Minnesota Chapter of the Project Management Institute
Building Professionalism in Project Management
December 2018 Newsletter | Volume 20, Issue 12
Dear Members,
As I prepare my last newsletter address to the Chapter this year, I feel very privileged to be part of such great leadership. The team I have been fortunate enough to lead has worked diligently to advance the landscape of our chapter operations and services. The Change Management process can be complicated to execute but we have remained focused on the endless opportunities of growth that it can yield. The team took tremendous strides encouraging PMI Minnesota to remain a top chapter globally, but most importantly to provide more first-rate services for our members including:
These are only some of the successes our Chapter has been privy to over the past year and they could not have been accomplished without the dedication and wisdom of our volunteers.
Other improvements included the restructuring of our Operations Committees to hone in on more effective ways to serve our members. Our committee leaders did an amazing job this past year. As mentioned earlier in my letter, the Change Management process provided improvement as well as identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the chapter, which enables volunteers to determine where more efficiency was needed. Overall, it proved to be a tough year in some areas but, we, the Board Leadership, as well as Committee Leadership and countless volunteers, prevailed.
Finally, I encourage you to look at our great achievements which have been praised by the Global Project Management Institute. Many accomplishments have been made in 2018 on both individual and large-scale initiatives and I look forward to what is coming in the future. Thank you all very much for your continuous support of PMI Minnesota and I wish each of you great success in the coming year!
Best regards,
- Mohamed F. Diab MBA, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
PMI-Minnesota Chapter President & CEO
New Members for the Month of August
Christopher Allen | Logan Grauer | JJanna Miller |
Sangeetha Anandkumar | Dimple Gujral | Shamil Mirza |
Thomas Beste | Kelsey Hansen | Pauline Misiak |
Tyler Bird | Nathan Hansen | Lisa Mohr |
Diane Blaschko | Heidi Heitkamp Parker | Alice Musumba |
JoAnn Boudreau | Cate Hesser | M. Renee Nawaz |
Michele Bradley | Linnea Hill | Ulrich Nielsen |
Terrence Brown | Meredith Hinke | Akpovi Obakponovwe |
Laura Casas | Jennifer Hoddinott | Karen O'Connor |
Brandon Christel | Christine Holloway | Juli Okal |
Shannon Coulter | Karl Holter | Rajendra Penugonda |
Sandra Christiansen | Michelle Hovet | Christopher Samson |
Elizabeth Cousins | Craig Hovet | Sandy Schmall |
Stephen Bunge | Samantha Infanger | Molly Schutz |
Benjamin Crist | Karen Jacobson | Jeffery Stahl |
Justin Data | Shreyasee Kambale | Mark Sturgis |
Melanie Dwyer | Chris Kibler | Kim Vagt |
Keith Fehr | Eric Kolehmainen | Mayli Vang |
Kim Feist | Greg Lauderdale | Uma Vempati |
Mark Feitel | Andrea Larson | Jeff Walker |
Mark Ford | Sedgwick Lewis | Paul Wendland |
Tracey Fowler | Scott Maghan | Jessica Westcott |
Gretchen Froehner | Donald Mathews | Kevin Zernel |
David Gates | Jonathan McDonald | Karen Zimmer OBrien |
Thomas McGrath | Prosper Zoumanigui | |
New PMP® Certifications for the Month of August
Joseph Forman | Elizabeth Cousins | Marti Brown | |
Jeffrey Lange | Chris Vostmyer | Sandra Christiansen | |
Greg Lauderdale | Matt Wirth | Nicole Dimassis | |
Molly Schutz |
Monthly Renewal Drawing Winners
PMI Minnesota Chapter members who renew their membership are automatically entered into a drawing and if chosen at random receive a $50 VISA gift card. Joshua Miller is the winner for the month of October. Congratulations Joshua and thank you for your continued support and involvement.
Membership Elects New Officers
Elections recently closed for the 2019 PMI Minnesota Board of Directors. Below are the results of this year’s election:
President Elect - Sara Swanson, PMP, CSM
Director of Governance - Geraldine Marks, PMP
Directors at Large - Alisha Walter, PMP, and Michael O’Connor, Ph.D., PMP, PGMP, IPMA-B, NPDP
Our thanks to all who participated in running for election and to our members who participated in voting.
PMI-MN Nominating Committee
The Chapter schedules events for project management professionals (members and guests) throughout the year at the following locations: Minneapolis-St. Paul; Duluth-Superior; St. Cloud-Waite Park, Mankato in Minnesota & Fargo-Moorhead, Bismarck-Mandan, Grand Forks in North Dakota. Please visit our Chapter Website Events Calendar!
January 8, 2019 | PMI Project Management Professional (PMP®) & Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM ®) Certification Prep Course (8w)
6:00PM - 9:00PM | Minnesota State University Mankato - Edina Campus (24.0 Education Hours)
January 22 - January 24, 2019 | ACP (Agile) Certification Course
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Watermark Learning (21.0 Contact Hours)
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Mohamed Diab, MBA, PhD President/CEO |
Geraldine Marks, PMP® Director-Governance/Board Secretary |
Adam Cherrill, PfMP®
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Janice Pyka President Elect/COO - 2018 |
Manish Kalra, PMP® Director at Large |
Alisha Walter, PMP®
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Chris Doyle Past President - 2017 |
Sara Swanson, PMP® Director at Large |
Matt Mehring PMP® PMI-ACP® Director at Large |
PMI-MN Office 4248 Park Glen Road Minneapolis, MN 55416 phone: (651) 917-6246 fax: (952) 929-1318 administrator@pmi-mn.org pmi-mn.org |
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