Case Study of Monique Mandy

ast Friday Missy Gelner, from Springfield Missouri, was notified that Governor Eric Greitens had withdrawn her appointment to the Missouri Board of Education. According to the Springfield News-Leader, Ms. Gelner was appointed to the eight-member governing board in July. Gelner disagrees with the governor's decision to withdraw her appointment on the Board. In a statement, Ms. Gelner shared her frustrations with the governor's policy team, "I have seen very little effort from them (policy team) to collaborate with DESE to work on behalf of our public schools." She also stated, "I am concerned about the pressure I've recently experienced to make rash leadership decisions."

She was also involved in several organizations for peace and social reform. Her work throughout her life led her to become appointed to the Chicago Board of Education where she was able to do so much more to impact the country. In 1910 she became the first female president of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. She also established the National Federation of Settlements in

She had a very successful life and was motivated by her hard-working parents and hoped to find success as a businesswoman. After teaching at two schools she went to Montreal to study at Field Beauty Culture School, one of the only establishments that accepted black students.

After she was expelled, she hitchhiked to New York City, where she spent time living out of her car before finally earning a scholarship New York University, where she co-founded the Student Homophile League and joined the National Organization for Women (NOW). She was eventually forced to leave NOW by founder

When she grew up she decided to go to the University of Illinois in pursuit of a degree in graphic design where this eventually led her to New York City. She got her first dream job doing artwork for different television shows. This eventually led to her getting a job for a children’s show. During her time

Then after about a year, she decided to move to Washington, D.C. She came to D.C. to attend the Miners Teaching College and to be closer to her aunt.

She traveled to colonial Africa in 1936 with her son which was when she wrote one of her books called “African Journey”. She went with Paul to the front lines of the Spanish Civil War in 1938 where she witnessed the hardships of the war firsthand. She focused on the resilience and humanity of the people during the Spanish Civil War just like she had while visiting South Africa and Uganda. She went back to Africa in the Congo in 1946. She met many people during her travels including Kwame Nkrumah who was the leader of Ghana.

Jane “Bitzi” Johnson Miller was born and raised in west Texas on a ranch. She was married to Michael Smith, former Texas supremum court justice, until they divorced in 2010, have two grown children. She went to the all-girls, private National Cathedral School in Austin, where she played on the woman soccer team and graduated in 1981. She attended the University of Texas at Arlington, majoring business administration with minor in political science, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society. She also studied for four months in Spain during 1983. She graduated from University of Texas at Arlington in 1985. She received her PhD from Harvard Business School in 1989, where she was executive editor of Harvard Journal of International Business and an editor of the Harvard business Journal. She holds her Master’s degree from Stanford Business School.

In 1944, she enrolled at Columbia University as a doctoral student, the timing of her enrolment helped her as World War II meant that employers were actively looking to employ women to fill the jobs that the men who had been sent to war had left

After high school when Jane was 18, she worked at a film company to make money for her long anticipated trip to Africa. Soon, she was

During her years in college, various campus rallies made her really start to see the connection of activism and how it is related to the food industry. This sparked up a desire to make a change within the industry. In 1967, she graduated from Berkeley with a degree in French cultural studies. After college, she trained

She enrolled for the purpose of knownig more about public service and to concentrate her career to care for global humanitarian needs and political efforts. She is a known advocate for women.

Rashelle Rogers, great Summary, I loved the incorporation of the pie charts exercise. it was interesting to see that your actual role as an active member of the clergy involved in ministry was the area that provided you the least satisfaction. I am not at all surprised by this revelation. I think that quit often that the African Methodist Episcopal Denomination should do to receive and provide critical feedback that would be helpful in propelling our Zion forward toward improvement. I think that currently if you were to poll mot AME pastors they would not grade our organization favorably because we often lose sight of the bigger issue while on a quest to fulfill the business aspects of the

Imani currently sits on the Boards of Directors of the National Press Foundation, United Way of the National Capital Area and Capitol Partners for Education, and is a member of Leadership Greater Washington. She attended Hampton University, where she studied Broadcast Journalism, and is currently an MBA candidate at the University of Maryland. Her personal passion is supporting workforce readiness for at-risk youths, and she has founded a non-profit organization that connects young mothers with trailblazers who may serve as beacons of inspiration to them.

Her involvement with working with Lebanese refugees from 1982, gender equity, and human rights have helped her win several prestigious humanitarian awards. In May 2010, she won the North-South award along with Mikhail Gorbachev that recognizes exceptional work in solidarity. Likewise, I am planning to have a career in the health field and be actively involved with the community; she would be a great individual to work with.