People Group Archives: Office of Professional Development

Megan Blanco is an accomplished business professional with more than 13 years of experience in various aspects of business. She is highly knowledgeable in talent acquisition, recruitment, leadership, business development, client engagement, operations, process improvement and implementation. Megan obtained her Master of Business Administration in 2012 from Texas A&M University– Commerce, and is a proud […]

Nina Leonard, Ed.D., is the Director of Academic Success Coaching assigned to the College of Business within the Division of Student Success and Well-Being. Dr. Leonard has over a decade of experience in higher education, including admissions, academic advising, orientation programming, at-risk student initiatives, scholarship funding selections and appeals, training/development, teaching, coaching, and mentoring. Before […]

Amy is a tenured business professional with more than 10 years of human resources, recruiting and business operations experience. Amy obtained her Master of Business Administration degree with a focus in Human Resource Management from Columbia Southern University, and has an undergrad degree focused in Business Administration and Psychology. Amy obtained her certification as a […]

Mary brings a professional career of combined experience in teaching, training, management and recruiting. She has worked in the U.S., as well as in Australia and Guatemala. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Central Michigan University and a Master of Arts in Family Consumer Science degree from Western Michigan University. Mary […]

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Denise McFadden is the Director of Professionalism Programming in the Office of Professional Development. She is a business professional with more than 15 years of experience in all aspects of business including leadership, training, development, HR, sales and process improvement/implementation. She has experience in both the private and public sectors, as well as with start-up […]