ABWA Beachwood Ohio

Join us for an exciting event!

Dr. Param Srikantia is currently Associate Professor in the Division of Business Administration at Baldwin-Wallace College.

Before joining the faculty of Baldwin-Wallace as Associate Professor, Dr. Param Srikantia was Consultant to The World Bank Group designing workshops on Poverty Reduction Strategies for Finance Ministers of over 30 countries. Earlier, as Program Officer for a global consulting organization established by the United States Agency for International Development, he delivered workshops on strategic planning to top management teams of global non-governmental organizations from nearly 70 countries. Previously, in India, he was country Head of Human Resources for American Cyanamid Company and Personnel Manager for the Unilever Group.

Dr. Srikantia has also taught as Lead Faculty at the Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, leading a team of instructors in delivering the core managerial competency courses in the MBA Program.

He has served as a consultant and undertaken research projects for the National Science Foundation, USAID, the World Bank, Catholic Relief Services, Coco Cola, Arthur Andersen & Co.,  Siemens, Cadbury’s, Unilever, and United Technologies Corporation.

Dr. Srikantia has authored 29 papers that have been published or presented at conferences and workshops in the United States, Asia, and Africa.

He holds a Ph.D. in Management and Organizational Behavior from Case Western Reserve University, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa, an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Bombay, and an M.A. in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Bombay.

Find out more about Dr. Param Srikantia:

http://www.bw.edu//academics/bus/acad/faculty/srikantia/index.html

Dear WOW Members

Can you believe a year has past since Women of Wisdom was official installed as an ABWA chapter?  In recognition of this event, we are planning on having a One Year Anniversary Celebration.  This event will be in lieu of our regular October chapter meeting.

Keeping in alignment with ABWA’s mission of “bringing together businesswomen of diverse occupations“, the board is also planning on inviting the membership of other ABWA’s local chapters.  The board feels this would be a great opportunity to bring together local chapters to network and support each other.

To make this event a success, we are asking feedback from our membership in the form of a survey.  Please, click on the link below to fill out this survey. Thanks for your commitment and support. Only 30 seconds of your time:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=5mHRV71DDK5ZpOWUoi165Q_3d_3d

All surveys need to be in by 7/28/2007. Thank you!

Kathy Dickason, member of WOW! will speak about her company and what it is like to run a business. Hers is Navis Pack and Ship Centers.

Navis Pack & Ship Centers is a third party logistics Network, a family of related companies that include hundreds of franchised Navis outlets and affiliated agents. The Navis network can solve packaging and shipping problems for industry, small businesses and consumers nationwide. Navis specializes in fragile, large, awkward, and valuable items, what we call FLAV.^TM We have the special equipment, training, insurance, and relationships with shippers needed to package and safely deliver such items anywhere in the world.

Navis was founded in 1980 as a single retail store and expanded in 1984 with franchise operations in its Handle with Care Packaging Store. In 2002 Navis opened a new franchise, Navis Pack & Ship Center, based on its original franchise only operating in a warehouse and specializing in difficult to ship valuables. The Cleveland location was opened in December, 2005 by Doug and Kathy Dickason.

Kathy is a Cleveland transplant from Southeast Missouri; she moved to Cleveland in search of a new start and married Doug May 2, 1992. She has a masters from the school of hard knocks and a bachelors equivalent from a variety of college classes taken in both Missouri and Ohio. Her background is in business management, bookkeeping, payroll and human resources.

Doug is a John Carroll University graduate with a degree in communications. He worked for Barnes Group, Inc for 14 + years as manager of pricing and contracts. Both were victims of corporate layoff. After many hours of research, entrepreneur seminars, and interviews they decided to look into franchises. August 2005 they signed an agreement with Navis Logistics and invested their life savings into the American dream…their very own business.
Professional Risk

When: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
6:00pm-7:00pm
Where: Baldwin-Wallace College East Campus
Landmark Center Building
25700 Science Park Drive, Suite 100
Beachwood, OH 44122
Cost: $5 Member/$10 Non-member

Please RSVP to Willette Burrell via email rainbowproductions7@yahoo.com by Friday, July 13, 2007.