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Join Chuck White, IAM President and Dan Bradley, IAM Director of Government Affairs for an update of issues related to the US Government and Military.
Join Chuck White, IAM President and Dan Bradley, IAM Director of Government Affairs for an update of issues related to the US Government and Military.
Contributors
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Sheri Buchanan
Director – Human Resources Consulting
Sheri joined Redstone Government Consulting, Inc. in December 2012 as a Human Resources Consultant. She provides HR consulting services to our customers on a wide range of issues, from specific projects to an ongoing outsourced solution of the human resources function. Sheri has experience in providing a comprehensive assessment of HR practices, establishing and implementing policies and practices, contract transition efforts/onboarding, compensation planning, executive compensation analysis for determination of reasonableness, labor category benchmarking for proposal efforts, and investigations. Sheri has a wealth of experience in navigating the many compliance challenges associated with Service Contract Act and has been a valuable resource to our clients in this area. She stays abreast of the various requirements of the Department of Labor and, of great importance to government contractors, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, as well as other federal and state regulations impacting human resources.
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Jamie Brabston
Director/Senior Legal Consultant
Jamie Brabston is a Director/ Senior Legal Consultant with Redstone Government Consulting, Inc. (Redstone GCI), specializing in Labor and Employment Law, with an emphasis on government contract law and compliance. Prior to joining Redstone GCI, Jamie was Senior Counsel with Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson, P.C., a boutique labor and employment law firm based in Birmingham, AL. Jamie assists employers with compliance, problem prevention, the analysis of complex employment law and contract related issues, and in conducting investigations to address employee complaints. In addition, Jamie advises federal government contractors with contract specific requirements such as affirmative action compliance, Service Contract Act issues, CoBEC, the Drug Free Workplace Act, record keeping, and in performing mock compliance assessments and other issues specific to employers working with the federal government. Jamie is a proficient trainer and speaker and is a primary instructor for Federal Publications Seminars course, “HR for Government Contractors.” Additionally, Jamie regularly conducts training and education for individual employers and their employees on non-discrimination and anti-harassment, as well as training sessions for executive and non-executive management on a wide variety of overall management leadership skills, and government contract specific topics. Jamie also specializes and advises clients on a wide range of employee benefits issues including ERISA welfare benefit plans, HIPAA, wellness plans, COBRA, the Affordable Care Act, and other federal and state laws, including related reporting requirements. In addition, Jamie works with employers in responding to complaints filed with external agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor and the Department of Industrial Relations and provides litigation support as needed.
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Charles White
President, International Association of Movers
Charles “Chuck” White has been involved in the moving industry since 1994 when he went to work for Executive Moving Systems in Woodbridge, VA. Previous to that Chuck worked as a high school teacher and football coach in Maryland and Northern Virginia.
During his time serving as Director of Sales & Marketing at Executive he was elected to a volunteer position on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Movers (IAM), formerly known as the Household Goods Forwards Association of America (HHGFAA). He served on that Committee for four years and in 2005 he joined the IAM staff as their Director of Government & Military Relations. He held that position for 10 years and in 2015 Chuck was promoted to the position of Senior Vice President for the organization.
In January, 2019, Chuck became the President of IAM.
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Daniel Bradley
Dan Bradley joined the International Association of Movers (IAM) in June, 2018 as their Director, Government & Military Relations. In this role, he serves as the primary contact between the Association and its membership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and other U.S. federal agencies with whom the IAM Membership conducts business, and which have enforcement and regulatory authority over the moving, forwarding and relocation industries.
Bradley is a former DoD logistician with a broad background in domestic and international transportation operations, including operational level transportation movements and command headquarters policy, guidance, and oversight of freight, personal property, and unit deployment functions. He spent eight years at the Surface Deployment & Distribution Command (SDDC) as a Department of the Army Civilian filling multiple positions.
Key to his new role at IAM, Bradley also served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Personal Property (SDDC), where he was responsible for DoD’s Personal Property Program. There, he led 90 personnel in over 12 geographically separated locations to manage the movement of household goods and privately-owned vehicle shipments worldwide.
Bradley retired from the US Air Force in 2010 after 20 years of active duty as a Transportation and Logistics Readiness Officer.