 Los Angeles County Supervisor-Elect Hilda L. Solis Confirmed as Special
Guest Speaker for the SCANPH Conference Morning Plenary
Los Angeles County Supervisor-Elect Hilda L. Solis will be our special Guest Speaker for the Morning Plenary at this year's Annual SCANPH Conference, beginning at 9:00 AM.
Hilda L. Solis was confirmed as Secretary of Labor in 2009, becoming the first Latina to serve in the United States Cabinet. Prior to confirmation as Secretary of Labor, Solis represented the 32nd Congressional District in California, a position she held from 2001 to 2009.
In the Congress, Solis' priorities included expanding access to affordable health care, protecting the environment, and improving the lives of working families. A recognized leader on clean energy jobs, she authored the Green Jobs Act which provided funding for "green" collar job training for veterans, displaced workers, at risk youth, and individuals in families under 200 percent of the federal poverty line.
A nationally recognized leader on the environment, Solis became the first woman to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award in 2000 for her pioneering work on environmental justice issues. Her California environmental justice legislation, enacted in 1999, was the first of its kind in the nation to become law. Solis was first elected to public office in 1985 as a member of the Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees. She served in the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1994, and in 1994 made history by becoming the first Latina elected to the California State Senate. Solis graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) and earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. Online registration for the SCANPH conference will be available for a limited time here but will close this Friday, October 3, 2014. |
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