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  I am currently the Director for Social Security Administrations's (SSA) Division of Eastern Regional Contracts. I have almost 30 years working for the Federal Government. I started my Federal career as a Student Engineer working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington WV District, Construction Division. One of the requirements at the University of Cincinnati, was for Engineering and Construction Management students to participate in the co-op program were we worked alternating quarters with a company in a field related to our major.   After graduating in the mid 1980's with my Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management, I accepted a permanent position with the Huntington District where I was assigned as an Engineer/Inspector at the Yatesville Lake, KY dam site where we were building a new earth-filled dam and appurtenant bridges and roads. Other assignments in the early 1990's with the Corps of Engineers took me to Kuwait City Emergency Recovery Office's Construction Division to assi

  Dr. Edwards holds a PhD in Management and serves as Coach, Author and adjunct professor.  She has over 18 years of government, industry, entrepreneurship, education, consulting, training and coaching experience.  She is the author three writing journals to help others uncover, define goals and take action. As well as the author of two Reading is Fundamental approved children books “I Can Be Anything I Dream and Fun With Money” which help children learn about life and financial responsibility at an early age. She is also the founder of the early literacy program JustLikeUs which serves as a foundation for early literacy by getting children interested in books and reading by providing low income and the underserved with multicultural books with faces that look like their own . Dr. Edwards has received numerous awards and commendations to include the Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education’s Entrepreneur 101 Award, Marian Kauffman Entrepreneurship Award and Everest College’s Teacher of the Year in addition a

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Today We Will Be Speaking With Shirley McCall and Shelly Karriem, educators at TransTech Academy.  Ms. McCall is presently the Coordinator of the TransTech Academy at Cardozo High School.  The program is designed to impart the values of higher education, constructive employment and careers in the various models of transportation.  Ms. Karriem is currently the Director of the Academy of Construction and Design at Cardozo High School, a joint venture between D.C. Public Schools and the DC Students Construction Trades Foundation.  The Academy teaches high school students construction trades, including: carpentry, electrical, plumbing as well as a certified "green building" curriculum. TransTech Academy currently features three career pathways; aviation/aeronautics, pre-engineering and electro-mechanical technology training.  Plans are underway to add yet another pathway in Logistics and Supply Chain Mgmt in the Fall 2013. Over six hundred students have completed the program.  Eighty-five percent have gone on

Ann McNeill, President and Founder of The National Association of Black Women In Construction together with Sonya Stewart, Vice President for Enterprise Applications Solutions at Lockheed Martin organized the Third Annual Industry Day Event at TransTech Academy a scholastic program offered at Cardoza High School in Washington, DC! On Today's Show, Ann McNeill and other invited members-panelists from the Nat'l Assn of Black Women In Construction will discuss the impactfulness of TransTech Academy's 2012 Industry Day Event held earlier this month at Washington D.C's. historical Cardoza High School.  We will be discussing: Who Are We? How To Become Sponsor(s); Participant(s); Benefits of Partnership With NABWIC; Membership importance to students in engineering, construction, architectural, and other related industries; and so much more!!!  "We Are A Movement In The Community That Invites You To Join Us" Excerpts From The Washington Informer recent article:   INDUSTRY DAY A BIG HIT AT TRANS TECH ACADEMY With

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NABWIC Talks with Tony Roy on Industry Day Thursday May 10th, 2012 8:30AM-3:30PM Meyer Campus 2501-11th Street, NW, Washington D.C-20001

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 Mericia Appolon is the founder of, Vital 8 HeartWellness and Vital 8 Health & Wellness Education Services LLC.,  which focuses on helping individuals suffering from lifestyle debilitating diseases.  Ms. Appolon has had privilege of sharing her knowledge and expertise on how to make healthy lifestyle changes that improves the lives of women and their families. Do you want to hear more about MErica Appolon, please join us today at 8:30AM

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