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Time Management, GTE: Mar 1998

Human Resource Management, LECOM: Jan 1998

Consulting

Erie Insurance Group, Erie PA, 2003

St. Vincent Health Center, Erie PA 2002

Dr. Gertrude A. Barber Center, Erie PA, 2001

GE Transportation Systems, Erie PA, 1999

VA Medical Center, Erie PA, 1999

SeCo/Warwick, Meadville PA, 1995

Service to Public and Private Organizations

Committee to merge municipalities in Erie County. Member, Erie PA, 2006.

Greater Erie Unity Committee. Member, Erie PA, 2004-

Eastside YMCA. Board member, Erie PA, 2004-

High Aspirations. Presented two workshops, Corry Schools, Corry PA, Summer 2000

Big Brothers/Big Sisters Association. Served as a Big Sister, Erie PA, 2004-

Participation in Seminars and Workshops

Vision and Goal-setting. Presenter. Plastics Seminar, Penn State Erie, Erie PA, June 2007.

Future Time Perspective as a Temporal Anchor: Applications to Organizations. Session chair (co-authored with D. Blasko), European Applied Business Research, annual meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland, June 2004.

Effective Communication to Support Your Leadership Position. Presenter, Penn State Erie, Student Advisor Involvement Retreat, Findley Lake NY, October 15, 2004.

Taking the Time: Your Time Orientation and Leadership. Presenter, Penn State University, Auxiliary and Business Services, Spring conference, Erie PA, May 19, 2004.

You can lead students to class, but can you make them lead ethically? Teaching leadership ethics. Session co-chair, Academy of Management, annual meeting, Seattle, WA, August 2003.

Driven by Time. Presenter, faculty seminar, Umea University, Umea, Sweden, 2002.

New Developments in Managing via the Internet. Session co-chair, Academy of Management, annual meeting, Washington DC, August 2001.

Recruiting and Selection. Presenter, Penn State Erie faculty serving on search committees, Erie PA, October 2000.

Frisky Business: Issues and Consequences of Workplace Romance. Co-chair, Academy of Management Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, August 2000.

Performance Evaluation Workshop. Presenter, Penn State Erie, Operations Department, Erie PA, March 2000.

Math Options: Teachers' Seminar on Math Applications in Business. Presenter, Penn State Erie, Erie PA, May 1999.

Speaking Engagements

Invited speaker. Human Resource Management Association, meeting, November 16, 2006.

Leadership Vision, Financial Executives International, Speaker, Erie, PA April 2005

Negotiating Salary Offers. Speaker, Delta Sigma Pi, Penn State Erie , Erie PA , November 2001.

Creating a Vision. American Association of University/Women, Erie PA , April 13, 1998.

Recent Research on Interviewing. Human Resource Management Association, Erie PA, February 26, 1998 .

Goal Setting and Corporate Vision. Institute of Management Accounting, Erie PA , October 1997.

HR as a Business Partner. Personnel Association of Northwest Pennsylvania, Erie PA , November 1996.

Training Business Leaders to Create Positive Organizational Visions of the Future: Is it Successful? Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro NC , September 1995.

Membership in Professional Societies

Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, 2004-

Personnel Association of Northwest Pennsylvania, 1994-2005

American Psychological Association, 1993-1998

Academy of Management, 1992-

 
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