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| 2024 -- H 8197 Enacted 04/24/2024 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| CELEBRATING "ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS' DAY" ON APRIL 24, 2024, AND THANKING ALL THE DEDICATED STAFF WHO WORK TIRELESSLY IN SUPPORT OF THE RHODE ISLAND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Ackerman, Kazarian, McNamara, Craven, Corvese, Kennedy, and Hull |
| Date Introduced: April 24, 2024 |
| WHEREAS, In 1952, United States Secretary of Commerce Charles W. Sawyer |
| proclaimed the week of June 1-7 to be "National Secretaries Week" with Wednesday, June 4th |
| being designated as "National Secretaries Day." In 1955, "National Secretaries Week" was moved |
| to the last full week of April with the Wednesday of that week now being designated as |
| "Administrative Professionals' Day." The name was changed to "Professional Secretaries Week" |
| in 1981, and became "Administrative Professionals' Week" in 2000; and |
| WHEREAS, Administrative Professionals' Day celebrates the more than 2.78 million |
| hard-working Administrative Professionals currently employed in the United States workforce |
| who daily make invaluable contributions in support of their workplaces; and |
| WHEREAS, Administrative Professionals often toil late into the night and arrive at their |
| jobs early in the morning in order to ensure that their work has been done accurately and in a |
| timely manner. Without these dedicated professionals, most workplaces could not function |
| properly; and |
| WHEREAS, Administrative Professionals are employed by, and essential to, myriad |
| work places, both small and big businesses, at charitable entities, and in all government |
| institutions including schools, hospitals and other vital components of society, and they are often |
| the first contact and first impression that members of the public will have with a particular |
| institution; and |
| WHEREAS, At the Rhode Island State House, dedicated Administrative Professionals |
| work incredible hours with committed passion to ensure that each individual Representative's |
| needs are met, and to guarantee that the people's business is done in a productive, efficient, and |
| enlightened manner, and thanks to these exemplary professionals, the members of the House can |
| better represent their constituents and do the important work they were elected to do; now, |
| therefore be |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
| proudly celebrates "Administrative Professionals Day" on April 24, 2024, and thanks all the |
| dedicated staff who work tirelessly in support of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, |
| including Jennifer Amerantes, Shera Burke, Lisa Cataldi, Trudy Cipriano, Ariana Costa, James |
| DeCastro, Roberta DiMezza, Diane DePina, Lynn DiPetrillo, Kristen Haroian, Colleen Magill, |
| Louis Mansolillo, Sarah Martino, Tina Massimino, Anabella Mayorga, Erin McKenna, Kathleen |
| Morgan, and Kimberly Wineman; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Sharon Taylor, CAP, Chair of the Board of |
| Directors of the International Association of Administrative Professionals. |
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