
| Maine | Georgia | Kansas | Colorado |
| Maryland | Kentucky | Michigan | Hawaii/Pacific Basin |
| Massachusetts | Louisiana | Minnesota | Idaho |
| New Hampshire | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana |
| New Jersey | North Carolina | Nebraska | Nevada |
| New York | Oklahoma | North Dakota | New Mexico |
| Pennsylvania | Puerto Rico/Caribbean | Ohio | Oregon |
| Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Utah |
| Vermont | Tennessee | Wisconsin | Washington |
| Virginia | Texas | Wyoming | |
| West Virginia |
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**The message below was sent to NRCS Leadership on behalf of NRCS Chief Terry Cosby and Association of Retired Conservation Service Employees President Julie MacSwain.**
Subject: NRCS-ARCSE Agreement Will Bring Mentorship Opportunities for New Hires
Team NRCS:
By now, many of you have had the chance to invite people in your network to apply to one of NRCS’s recent job postings, and some of you may even have welcomed new members to your teams. Your efforts with recruiting and onboarding are deeply appreciated, and they will help NRCS reach the capacity that we need to serve more customers than ever before through Inflation Reduction Act funding.
Of course, recruiting and hiring new staff is only the beginning of our effort to build up the next generation of NRCS conservation champions. Staff in the NRCS Management and Strategy Deputy Area have been working to build a robust training plan to ensure that new employees can get up to speed as quickly as possible.
As part of that effort, we are proud to announce a partnership that will open mentorship opportunities to new employees through a Memorandum of Understanding between NRCS and the Association of Retired Conservation Service Employees (ARCSE).
Retired conservation service employees hold a wealth of institutional knowledge and experience, and members of ARCSE are eager to continue contributing to NRCS’ mission in their retirements. This partnership ensures that NRCS’s newest hires can benefit from the wisdom of ARCSE’s members and will speed up the process of distributing the Inflation Reduction Act workload across all employees.
Additional details and information about the mentorship program will be announced in your states in the coming months. We look forward to working together to train the next generation of climate-smart conservation champions.
Terry J. Cosby Julie MacSwain
Chief, NRCS President, ARCSE
| Sanaz Arjomand Natural Resources Communication Specialist NRCS Office of the Chief (she / her / hers) NEW: 202-441-2356 sanaz.arjomand@usda.gov |
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