Do you have a brand?  Are you selling it within your organization?  Are you attempting to rise to the next level of responsibility?  Join us and start the journey to executive branding. 

• Discover how executive branding can accelerate your career
• Start to identify what makes you unique
• Take charge of your growth and begin designing a personal action plan
• Enjoy food & wine/beverages while networking, learning, and connecting

All are welcome!

Registration fee includes light hors d'oeuvres with a glass of wine.
Deadline to sign up is September 8, 2022, 5 pm.
Registration is closed. No walk-ins accepted at door.

Introductions and insights on how executive branding helped her career by Angela D. Henderson, Director, Global Supply Chain Strategy & Business Office, Ford Motor Company

Angela ensures equity and inclusion for the development of a robust supply chain strategy that includes learning & development for our teams and leaders, improved communications internally and externally, supplier relationships & partnerships and business office efficiency.

Presenter:
Corinne M. Smereka is responsible for the strategic planning, coordination, and development and implementation of business development, and economic growth initiatives for the Workforce Training Solutions Division in the Schoolcraft College Business Development Center.

Prior to joining Schoolcraft College, Ms. Smereka was Director of Corporate Business Development/Professional Development for a major global engineering mobility society. She was responsible for all aspects of marketing, sales, and program/product development in the Corporate automotive marketplace for the Professional Development complement of seminars, e-learning and corporate in-house programs directed specifically for the engineering community.

Additionally, Ms. Smereka worked extensively in the automotive market sector as a management consultant in her own firm, and for several large training companies, holding positions of Director of Operations, Director of Instructional Systems Designs, and Director of e-Learning Business Development. She has a broad range of experience in the design, development, and delivery of training, facilitation, and consulting engagements. She is an award-winning corporate trainer and facilitator, certified Senior Executive Coach, and holds adjunct faculty positions in Business at Schoolcraft and Baker Colleges.

Ms. Smereka earned her master’s degree in Education, and double Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, and is an active member of ASTD (American Society for Training and Development), MSED (Marketing and Sales Executives of Detroit), and AWAF (the Automotive Women’s Alliance Foundation), where she served as a Board of Director for several years. She was awarded the ranking of State of Michigan Certified Business Solutions Professional (CBSP)  and is also an Advisory Committee member to the State of Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth (DeLEG) Michigan Academy for Green Mobility."

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations for events will be accepted until 5pm September 5, 2022.  Cancellations received by this date will be refunded in full.  Refunds cannot be issued for cancellations received after this date; however, substitutions for another person to attend in your place are gladly accepted.

Photography: By joining us at this event, attendees consent to AWAF to photograph and use your image and likeness.