WID becomes full affiliate with NDIA organization.Women In Defense recently became a full affiliate of the National Defense Industry Association (NDIA NDIA National Defense Industrial Association NDIA New Doha International Airport (Qatar) ). "The affiliation brings benefits to both entities. WID's membership, comprised of both women and men in government, military and industry, will help broaden and diversify the NDIA membership base," said the association's president, Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. WID WID Width WID Widow(er) WID Women In Development WID World Institute on Disability WID What It Do? WID Writing in the Disciplines (academia) WID When It's Done will receive a full seat on the NDIA Board of Directors to be filled by the WID national board president. Additionally, WID will have access to NDIA's conference planning and membership services resources. A successful first conference on workforce development took place in 2003. More conferences are planned for the future. For members, the affiliation means that the national board can spend more time developing programs and helping chapters, while needing less time for administrative matters. WID plans to use the incorporation to form new chapters in areas that have a high defense density. As for WID's current membership, "the transition will be seamless to the members, because they have been NDIA members all along," said WID President Carolyn Becraft, former assistant secretary of the Navy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (abbrev. "ASN") is the title given to certain senior officials in the U.S. Department of the Navy. They serve as chief assistants to the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV). for manpower and reserve affairs and president of Becraft Associates. Though WID has been considered an NDIA affiliate since 1996, the organization had retained its own corporate identity, articles of incorporation The document that must be filed with an appropriate government agency, commonly the office of the Secretary of State, if the owners of a business want it to be given legal recognition as a corporation. and by-laws, explained Becraft. She credits WID past President Jan Menker, of Concurrent Technologies with moving the process forward. Joining NDIA gives WID a greater legitimacy and wider base within the defense platform, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Becraft. "I think that it is a win-win for WID and for NDIA," she said. NDIA LEADERSHIP NDIA Chairman of the Board Thomas M. Culligan Executive Vice President for Business Development, Raytheon NDIA Vice Chairman of the Board Tofie M. Owen Jr. Senior Vice President for Corporate Development, SMC SMC Saint Mary's College SMC Santa Monica College SMC Solaris Management Console SMC Smooth Muscle Cell SMC Small Magellanic Cloud (also see LMC) SMC Safety Management Certificate (maritime shipping) Senior Staff Lawrence P. Farrell Jr., Lt. Gen., USAF (Ret.) President, Chief Executive Officer, and Publisher Barry D. Bates Bates , Katherine Lee 1859-1929. American educator and writer best known for her poem "America the Beautiful," written in 1893 and revised in 1904 and 1911. , Maj. Gen., USA (Ret.) Vice President, Operations James E. McInerney Jr., Maj. Gen., USAF (Ret.) Vice President, Membership & Chapters Peter M. Steffes Vice President, Government Policy Bronislaw P. Prokuski Jr., Col., USAF (Ret.) Vice President, Business Operations Secretary/Treasurer Dino Pignotti Vice President, Advertising Paul Greenberg, Maj. Gen., USA (Ret.) Vice President Emeritus Affiliates David Chesebrough AFEI AFEI Association For Enterprise Integration President Frederick L. Lewis, Rear Adm., USN (Ret.) NTSA NTSA National Training Systems Association NTSA National Tuberous Sclerosis Association NTSA National Technical Services Association NTSA National Training and Simulation Association NTSA National Traffic Safety Administration President Carolyn Becraft Women In Defense President Paul Greenberg, Maj. Gen., USA (Ret.) Executive Director Precision Strike Association William R. Usher, Maj. Gen,, USAF (Ret.) President, National Correlation Working Group |
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