{"id":10040,"date":"2010-11-10T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T20:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=10040"},"modified":"2014-11-14T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T20:35:24","slug":"fiu-mbas-launch-cewa-a-female-executive-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2010\/11\/fiu-mbas-launch-cewa-a-female-executive-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU MBAs launch CEWA, a female executive organization."},"content":{"rendered":"

In an era in which \u201cnetworking\u201d often just means the exchange of business cards, a group of female executives have started an organization to help each other truly meet their full potential. Graduates with master\u2019s degrees from the Chapman Graduate School at Florida International University (FIU) have launched CEWA, the Chapman Executive Women\u2019s Association.<\/p>\n

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Board members Rocio Goni, Yolanda Foster and Cabrera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe formed a strong bond when working on our Executive MBAs (EMBA),\u201d said Jacqueline Cabrera <\/strong>(EMBA \u201910), a senior business analyst at Florida Power and Light. \u201cWe want that connection to not only continue but also to include other grads.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Cabrera and others from the 2010 class took their idea for an organization to Joyce J. Elam<\/strong>, executive dean of FIU\u2019s College of Business Administration, they received an enthusiastic response. In fact, Elam hosted 30 members at the first CEWA meeting at a brunch in her home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a remarkable turnout for a kick-off meeting,\u201d said Michelle R. Joubert<\/strong> (MBA \u201910), assistant director of alumni relations<\/a> for the college. \u201cIt shows how much an organization like CEWA is needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joubert pointed out that most female executives in the Chapman Executive Women\u2019s Association work in a male-dominated business environment or are entrepreneurs, and to find support from one another delivers a powerful advantage.<\/p>\n

Women with a graduate degree from the Chapman Graduate School and at least seven years of management experience are invited to join CEWA. For the coming year, invitations will be extended to EMBA alumnae; in the future, CEWA will be open to other women with advanced business degrees from FIU and at least seven years of management experience.<\/p>\n

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Founding members Stefanie Anding, Joanne Mena, Olga Gonzalez and Cabrera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAs well as quarterly meetings, we\u2019re planning workshops to help female executives expand their knowledge base,\u201d Cabrera said. \u201cWe\u2019ll also be involved with the business school at FIU, and eventually we\u2019ll mentor female business students.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group plans to host a web site; information can now be found on their Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Founding members to initially lead CEWA.<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition to President Jacqueline Cabera, officers are Vice President Yolanda Foster<\/strong>, Treasurer Rocio Goni<\/strong> and Secretary Karen Cantor<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Founding members include Stefanie Anding<\/strong>, Rocio Goni<\/strong>, Olga Gonzalez<\/strong>, Joanne Mena<\/strong>, Suzette Millo<\/strong>, Trudy Sankey<\/strong> and Mildred Zayas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In an era in which \u201cnetworking\u201d often just means the exchange of business cards, a group of female executives have started an organization to help each other truly meet their full potential. Graduates with master\u2019s degrees from the Chapman Graduate School at Florida International University (FIU) have launched CEWA, the Chapman Executive Women\u2019s Association. \u201cWe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[763,828,2471],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23771,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10040\/revisions\/23771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}