Monster Worldwide Announces Formation of Monster Advisory Council

Appoints Former U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Alexis Herman and Former U.S. Vice Presidential Candidate Jack Kemp as Co-Chairs

Monster Worldwide, parent company of Monster(R), the leading global online careers and recruitment resource, today announced the formation of the Monster Advisory Council. The council brings together a panel of industry, government and education thought leaders to advise Monster Worldwide on human capital issues in public policy.

The council, which will meet semi-annually, is being co-chaired by the Hon. Alexis Herman, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, and the Hon. Jack Kemp, former U.S. vice presidential candidate and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development who also served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Western New York.

Other members of the council include:

- The Hon. Anthony Principi, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs;

- Admiral Vern Clark, who retired in 2005 as Chief of Naval Operations of the U.S. Navy;

- The Hon. J.C. Watts, Chairman of the J.C. Watts Companies and a former Member of Congress representing Oklahoma;

- The Hon. Cal Dooley, president and chief executive officer of the Food Products Association and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing California;

- Molly Corbett Broad, recently retired president of the University of North Carolina system;

- Michael R. Losey, President MikeLosey.com and past president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management.

Danny Villanueva, managing partner of the R.C. Fontis Partners and former broadcast television executive with Spanish International Communications Corporation; and Christopher Yukins, associate professor of government contracts law and co-director of the government procurement law program at the George Washington University.

Monster Worldwide is honored to have this group of nationally renowned leaders provide our company with a variety of insights and public policy guidance that will benefit our overall performance as well as help shape the services we provide to state and federal governments, said Andrew J. McKelvey, Chairman and CEO of Monster Worldwide.

The development of the Monster Advisory Council was spearheaded by Phillip Bond, senior vice president of government relations for Monster Worldwide and former Undersecretary of Commerce for Technology at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

These extraordinary people understand how to succeed in todayís global economy, said Bond. Their combined understanding of public policy, education, diversity and global economic growth will be a unique asset to Monsterís plans to serve growing markets around the globe.