{"id":447,"date":"2023-01-31T18:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=447"},"modified":"2023-02-21T21:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T21:23:28","slug":"rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-wmcs-senior-director-of-workforce-education-employment-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Ver Velde Promoted to WMC\u2019s Senior Director of Workforce, Education &amp; Employment Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-wmcs-senior-director-of-workforce-education-employment-policy\/\">https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-wmcs-senior-director-of-workforce-education-employment-policy\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>MADISON<\/strong> \u2013 Wisconsin Manufacturers &amp; Commerce (WMC) \u2013 the combined state chamber and manufacturers\u2019 association \u2013 announced Tuesday that Rachel Ver Velde was promoted to the organization\u2019s Senior Director of Workforce, Education &amp; Employment Policy. Ver Velde has been an integral member of WMC\u2019s Government Relations team since 2021, adding to her years of state and federal policy experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRachel is a fantastic asset to WMC members,\u201d said WMC Executive Vice President of Government Relations Scott Manley. \u201cWe are excited to have Rachel take on more responsibility as she works to shape policies that make Wisconsin the best state for business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her time at WMC, Rachel served as Chief of Staff for Congressman Glenn Grothman, managing his official office operations in both Washington, D.C. and Wisconsin. She also served as Chief of Staff in Grothman\u2019s Wisconsin State Senate office, helping to usher 33 bills to the governor\u2019s desk for enactment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a privilege to advocate for employees and students by working with policymakers to improve our business climate,\u201d said Ver Velde. \u201cI\u2019m humbled to expand my duties at WMC, and thrilled to see what we will accomplish on behalf of the Wisconsin business community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rachel graduated with Honors from the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Whitewater with a B.A. in Political Science and Economics. She currently resides in Sun Prairie with her husband and two children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">###<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-wmcs-senior-director-of-workforce-education-employment-policy\/\">Rachel Ver Velde Promoted to WMC\u2019s Senior Director of Workforce, Education &amp; Employment Policy<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\">WMC Wisconsin&#8217;s Chamber <\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/press-releases\/rachel-ver-velde-promoted-to-wmcs-senior-director-of-workforce-education-employment-policy\/ MADISON \u2013 Wisconsin Manufacturers &amp; Commerce (WMC) \u2013 the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}