Arthuretta Martin is the former
Deputy Director of Small and Disadvantaged Business at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. She is a Life Member of Blacks
in Government. She was one of the founding members and the first Vice
President of the IRS New Carrolton Chapter of Blacks in Government and
served as President of the Chapter for over four years. Ms. Martin is
also a former chair of Blacks in Government’s Region XI EEO and
Affirmative Action Committee and Legislative Committees. She is a
founding member of the No-Fear Coalition, contributed to and was
instrumental in the passing of the Act. She is a founding member of the
NAACP Federal Sector Task Force, former Vice President of Federal
Employees Against Discrimination, she currently serves on the advisory
committee of No-Fear II with Dr. Marsha Coleman Adebayo and Matthew Fogg
and also serves on the advisor committee for the 2008 Washington
Whistleblower’s Week.
After 26 years of service, she is
retired now and the owner of Words & Melodies, LLC. The goal of Words &
Melodies is to encourage, inspire, and uplift the human spirit through
published books, free lance articles, and songs. Her talents range from
writing, acting, and singing. Her vocal talents span every genre. She
sings classical, opera, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues and she’s even
been known to sing a little country music. She is a published author of
many articles on the subject of Federal Employment and Small Business
opportunities with the Federal Government. She recently co-authored the
book Speaking of Success with Steven Covey and Brian Tracey and is in
the process of co-authoring Public Service-Private Pain with Dr. Denise
Williams. This book looks at the emotional psychological challenges
facing Civil Servants – specifically Federal Employees within the United
States.
Arthuretta serves on the editorial
board of the Public Administration Times (PA Times), a trade journal
with the National Association of Public Administrators (ASPA), and she
also serves on the board of the Consortium for International Management
and Public Administration (CIMPAD)– an organization of Federal, State
and Local Government academicians and practitioners dedicated to
assisting governments throughout the world improve the delivery of
public service and enhance the quality of life of Africans throughout
the Diaspora. Arthuretta has traveled to Uganda, Kenya and Senegal with
CIMPAD and will travel to Ghana in 2009. She holds a Bachelors Degree
from George Mason University in Public Administration, a Masters Degree
from Florida Institute of Technology in Management and Federal
Procurement PhD course work in Communication from James Madison
University and will receive her certification as a Stress and Wellness
Consultant in May of 2008 from the Canadian Institute of Stress and
Wellness. The mother of three and grandmother of two, she resides in
Burke, Va. with her husband and daughter.
