Public Relations
Gaston Gianni
Public Relations
Gaston Gianni
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I retired from federal service at the end of 2004 after 40 plus years. My first 32 years were with the Government Accountability Office (GAO), where I served in a variety of audit/evaluation positions. I joined GAO's Senior Executive Service in 1992 and in 1995 was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as the first Inspector General (IG) at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Confirmed by the Senate in April 1996, I served in the position for 8 years prior to my retirement. During my tenure as IG, I also served as the Vice Chair of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. I joined NARFE in July 2003 and served as Woodbridge Chapter 1270 Vice President in 2008 and as Chapter President 2009-10. In addition to serving as the VFC Public Relations Chair, I am currently assisting the VFC Executive Board with the development of a VFC Strategic Plan and I am also representing Region X on the NARFE HQ National By-Laws Review Committee.
I look forward to being on the VFC Board as Public Relations Chair and working with the other VFC Board members to improve and enhance the VFC for our Chapters and members. Since this is my first involvement with public relations, I want to take a few months to gather information on what the past chairs have accomplished and identify what projects they have worked on. In addition, I want to contact NARFE headquarters to see what information and help they can give us. I also plan to reach out to my counter parts in the other federations in Region X to see what better practices we might consider for implementation. I will also look at our training programs to see how we can improve them. An important part of the VFC Public Relations work must be serving the individual chapters within the VFC. I plan to establish contact with each chapter’s Public Relations Chair to determine what the VFC can do to help and how we can improve communications. Finally, I want to make sure that the VFC Public Relations work ties in to the VFC’s Strategic Plan Project.
I look forward to working with my fellow NARFE members during the coming months and will do my best to keep you informed of my progress. I appreciate your thoughts, comment and suggestions. My email address is gastongianni@aol.com and my phone number is 703-508-4339. Please feel to contact me.
2011 VFC Strategic Plan (draft)
How to Market NARFE
A presentation given at Region X Presidents Conference 2011
October 2011 Public Relations Report
2012 Public Relations Contact list
Jan 2012 Public Relations Report