MEDIA CONTACT:\u00a0Chris Ward
\nMEDIA ADVISORY: 12-049
\nRELEASE DATE:\u00a0Sept. 5,\u00a02012<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2013 <\/strong>The Army & Air Force Exchange Service\u2019s focus on diversity is being recognized again as LATINA Style<\/em> magazine has named it one of its LATINA Style <\/em>50 for 2012. The annual evaluation, which analyzes more than 800 corporations, identifies organizations that provide the best career opportunities for Hispanic females in the United States.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is a great honor for the Exchange to be recognized on a national level for the work we do daily,\u201d said the Senior Vice President of Sales Ana Middleton, one of the Exchange\u2019s highest ranking Hispanic women. \u201cThis award further validates the importance the Exchange places on diversity in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n Companies assessed for the Latina Style <\/em>award were evaluated on issues that readers identified as most important to them in the workplace. Among the principal areas of evaluation were number of Latina executives, retention, mentoring programs, educational opportunities, alternative work policies, employee benefits, women’s issues, job retraining, affinity groups and relations. New categories were also added this year that display which companies have a dedicated program to supplier diversity and have increased their Latina population.<\/strong><\/p>\n — 30 —<\/p>\n The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is a joint non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense and is directed by a Board of Directors which is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of Staff. \u00a0The Exchange has the dual mission of providing authorized patrons with quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and generating non-appropriated fund earnings as a supplemental source of funding for military morale, welfare and recreation programs. To find out more about the Exchange history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http:\/\/www.shopmyexchange.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n Media Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information or to schedule an interview with an Exchange representative please contact Chris Ward, 214-312-2714 or wardchr@aafes.com.<\/p>\n\t