About the Candidate
Wendy Johnson, author, educator, motivational speaker, consultant, and Internet radio show personality, has over 20 years of business experience.
She is the President of Emerge Consulting Group, LLC, a management-consulting firm and the parent company of Dr. Wendy, a self improvement consulting business. Her formal education includes a BA in Accounting/Economics, an MBA and a PhD in Applied Management and Decision Sciences.
Dr. Johnson is actively involved with The National Black MBA Association-Houston Chapter (became a member in 1999/programming co-chair since 2001), a graduate of Leadership Houston, a member of the Houston Minority Business Council, YMCA of Greater Houston, and Macedonia Outreach and Career Center.
She has received the following awards/acknowledgements:
1. Leadership Empowerment Award - National Black MBA Association
2. Cardinal Health Image Award
3. Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year
4. Chief Academic Officer/Director of the Year
5. Minority Achiever of the Year
6. Southwest Chamber Mover and Shaker
7. Houston’s 25 Most Influential Women
8. Who's Who in Black Houston (2007/2008)
During her career she has lead over 700 staff members, managed large budgets and gone into various departments and changed the existing culture while transforming them into highly motivated/energized, low turnover teams.
She was a contributing writer for the Minority Executive Report and is currently a contributing writer for DMARS Business Journal and For Youth Teens and Young Adults. She also has an Internet radio show on blogtalkradio, which airs Monday evenings at 10 pm (CST). Access the show at www.blogtalkradio/letstalkwithDrWendy.
Dr. Wendy's book, Missing in Action: Black Women in the Boardroom is scheduled to hit the airwaves and the book shelves this fall.
Dr. Wendy has the personality, leadership experience, corporate/community visibilty and synergy needed to take the chapter to the lext level!
For more information about Dr. Wendy, go to www.askdr-wendy.com and www.myspace.com/askdrwendy.
She is the President of Emerge Consulting Group, LLC, a management-consulting firm and the parent company of Dr. Wendy, a self improvement consulting business. Her formal education includes a BA in Accounting/Economics, an MBA and a PhD in Applied Management and Decision Sciences.
Dr. Johnson is actively involved with The National Black MBA Association-Houston Chapter (became a member in 1999/programming co-chair since 2001), a graduate of Leadership Houston, a member of the Houston Minority Business Council, YMCA of Greater Houston, and Macedonia Outreach and Career Center.
She has received the following awards/acknowledgements:
1. Leadership Empowerment Award - National Black MBA Association
2. Cardinal Health Image Award
3. Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year
4. Chief Academic Officer/Director of the Year
5. Minority Achiever of the Year
6. Southwest Chamber Mover and Shaker
7. Houston’s 25 Most Influential Women
8. Who's Who in Black Houston (2007/2008)
During her career she has lead over 700 staff members, managed large budgets and gone into various departments and changed the existing culture while transforming them into highly motivated/energized, low turnover teams.
She was a contributing writer for the Minority Executive Report and is currently a contributing writer for DMARS Business Journal and For Youth Teens and Young Adults. She also has an Internet radio show on blogtalkradio, which airs Monday evenings at 10 pm (CST). Access the show at www.blogtalkradio/letstalkwithDrWendy.
Dr. Wendy's book, Missing in Action: Black Women in the Boardroom is scheduled to hit the airwaves and the book shelves this fall.
Dr. Wendy has the personality, leadership experience, corporate/community visibilty and synergy needed to take the chapter to the lext level!
For more information about Dr. Wendy, go to www.askdr-wendy.com and www.myspace.com/askdrwendy.
Dr. Wendy's Vision & Goals
"Create Change with Proven Leadership and Vision"
My vision for the chapter is to continue to build on the current successes, while developing a cohesive, empowered and motivated coalition that will take the chapter to the next level.
Goals & (Partial) Execution Plan:
1. Recruit for mentors on a regular basis.
2. As part of the corporate sponsor package – have companies commit to recruiting 10, 15 or 20 mentors for the chapter (depending on the size of the organization).
3. A representative from the student affairs committee will attend each monthly meeting and educate the chapter about the mentoring program and the requirements/benefits.
4. Have one of the mentees attend a monthly meeting and share their experience. Make the connection with the membership.
5. Contact administrators at the local colleges/programs such as Big Brother/Sister, Girls Incorporated.
6. Place a “Call for Mentor” article in other organizational newsletters.
Note: All mentors must pass a background check.
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Increase financial membership by 15% - To increase membership, we must:
1. Do a better job educating people about the chapter. Post membership information in various professional and collegiate publications and.
2. Create a membership recruitment drive. Execute the plan and hold the appropriate committee accountable.
3. Contact all non-member meeting attendees, "Thank" them for attending and ask them to become a financial member.
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Increase professional, collegiate, community & organizational awareness - To improve this area, we must:
1. Partner with other organizations in the city and conduct meetings or effective/cohesive networking events.
2. Become more visible in the community – MS telethon, UNCF/Breast Cancer run walk, etc.
3. Have the local media attend our professional and community events.
4. Create a sub-committee that concentrates on professional, collegiate, community and organizational awareness.
5. A chapter representative will appear once a quarter on one of the local community shows – doing this will educate the city about the chapter.
Note: The first step to meeting these goals is to ensure that a leader is in place that will "Execute the plan and hold people accountable". That is the key. Dr. Wendy will do just that!
My vision for the chapter is to continue to build on the current successes, while developing a cohesive, empowered and motivated coalition that will take the chapter to the next level.
Goals & (Partial) Execution Plan:
1. Enhance economic development and wealth building opportunities and continue quality educational programming.
2. Recruit and train qualified mentors for the Leaders of Tomorrow Program.
3. Implement cohesive and effective social networking events.
4. Increase professional, collegiate, community &organizational awareness.
5. Create a sense of community and collaboration.
6. Build greater partnerships & coalitions with other professional and community organizations.
7. Increase membership involvement by 20%.
8. Increase financial membership by 15%.
9. Create collegiate chapters.
10. Develop college scholarship essay writing workshops.
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Recruit and train qualified mentors for the Leaders of Tomorrow Program – Below are some ways we can recruit qualified mentors:1. Recruit for mentors on a regular basis.
2. As part of the corporate sponsor package – have companies commit to recruiting 10, 15 or 20 mentors for the chapter (depending on the size of the organization).
3. A representative from the student affairs committee will attend each monthly meeting and educate the chapter about the mentoring program and the requirements/benefits.
4. Have one of the mentees attend a monthly meeting and share their experience. Make the connection with the membership.
5. Contact administrators at the local colleges/programs such as Big Brother/Sister, Girls Incorporated.
6. Place a “Call for Mentor” article in other organizational newsletters.
Note: All mentors must pass a background check.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Increase financial membership by 15% - To increase membership, we must:
1. Do a better job educating people about the chapter. Post membership information in various professional and collegiate publications and.
2. Create a membership recruitment drive. Execute the plan and hold the appropriate committee accountable.
3. Contact all non-member meeting attendees, "Thank" them for attending and ask them to become a financial member.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Increase professional, collegiate, community & organizational awareness - To improve this area, we must:
1. Partner with other organizations in the city and conduct meetings or effective/cohesive networking events.
2. Become more visible in the community – MS telethon, UNCF/Breast Cancer run walk, etc.
3. Have the local media attend our professional and community events.
4. Create a sub-committee that concentrates on professional, collegiate, community and organizational awareness.
5. A chapter representative will appear once a quarter on one of the local community shows – doing this will educate the city about the chapter.
Note: The first step to meeting these goals is to ensure that a leader is in place that will "Execute the plan and hold people accountable". That is the key. Dr. Wendy will do just that!
