Dinner and Discussion with Assistant Secretary Ray Bramucci

A Forum — January 21, 1999

An evening dinner was held for policymakers to engage in an open discussion with Assistant Secretary of Labor, Raymond Bramucci about the current agenda of the Employment and Training Administration, especially as it relates to programs for youth and the new Workforce Investment Act.

Assistant Secretary Bramucci was formerly the Executive Director of the Seton Hall University Institute on Work, a not-for-profit organization advocating work place equity. He also served as an arbitrator on the New Jersey Board of Mediation and as an adjunct professor of Political Science at Rutgers University.

From 1990-1994, Mr. Bramucci was the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor, where he was a principal advisor to the Governor and managed an agency of 4000 employees. From 1979-1990, he served as Director of New Jersey operations for Senator Bill Bradley, where he directed the Senator’s state offices and staff. Earlier in his career, Assistant Secretary Bramucci rose from the ranks to become a senior executive of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union.