Meet OWIT's 2010 Executive Committee

2010 Executive Committee members met for the first time as a group at OWIT’s Spring Board Meeting, hosted by our Washington, D.C. Chapter in April.

With the growth of our organization, our Executive Committee has gained new faces to complement the continuing work of experienced executives. “This year’s Executive Committee represents a terrific balance of experience and new talent,” says President Angela Marshall Hofmann. “The strength, diversity and global representation that our new members bring to an already talented Executive Committee will make for an outstanding 2010 and allow us to take OWIT to the next level.”

A warm welcome to the new Executive members including: Executive VP Karen Bland (2009 president of Hampton Roads), a leading contributor on our recent bylaw work; Assistant Treasurer Tamuna Gabilaia (Washington, D.C.) who recently led the development of a hallmark 2009 women’s economic empowerment program in Singapore; VP IT Grace Montealegre (Miami, FL) who managed all technical aspects of our very successful webinars launched earlier this year; VP Marketing Radhika Reddy (North-East Ohio), a past president and source of support for her chapter with 29 years of management experience in international business; VP Strategy Ana Guevara (Miami, FL), former US representative to the World Bank; and VP Partnerships Manda Shemirani (Hampton Roads) who has been previously involved in the identification of eligible development projects, working closely with NGOs and international organizations such as the United Nations.

Our full committee includes:

Advisory Chair:  Ania Jakubowski (Geneva Chapter), Associate Director, Sales & Marketing, Procter & Gamble, Geneva, Switzerland

President: Angela Marshall Hofmann (Washington, DC chapter), Senior Director Trade Leverage, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas

Executive VP: Karen Bland (Hampton Roads Chapter), Director and Inside Counsel, Export Compliance and Contracts Measurement Specialties, Inc., Hampton, Virginia

Treasurer: Carolina Schneider (North-East Ohio Chapter), Internal Auditor/Financial Analyst, Park Ohio Industries Inc., Cleveland, Ohio

Assistant Treasurer: Tamuna Gabilaia (Washington, D.C. Chapter), Executive Director, World Federation of Direct Selling Associations, Washington, D.C.

General Counsel: Margaret Heine (Orange County Chapter), Attorney at Law:  Heine Law Group, Fullerton, California

VP IT: M. Grace Montealegre (Miami Chapter), Marketing Director/Web Content Manager, Sandler, Travis, and Rosenberg, Miami, Florida

VP Communications: Susan Baka (Toronto Chapter), President, Bay Communications & Marketing Inc., Toronto, Ontario

VP Marketing: Radhika Reddy (North-East Ohio Chapter), Founding Partner, Ariel Ventures, LLC, Cleveland, Ohio

VP Conference: Camelia Mazard (Washington, D.C. Chapter), Founding Partner,  Doyle, Barlow & Mazard PLLC, Washington, D.C.

VP Strategy: Ana Guevara (Miami Chapter), President, AVENTI Associates, Miami, Florida

VP Chapter Support: Andrea Ewart (Washington, D.C. Chapter), Andrea M. Ewart, P.C., Washington, D.C.

Co-VP Chapter Development: Gail Morris (Toronto Chapter), Managing Consultant, Trade Partners, and International Trade Specialist, State of Illinois Canada Office, Toronto, Ontario  

Co-VP Chapter Development: Mwikali Matu (Nairobi Chapter), Managing Director, Envision Tarizi, Nairobi, Kenya

VP Partnerships: Manda Shemirani (Hampton Roads Chapter), Manager, Risk Management, Maersk Line, Ltd, Norfolk, Virginia

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