Garden City, NY (PRWEB) January 13, 2010 -- Chapter President Deadra Marsh Foy, of JWT-Marketing Technology Solutions, held her second http://www.merchantcircle.com/business/NAPW.516-877-5500 [National Association of Professional Women] local chapter meeting, where she elected her officers to assist in developing the chapter.

The http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/careers-707499-NAPW_National_Association_of_Professional_Women [NAPW] Meeting took place at Bengal Coast-, 3102 Oak Lawn Ave, Dallas, TX 75219

Chapter President Deadra Marsh Foy, of JWT-Marketing Technology Solutions welcomed all members and guests.

Then, Vicki Hook opened the meeting welcoming all attendees and introduced Cathy Mirek.

Inspiration/Meditation/Purpose by Cathy Mirek She spoke of how we sometimes project an image on someone that is very different than who they really are. She read an article about a NY Yankees manager that came to the aid of a woman in an auto accident.

Deadra asked all attendees to introduce themselves briefly.

Attendees introduced themselves briefly to include:
Liz Barber of The Barber Shop Marketing, Michelle Castro an Account Executive with WFAA, Toni Hatcher Lee a Partner with Cain Watters & Associates, P.L.L.C. , Vicki Hook a Sales Representative with Liberty Mutual Insurance, Sarah Jones the owner of Status Design Studio, Deadra Marsh-Foy the Managing Consultant for User Friendly Systems Consulting and Management,  Tisa Salazar the Director of Financial Planning with Goodman Networks, Inc.,  Jaime Swartz of Synergy Buzz, Liliana Britton a Designer for Lidabri, Cathy Mirek a Client Relations Manager for the Texas facility of CSG Systems, Tabitha Bush-Mathis a Practice Administrator for Home Care Physicians, Deborah Cohen the  Dir. Marketing & Development for the Urban League of Greater Dallas, Leticia Cole a Registered Nurse for the Children's Medical Centre of Dallas, Tina Golden who is VP of Graph/Data Info Analyst at Janik PC, Tamara Harrison an Executive Assistant at Southwest Airline Co., Lisa Newkirk the Coessential Manager at The Beck Group, Claudia Herrmann a Partner at Drenst International, Marie Dean who is President of MDPR, Inc., and Tracie Morgan the Director-Sales Support at Jeff-Net.

Tisa Salazar read highlights of the minutes from the 10/29 kick off meeting.

Deadra Marsh-Foy reviewed chapter guidelines, election process and timeline of taking office.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/NAPW/Professional-Women/prweb3240184.htm [NAPW] -Guidelines - Deadra Marsh-Foy
Elections were held for Board of Directors:

Vice President - Vicki Hook was nominated and accepted.
Meeting Recorder - Patricia Nelson was nominated and accepted prior to the meeting. She was not in attendance.

Director of Administration - Tisa Salazar was nominated and accepted.

Director of Membership - Michelle Castro was nominated and accepted.

Director of Public Relations & Marketing - Jamie Swartz was nominated and accepted.

Director of Corporate Relations - Deborah Cohen was nominated and accepted.

Director of Mentorship Coordination - Cathy Mirek was nominated and accepted.

Director of Referral Coordination - Tracie Morgan was nominated and accepted.

Deadra Marsh-Foy asked if there were any other director roles the Chapter would like to include. The following directors were added.
Director of Education - Sarah Jones was nominated and accepted.

Director of Community Outreach - Tamara Harrison was nominated and accepted.

New Action Items:
1. Plan Dec 16th event , venue, facilitator, topic
2. Sarah Jones to recommend Tracie Morgan as a member
The Professional Knowledge was facilitated by Liliana Britton of Lidabri who offered holiday shopping tips.

The Member Spotlight Speaker was Sarah Jones with Status Design Studio who talked about how she started her business.  She used a model to showcase some of her designs; and lastly took questions from the attendees.

Products were also showcased on a table to the side from Vicki Hook's purse hanger line.

Announcements came from a few in attendances about Christmas concerts.
8:00 pm  Meeting adjourned.

For additional information on the NAPW and its local chapters, please visit www.napw.com or visit our scholarship page at http://risingstars.napw.com.

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