Milwaukee-area resident selected for national diversity award


Milwaukee-area resident selected for national diversity award
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Federal Asian Pacific American Council awarded Marie Kopka, water resources planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, their 2022 Outstanding Individual Leadership Award from for her work on diversity and inclusion. Kopka, who works out of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, co-founded the creation of a national Army Corps of Engineers Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander, or AANHPI, Employee Resource Group within the last fall. “I’m ecstatic that these diversity-equity-inclusion efforts are getting attention,” Kopka said. “I’m humbled that the Corps put forth that nomination. It was also very validating, that the Corps is valuing the efforts.”... ...more

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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Federal Asian Pacific American Council awarded Marie Kopka, water resources planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, their 2022 Outstanding Individual Leadership Award from for her work on diversity and inclusion.

Kopka, who works out of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, co-founded the creation of a national Army Corps of Engineers Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander, or AANHPI, Employee Resource Group within the last fall.

“I’m ecstatic that these diversity-equity-inclusion efforts are getting attention,” Kopka said. “I’m humbled that the Corps put forth that nomination. It was also very validating, that the Corps is valuing the efforts.”...

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