A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Martinez enrolled in Job Corps as a student in 1974 at the Timberlake Job Corps Center in Oregon, graduating in 1975. He returned to Timberlake in 1977 and joined the Job Corps profession as a member of the recreation staff.
During his career with Job Corps, Martinez has worked at eight centers in Oregon, California, Arizona, Arkansas, Virginia, and Missouri. His responsibilities included all facets of Job Corp center management and administration, including directing residential and recreation programs, implementing Job Corps policies and programs, and supervision of staff and students. Martinez has been at Mingo since 1994.
"I am very pleased to name Henry Martinez as the Center Director at Mingo," said Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director William Hartwig. "Henry exemplifies the opportunity and quality experience that Job Corps offers its students, and is himself a true Job Corps success story. He brings insight both as a career Job Corps veteran and as a former student, something that makes him uniquely qualified to serve as director. We look forward to Mingos continued success under Henrys experience and leadership."
Administered by the U.S. Department of Labor, Job Corps provides job training, basic education, and support services to young people. There are 108 Job Corps centers nationwide, including 30 civilian conservation centers. Mingo offers students training in a variety of job skills, from carpentry to masonry to culinary, the opportunity to complete a high school education, and various social skills.
Martinez lists among his goals at Mingo the continued progress of the center within the Job Corps system and providing the highest quality of experience to Mingo students. Martinez, his wife, and two teenaged sons reside at the center.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 93-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses more than 530 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 66 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies. For further information about the programs and activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region, please visit our home page at: http://midwest.fws.gov
