JPL Diversity Summary

 

• JPL Benefits Program for Same-Sex Domestic Partners (SSDP):

  Under JPL health and dental plans, eligible dependents are a legal spouse, a same-sex domestic partner (SSDP), and unmarried children (natural, step, and legally adopted) up to age 19, or to age 25 if a fulltime student dependent on you for support. Additionally, unmarried dependent children who are incapable of employment because of a physical or mental disability are considered eligible dependents.

   

• JPL Diversity Committees:

  • ACMA - Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs - Chair: Tam Antoine

  • ACW - Director's Advisory Council for Women - Chair: Pat Westerlund

  • AAC - Asian American Council - Chair: Regina Sakurai 

  • Amigos Unidos - Chair: Toby Solorzano

  • Native American Concerns Committee - Chair: Dora Montano 

  • AART - African American Resource Team - Chair: James Black 

  • Support Group for Working Moms and Dads - Organizer: Gregory S. Hickey

  • Cross Cultural Mentoring Program Committee - Chair: Alice Fairhurst

  • Lambda - Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Support Group - Coordinator: Randy Herrera

   

• JPL Diversity Programs Office:

  The JPL Diversity Programs Initiative seeks to foster an inclusive environment where the differences and similarities of individuals are valued and respected, ensuring full utilization of the talents and capabilities of our diverse workforce. The Diversity Programs Office is located in JPL Building 291- Room 113. Contact: Catalina Figueroa, Tel: 818-354-6400, Email: Catalina.Figueroa@jpl.nasa.gov.

   

• JPL Equal Opportunity Policy:

  The California Institute of Technology is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an active Affirmative Action Program (AAP). It is the policy of the Institute that faculty, staff employees, and applicants shall receive equal consideration and treatment. Recruitment, hiring, placements, transfers and promotions will be on the basis of qualifications of the individual for the position being filled regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, medical condition (as defined by state law), nondisqualifying handicap and/or disability (including AIDS), or whether the individual is a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era.

  Other personnel actions such as compensation, benefits, layoffs, returns from layoffs, terminations, training (including apprenticeship and tuition assistance), and social and recreational programs are also administered regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, medical condition (as defined by state law), nondisqualifying handicap and/or disability (including AIDS), or whether the individual is a disabled veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam era.

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