有影响力的女性 funding applications may be submitted by any UNA faculty or staff member with supervisor approval or any UNA student with a faculty or staff sponsor. Applications must be received by September 30 with awards made by December 31 of each year.
"We have a real opportunity with 有影响力的女性 to impact student success directly. 这是我的《K8彩乐园》."
——德娜·基茨
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椅子:
- Dena克里斯多福
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Dena克里斯多福 is the wife of President Ken Kitts and First Lady of UNA. She earned a baccalaureate degree in English from Francis Marion University with minors in Spanish and history. She is a member of Sigma Tau Delta, the English National Honor Society. She received post-graduate certification in career counseling, 强调简历写作和面试技巧. She has been inducted into Who's Who of Professionals and was a member of 领导 Florence (SC) class of 2001. Dena's professional career spanned nine years in 人力资源 at the university level.
自从她2015年来到校园以来, Dena has been an avid supporter of student success and an enthusiastic promoter of UNA. She devotes her time to numerous organizations including the Shoals Symphony at UNA Board of Directors, 德比日策划委员会, and the Kilby Laboratory School Parent Advisory Board. She also assists the UNA 职业中心 each year with Speed Networking interviews which gives experiential, one-on-one interview practice to UNA students entering the job market. 培养校风, Dena has participated in "First Pitch" ceremonies to open athletic events, 评议返校活动, and even returned to her drum major roots by directing UNA's award-winning Marching Pride of North 阿拉巴马州 band.
Dena’s current passion is her 有影响力的女性 initiative, 她创立了这家公司，目前担任联席主席. WOI is a dynamic group of diverse women leaders who have come together to elevate and empower student success through philanthropic enterprise.
In her spare time, Dena enjoys writing, photography, and traveling. As proud as she is of her many university and civic duties, Dena's greatest and most important role is being mom to Colin and Corbin.
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副主席:
- Dr. 斯蒂芬妮Teichmiller
- Dr. 斯蒂芬妮Teichmiller was the first female Dentist in Morgan County and has been practicing General Dentistry in Decatur, 阿拉巴马州, 在过去的30年里. 她通过许多角色为她的社区服务, including past President of the Mental Health Association, 摩根县少年联盟, 迪凯特准将, Board Member of the National League of Junior Cotillions and was recognized for her community service by being named a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow. She also owns "Assist to Succeed Decatur", a Dental Assisting school with more than 100 graduates. She is the official Dentist for the Miss 阿拉巴马州 pageant and her philanthropy is 任务: Makeover. She is also currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of 阿拉巴马州 in Birmingham School of Dentistry. She supervises Junior and Senior Dental Students on the Clinic Floor as they treat patients. She was recently named an ICON in Dentistry by the Ultradent Corporation because of her mentorship to women in all aspects of life!
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会员的椅子:
- 米歇尔·福赛斯·琼斯
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米歇尔·福赛斯·琼斯 is a business owner and entrepreneur in the Shoals area. A woman with a passion for the Shoals and for business, she joined 有影响力的女性 as the membership chair in 2020. 浅滩原生动物, Jones obtained a business degree specializing in entrepreneurship from the K8彩乐园 in 2005. 她和她的丈夫, 罗布琼斯, decided to make the Shoals their home and opened the Shoals’ first brewery, 歌河酿酒有限公司., in 2013. She continued her education at Auburn University where she became the first woman in 阿拉巴马州 to obtain a graduate certificate from the Brewing Science and Operation Program in 2015. She continued her work as an entrepreneur and started a fertilizer technology company, CRF科技, 和妹妹莫莉·帕特洛在2015年. 作为一名企业家和商界女性的支持者, she founded the Tennessee chapter of Association of Women in the Metal Industries in 2006. She currently serves as a member of the Florence Lauderdale County Port Authority Board, 佛罗伦萨规划委员会, 西南肥料规划委员会, the Children’s Museum Shoals Fundraising Board and the First United Methodist Financial and Children’s Board. In 2008, she became the CFO of Forsythe and Long Engineering, a role she holds today. 琼斯和她丈夫住在佛罗伦萨, 罗布琼斯, 和她的孩子们, RJ (8), 菲利普(5), 和Annelle (1).