November 15, 2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

Contact: NMB Public Information Line -- (202) 692-5050

Re:  First Intern in NMB’s Brunkenhoefer-Lee-Moneypenny Internship Program

Washington, D.C. — The National Mediation Board (NMB) is pleased to welcome Aaron Seyedian as its first intern under its Brunkenhoefer-Lee-Moneypenny Internship Program. The Program, established in August of 2010, is designed to introduce students in a wide range of academic disciplines to the complexities of airline and railroad labor relations.

Having graduated from George Washington University (GWU) with a BA in International Affairs in 2009, Mr. Seyedian is currently a second-year student in the Conflict Resolution Masters program of Georgetown University. Since September of 2009, he has also served as a Research Assistant at Georgetown, where he has researched the successes and failures of conflict. Under the Internship Program, he will be working on several research projects for the NMB Chief of Staff.

The National Mediation Board is an independent Federal agency established by the Railway Labor Act, which governs labor-management relations within two key transportation sectors of the United States and U.S. territories: the railroads and airlines.

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