{"id":1795,"date":"2013-12-19T15:16:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-19T20:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricpowerexpo.com\/?page_id=1795"},"modified":"2015-05-29T11:17:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T15:17:56","slug":"special-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tfgevents.accessintel.com\/electricpowerexpo\/special-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"VETERANS IN POWER"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">ELECTRIC POWER&rsquo;s <\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">Veterans in Power<\/em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\"> (VIP) initiative will recognize the employers who have successfully connected, employed, and engaged veterans to become long-term employees in the industry. Employers have been successful through internal corporate programs as well as many public-private partnerships with other organizations, community colleges and universities. Veterans in Power also seeks to offer a forum for veterans to meet, engage in mentoring, and offer career development support.<\/span><\/h4>\r\n\r\n<h4><strong style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: Futura, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.1;\">The Faraday Awards will be presented at ELECTRIC POWER 2016<span style=\"line-height: 1.6em;\">! &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricpowerexpo.com\/faraday-award\/\">Click here<\/a> to submit a nomination. &nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:907px;\" width=\"907\"><colgroup><col \/><\/colgroup>\r\n\t<tbody><tr height=\"20\"><td height=\"20\" style=\"height:20px;width:907px;\"><strong>The 2015 Veterans in Power &amp; Faraday Award Presentations<\/strong><\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr height=\"80\"><td height=\"80\" style=\"height:80px;width:907px;\">At the 2015 ELECTRIC POWER and PReP Intl announced the recipients of the Faraday Awards during the Keynote Address, which was followed up by the official Veterans in Power session. &nbsp;The program celebrates the employers, programs and partnerships that have successfully focused on elevating the careers of American veterans in the energy industry. &nbsp;The 2015 session included: &nbsp;<\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr height=\"20\"><td height=\"20\" style=\"height:20px;\"><ul><li>Facilitator:&nbsp; Matthew Sadinsky, CEO, Prequalified Ready Employees for Power (PReP Intl)<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr height=\"20\"><td height=\"20\" style=\"height:20px;\"><ul><li>Panelists:&nbsp;&nbsp; John Simon, Senior Vice President &#8211; Human Resources, Pacific Gas and Electric Company<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr height=\"20\"><td height=\"20\" style=\"height:20px;\"><ul><li>David Claveran, Sr. Military Workforce Strategist, Pacific Gas and Electric Company<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t\t<tr height=\"21\"><td height=\"21\" style=\"height:21px;\"><ul><li>Tina Dealy, Interim Director, Energy &amp; Manufacturing, Lone Star College System<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<\/td>\r\n\t\t<\/tr>\r\n\t<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">As part of the <\/span><em style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">Veterans in Power<\/em><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\"> initiative, ELECTRIC POWER and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepintl.com\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">PReP Intl <\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">will announce the recipients of the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricpowerexpo.com\/faraday-award\/\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">Faraday Awards<\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">&nbsp;at the 2016 annual conference. The Faraday Awards will recognize and honor the employers, programs and partnerships that have successfully focused on elevating the careers of American veterans in the energy industry. <\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">Nominations for the awards are being <a href=\".electricpowerexpo.com\/faraday-award\/\">accepted now<\/a>. &nbsp;Organizations a<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.6em;\">re invited to share stories of success in hiring, training and retaining veterans through an online application. A distinguished review panel and ELECTRIC POWER&nbsp;judged applicants&rsquo; programs from across the country to highlight the &ldquo;best of the best&rdquo; that&#39;ll be&nbsp;recognized and celebrated at the&nbsp;conference in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\">Veterans in Power is partnering with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prepintl.com\">PReP Intl<\/a> on this initiative for the third&nbsp;year in a row. PReP Intl strives to be the energy industry&#39;s premier talent exchange and career development resource for today&#39;s Energy Technology revolution through preparing PREQUALIFIED READY EMPLOYEES FOR POWER. Using their extensive global network, PReP Intl connects veterans, energy organizations and companies, institutions of higher learning, professional associations to reduce the risks and costs of recruiting and hiring.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">ELECTRIC POWER and Prequalified Ready Employees for Power International (PReP Int) collaborate to highlight success stories in hiring veterans for the power industry.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px;font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.6em\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricpowerexpo.com\/faraday-award\/\">Learn more about the Faraday Awards&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_euUI0391AnI\"><div id=\"lyte_euUI0391AnI\" data-src=\"\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/euUI0391AnI\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/euUI0391AnI\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/euUI0391AnI\/0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELECTRIC POWER&rsquo;s Veterans in Power (VIP) initiative will recognize the employers who have successfully connected, employed, and engaged veterans to become long-term employees in the industry. 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