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ALUMNI CORNERThe Pi Gamma Mu Alumni Corner was created so that Alumni could stay in touch with their updates, career activities, and key events in their lives. The Alumni Council would love to include your update in a future issue of the Pi Gamma Mu Newsletter. Please email your update to: [email protected]. Please limit your summary to a few sentences and list “Alumni Corner” in the subject line of your e-mail. Please be sure to list the name of your Pi Gamma Mu chapter. Matthew Anderson, a Pi Gamma Mu Alumni Member, completed his Doctoral research at three of the largest child welfare agencies in New York City. Anderson's published dissertation is entitled ”Leader Perceptions and their impact on retention and job satisfaction in child welfare agencies,” and is available on Proquest. Anderson was nominated to be Pi Gamma Mu's Shadow President for four years writing articles analyzing the performance of then-President Barak Obama. The International Social Science Review, Pi Gamma Mu's keystone peer-reviewed journal, published Anderson’s article entitled “Transformational Leadership in Education” in 2017, and will soon feature another of his articles entitled “Supervisory Support, Job Satisfaction, and Leadership Development in Nonprofit Organizations." Anderson has worked as a Leadership Consultant for Saint Vincent’s In Brooklyn, New York, and the Seamen Society in Staten Island, New York on projects to develop middle-management personnel and currently works as an Administratorin the New York City shelter system.
Viviana M. DeCohen of the New York Iota Chapter at Mercy College (right) has been chosen by the Department of Veterans Administration (VA) as one of the 2021 Women Trailblazers. The 2021 “Women Veterans Leading the Way” campaign features 27 women Veterans. The VA’s Center for Women Veterans sponsors an annual campaign in honor of Women’s History Month and throughout the year celebrates the contributions of these trailblazers and women Veterans, representing all military branches, during and after their military service. Viviana DeCohen is a Marine Corps Veteran and serves the City of Mt. Vernon as its Commissioner of Veterans Services. Viviana is in pursuing her Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Gerontology and serving in various capacities in Veterans’ organizations such as the National Association of Veteran Program Administrators, Women Marines Association, and the Barbara Giordano Foundation.
Bill Wenger of the West Virginia Iota Chapter at American Military University (AMU) (right) was declared the 2021 National Volunteer of the Year for Training from among nearly 4,000 national Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) volunteers on April 15, 2021. ESGR is a 50-year-old Department of Defense volunteer agency across 54 states and territories. Bill has been volunteering with ESGR for five years. He is a US Army Colonel (retired), Real Estate Executive, and post-graduate college professor. |
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