WID Members Professional Development
April 2012 – Personality Traits and How They Affect Communication
June 2011 - WID Member Professional Development Panel
March 2011 - Personality Traits and How They Affect Communication
West Michigan Events
April 2012 – West Michigan Kick Off Event
Annual Black Tie Award Gala
Excellence In Leadership Award
(3) Horizon Industry Awards
Scholarship Recipients announced
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Charity Fundraisers
January 2012 Winner Bowling with the Primes Fundraiser – Oshkosh Defense and ASG Renaissance
January 2011 Winner Bocce Ball Tournament of the Primes – Navistar
January 2010 Winner Bocce Ball Tournament of the Primes – AM General
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Supply Chain Panel Discussion
March 2010 - How to get a Prime's attention!
March 2009 - Working in the Defense Community; the small business Challenge
Moderator: Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press
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Key Note Speakers
April 2012 – “What You Do Here, Matters There,” H.A. (Graz) Graziano, Vice President, Combat Support & Sustainment Business Sector, General Dynamics Land Systems
April 2011 - "Re-building, Re-energizing, Re-inventing: Opportunities for Economic Growth," Tammy J. Carnrike, CCE, Chief Operating Officer - Detroit Regional Chamber
February 2011 - Diversity Leadership: Improving Organizational Performance – and as a Global Competitiveness Requirement. Monica E. Emerson, Navy Diversity Officer, U.S. Department of Navy, Chief of Naval Personnel
September 2010 - The Power of Diversity: Dr. Grace M Bochenek, Ph.D. Director, Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC)
February 2010 - Women in Military Services for America, One Story of Many. Colonel Jeanne Smith Hooper, Chief of Staff, TACOM LCMC
November 2009 - Why Women in Defense? Why Now? Sonya Sepahban, Senior Vice President, Engineering Design & Development, General Dynamics Land Systems
February 2009 - Bringing Systems Thinking to National Security: The project on National Security Reform and the Vision Working Group's Efforts. Dr. Sheila R. Ronis, Ph.D. Director, MBA/MSSL Programs Associate Professor, Management, Walsh College.
December 2008 - Dr. Robert Shannon Hoover Ph.D. Director, Combat Systems International Programs, BAE Systems Inc, Past President NDIA Michigan Chapter
Speed Networking (with specific table topics)
May 2009, 2010
Oct 2011
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Annual HORIZONS-Michigan Scholarship Golf Outing Fundraiser
Cherry Creek Golf Course, Shelby Township, MI
July 2009, 2010, 2011
2010 - $18,000 raised
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War Fighter Panel Discussion
May 2011
Moderator: Major Carrie M. Atkinson, USMC
September 2009
Moderator: John McElroy, host of "Autoline Detroit"
October 2010
Moderator: Tom Walsh, Detroit Free Press
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Social / Networking Events
December 2011 – Member Appreciation Happy Hour
January 2009 - Wine Tasting and Strolling Cuisine
December 2008 - Fall Fondue Mixer
Aerospace - Automotive - Defense, Thinking Outside the Box, Innovation, Design, Prototyping
April 2010
Terry Gonda - Director of Strategic Transformation, TARDEC
Lynn Bishop - Director of Engineering, Pratt & Miller
Hosted at Pratt & Miller's facility, New Hudson, MI
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