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Keynote Speaker (2001) S. DAVID FREEMAN Prior to his appointment to LADWP in 1997, he served as Gov. Pete Wilson's appointee to head the California Independent System Operator (ISO/PX) and the California Power Exchange Trusts. As Trustee, Mr. Freeman managed the startup of the ISO and PX. Mr. Freeman served as president and CEO of the New York Power Authority from 1994 to 1996 and in top positions at Tennessee Valley Authority, Lower Colorado River Authority, Sacramento Municipal Utility District. In these positions, he successfully introduced energy conservation and efficiency projects, established a reputation for reaching out to community groups, and developed solid relations and respectable with labor. An engineer and lawyer by training, Mr. Freeman also served as an energy advisor to President Jimmy Carter; an energy consultant to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee; head of the energy policy staff in the White House Office of Science & Technology; and as executive assistant to the chairman of the Federal Power Commission. In 1999, Mr. Freeman received the American Public Power Association's Alex Radin Distinguished Service Award. In 2000, he received the Global Green's Local Environmental Leadership Award for his untiring commitment to conservation and the environment. The author of a book "Energy: The New Era," Freeman holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Georgia Tech and a law degree from the University of Tennessee Law School. He is a veteran of World War II.
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Corporate Citizen of the Year (2001)
JVS honors Kaiser Permanente for its efforts in helping JVS help the people of Los Angeles County find the right job. Kaiser Permanente has been a generous partner to JVS, offering its facilities in Woodland Hills for numerous JVS job fairs since 1999. Through this partnership, JVS has helped hundreds of eager jobseekers find the right job, while enabling employers throughout the San Fernando Valley and beyond to meet and interview hundreds of qualified job applicants.
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Employees
of the Year (2001) YURIY MAKSIMOV
KEN MORAN
SIMONE ROSE
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Supporters & Sponsors (2001) JVS gratefully acknowledges the following individuals, corporations, and businesses for their support of the 4th Annual Strictly Business Luncheon. Corporate
Underwriter Corporate
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David Freeman is Chief Energy Advisor to California Gov. Gray Davis.
In this role, Mr. Freeman leads the state's energy-conservation
efforts. Working with businesses, local governments and citizens,
Mr. Freeman aims to lower energy consumption by 20 percent. Mr.
Freeman, who recently led the state's efforts to negotiate long-term
energy contracts for the Department of Water & Power as an unpaid
advisor, was formerly General Manager of the Los Angeles Department
of Water and Power (LADWP).
As
a refugee from St. Petersburg, Russia, Yuriy marked his first year
in the United States in September 2001. Today, he is a database
developer at Costa Mesa-based software company UltraLink, named
among the United States' "100 Companies to Watch" by ComputerWorld
magazine. Previously, Yuriy worked as a senior database application
developer and designer in private companies, research institutes,
and the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg. Normally, refugees like
Yuriy are entitled to two years of government welfare support. But
due to Yuriy's eagerness to gain self-sufficiency and willingness
to learn about the American workplace, he embarked early on his
job search and accepted his current job in November 2000, exactly
two months after his arrival in the United States.
Friendly,
vibrant and fun-loving, Ken Moran enjoyed his work as an adolescent
therapist. But after suffering a stroke, Ken needed intensive rehabilitation
to function independently, let alone return to work. After a year,
Ken went back to work but felt newly self-conscious about his new
disabilities. Later, ready for a new career challenge, Ken turned
to JVS. His JVS counselors helped him regain his former professional
confidence - particularly in telephone interviews, where Ken felt
his new speech impediment was most noticeable. Through career counseling
at JVS, Ken determined that the best job for him would be counseling
younger children, and he and his JVS counselor together set out
to find the right opportunity. Today, Ken is happily helping children
at Families in Touch in South Central Los Angeles.
Growing
up in Frankfurt, Germany, Simone Rose dreamed of living in the United
States. While pursuing her degree in accounting at the University
of Paderborn in Germany, she spent a year at the University of North
Carolina. After graduation, she accepted a job with KPMG in Frankfurt,
but still yearned to live in the U.S. In 2000, Simone added her
name to the "immigration lottery" that enables non-U.S.
citizens to "win" the right to work in the United States,
and won. She packed her bags, moved to Southern California, and
began a job search. Simone visited JVS, where counselors helped
her refine her resume and introduced her to Nanas, Stern, Biers,
Neinstein, & Co., LLP, the Beverly Hills accounting firm where
she works today.