Date: 08/16/2005
IBTM Presents Wharton Certificates of Professional Development
Twenty-Three Business Travel Professionals are Awarded with the Prestigious Wharton Certificate of Professional Development
CONTACT: Daphne Bryant | 703-739-3410 | dbryant@ibtm.org
San Diego, CA (August 16, 2005) -- The Institute of Business Travel Management (IBTM), the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA), awarded 23 business travel professionals with the Certificate of Professional Development from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business for their completion of the Global Leadership Program (GLP). The certificates were awarded during a ceremony at NBTA’s 37th Annual Convention and Trade Show in San Diego.
“IBTM is extremely pleased to have so many individuals complete the Global Leadership Program this year, and we congratulate them on this achievement,” said Joe Monaghan, Chair, IBTM Board of Trustees.
In 2001, IBTM began a partnership with the world-renowned Wharton School to provide travel professionals with the GLP, the industry’s only master’s-level program. In order to receive the certificate, participants must successfully complete one five-day session and three two-day sessions within a 24-month period while completing at least one session in three of the four main competencies: leadership, management, finance and marketing.
The program offers professionals the ability to practice creative leadership techniques as well as develop excellent decision-making skills using an interdisciplinary approach that addresses both the opportunities and challenges of conducting business in today’s turbulent environment. Courses are designed to take industry leaders from both the buyer and supplier communities out of the business travel field to broaden their thinking and provide them with ways to create value for corporations and customers.
This year, the following individuals received their Certificate of Professional Development:
Maureen Bradford, Regional Travel Manager – General Motors
Peter Browne, President – Carey Limousine of Wisconsin
Fred Dallenbach, Director – Business Development – Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Carol A. Devine, CCTE, Director of Corporate Travel – BNSF Railway Company
Phil Dunphy, Director/Team Leader Global Travel – Pfizer Inc
Noha Elzayat, Vice President Corporate and Outbound – Emeco Travel
Marianne Farhan, CCTE, CAS
John Hackett, Corporate Director of Sales – Omni Hotels
John Hintz, CCTE, Manager, Corporate Travel Services – TIAA-CREFF
Barbara Ireland, Director, Events Marketing – American Express
Donna Kelliher, Director, Travel Services – Dominion Resources
Colleen Kempf, National Director, Travel Industry Sales – Omni Hotels
Flodine Lee, CCTE, Corporate Travel Manager – JELD-WEN
Cheryll Maze, CPM – Roche Diagnostics
Hanna Murphy, CCTE, Vice President – Siemens Shared Services
Jan Overstreet, Travel Manager – Unum Provident
Teresa Powell, CCTE, Sr. Manager, Corporate Travel Services – Health Care Service Corp.
Lois Raffel, CCTE, Manager, Travel Services – AchieveGlobal
Stephen Ridzon
Sebastian Ruvira, Travel Manager – Claxson
Brenda Schuldt, CCTE, CPM, Relationship Manager, Supplier Relations – Principal Financial Group
Lisa Stanford, Program Administrator – ConocoPhillips Company
Cathy Winter, Travel Manager – Weyerhaeuser
The Institute of Business Travel Management (IBTM) is the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA). IBTM was established in 1997 to support NBTA’s 2,400 members and the industry as a whole. As the only education and research foundation in the business travel industry, IBTM seeks to fund initiatives to advance the business travel profession. IBTM has created the only master’s level accredited course for the corporate travel professional, the Global Leadership Program, in partnership with The Wharton School. IBTM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
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