I am extremely honored to start in the role of the President of the Project Management Institute Great Lakes Chapter for 2019, which is our chapter’s 40th anniversary.    It has been rewarding for all of us to see our membership grow to nearly 1,900 members and to be recognized by PMI for leading our Region (4) in first year membership retention.   

I would like to congratulate and welcome our 2019 Board Members, including:

• Sean McConnell, BA, PMP                             President
• Srinivas Pinnamaneni, PMP                           President Elect
• Dr. Ron Papa, ORM, PhD, PMP                       Past President        
• Rajesh Sivakumar, MS, PMP, ITIL, SCPM         VP Administration 
• Chris Sharp, PMP                                         VP Finance
• Surya Prakash, PMP                                      VP Membership
• Dr. Ann Skinner, PhD, PMP                            VP Outreach
• Dana Fix, PMP                                              VP Communications              
• Jerry Gusmano, PMP                                    VP Professional Development               
• Anthony Amalraj, PMP                                  VP Marketing

Thanks to our previous board members for their tremendous effort and support over the last year. Special thanks and best wishes to Dr. Bill Moylan and Paul West who will be leaving our board in 2019.

In the new year, some our goals include:

·     Optimize chapter members experience through improvements to our signature events including Symposium and Professional Development Day.

·     Host the PMI Region 4 Leadership Institute Meeting were chapter board members from 6 states will meet for a weekend in Detroit with PMI leadership to share ideas, which will offer several volunteer and network opportunities for PMIGLC chapter members.

·     Ensure dinner meetings have a higher caliber of speakers, introduce a new Southfield and Detroit locations and offer two PDU’s per dinner meeting.

·     Increase our presence in academic and military communities, increase recruiter involvement and employment opportunities for our members.

·     Revamp our website to increase functionality – including mobile-friendly website, mobile app, and PayPal options.

·     Provide PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP and SAFe training. 

As we enter our 40^th year, we would like to thank our membership for your continued support and would encourage you to become active as a volunteer within our chapter by browsing out volunteer section at: https://pmiglc.org/Volunteer_Opportunities.

Sincerely,

Sean McConnell

President, PMI Great Lakes Chapter

president@pmiglc.org

www.pmiglc.org