“Birds of a Feather” Dinner Meeting
| September 16, 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
Our 2010—2011 kick off dinner meeting “Birds of a Feather” will highlight several speakers in a roundtable forum. Bring your colleagues and share solutions. Guest Speakers include:
Professor Ted Clark, SUNY New Paltz,
Prof. Clark has been a full-time lecturer in the areas of marketing and strategic management at the School of Business at SUNY New Paltz for a period of 20 years. He earned his B.S. in Business Administration from Marist College in 1981 and his M.B.A., concentrating in both marketing and management from Long Island University in 1987 and completed his doctoral course work at SUNY Albany. Prof. Clark was an invited lecturer for the International Institute of Business at the University of Stockholm, Sweden, teaching courses in Sales Management, an invited lecturer at the University of New York in Prague, Czech Republic, an invited lecturer on E-commerce for CGI University in Hanover, Germany and has been a speaker for various professional associations. Prior to starting his academic career, Prof. Clark spent ten years in management positions with Equifax, Marine Midland Bank and the National Bank of Westchester. His corporate positions included sales manager, business development officer and Assistant Vice-President, Charge Card Division.
Kathleen Packard, KathodeRay Media, Inc.,
President and Creative Director of KathodeRay Media
Acclaimed for her ability to create beautifully crafted graphic designs, Kathleen McQuaid Packard is also a consummate businesswoman with a gift for seeing the ‘big picture’ and achieving results. Combined with an affinity for developing cutting-edge technology with superior usability, this unique hybrid of talent has helped her offer clients marketing, business and technical solutions for more than 17 years. Throughout her career, Kathleen’s professional offerings have expanded to embrace the latest advancements in print, digital and interactive media, and to respond to shifts in the marketplace. Since founding KathodeRay Media in 1996, she has created interactive and traditional marketing programs for many highly recognized brands and organizations including: HBO, American Express, Pfizer, ABC Radio, Otis Elevator, Dial Soap, New York City Opera, CitiGroup and IBM. Kathleen takes the time to understand the business goals of her clients, as well as the products and services that she markets. She brings her clients’ goals and concepts to life, and is able to reach audiences that would be otherwise inaccessible.
Deeply involved in her local community, Kathleen serves on the Board of Directors of the Greene County Chamber of Commerce as First Vice President, on the Radio Council of WGXC Community Radio Station, on the Board of Directors for the Greene Rural Health Network and on the Board of Directors for the New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce. In addition, she was an adjunct professor at SUNY New Paltz teaching PR Publications. In the late 90’s, she taught Multimedia Design and Development as an adjunct professor at Parsons Design School in New York City .
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Computer Art – School of Visual Arts, New York , NY
and Debbie Kwiatoski, Hudson Valley Business Journal.
Debbie Kwiatoski has spent nearly 30 years in publishing and journalism: as a writer, an editor, and a publisher. She is currently the managing editor of the Hudson Valley Business Journal, as well as the organizing force behind a new author-driven project: Green Clove Books.
Roundtable discussions will include Marketing Research, Social Media and Public Relations.
This event is sponsored by ABC 123 Mortgage, Inc. The Internet’s leading website for home loans, mortgages, electronic lending, and loans using the best mortgage tools on the Internet. Visit their website at http://www.abc123mortgage.com/.
Both members and nonmembers can attend this dinner meeting for the same price of $25 on September 16, 2010.
This BMA-HV meeting will be held at Cappuccino By Coppola’s, 2373 Route 9, Poughkeepsie, NY- Phone 462-4545 • 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
To register for this event click here.