Value
of a Mentor, Monday, April 26th
Katz Graduate School of Business
Room 209
6:00
p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Professor Audrey J.
Murrell
Audrey J. Murrell conducts research, teaches, and works
with organizations
on strategies to enhance overall effectiveness by utilizing their most valuable
assets--their human and social capital. Her
work has been published widely in management and psychology journals as well as
book chapter and special issues. Popular media—including The Wall Street
Journal, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Pittsburgh
Business Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Black Enterprise, Jet Magazine, and Vida
Executive (in Brazil)—has also highlighted Murrell's work.
She is the author (along with Crosby and Ely) of the
book titled Mentoring Dilemmas: Developmental Relationships within Multicultural
Organizations and the author (with Forte-Trammell and Bing) of the recent book
Intelligent Mentoring: How IBM Creates Value through People, Knowledge and
Relationships. Professor Murrell is
an associate professor business administration and holds secondary appointments
in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Pitt’s
Psychology Department. She was appointed as the Director for the David Berg
Center for Ethics and Leadership within the Pitt Business School in 2007. Dr.
Murrell received her BS from Howard University, magna cum laud in 1983 and a MS
in 1985, and a PhD in 1987 from the University of Delaware. She serves as a
consultant in the areas of mentoring, organizational effectiveness, teamwork,
diversity, and leadership development.
Gregory
R. Spencer
Gregory
R. Spencer is Chairman of Board of The Hill House Association and immediate past
Chairman of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania. He also serves as Chairman of the Minority and Women Labor
Agency which provides training and job opportunities for minorities and women to
become apprentices and contractors. He
is Chairman of the Iota Phi Foundation of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and leads Rho
Boule of Sigma Pi Phi. He serves on
the executive committee of Robert Morris University and past Board Chair of NEED
and continues to serve on the board. He
is also a board member of Chester Engineers, Inc., the largest African American
owned engineering company in the world and Fifth Third Bank of Western
Pennsylvania.
Greg
Spencer is a Life Member of the NAACP. He
is listed in Who’s Who in Black America and Who’s Who in Corporate America.
His honors include being recognized for his outstanding leadership by
Ebony Magazine and Pittsburgh Business Times.
The Pittsburgh Courier selected him as one of the “Most Influential
African Americans” and the following year, one of the “Men of
Excellence.“ He has received
several community leadership awards in the area of Business in addition to being
honored for his work with at-risk young people.
Lisa
Thorpe-Vaughn
Lisa
Thorpe-Vaughn is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Non-Profit
Leadership Training Institute (NLTI), along with working as a Consultant,
Trainer and Technical Assistant provider for several National agencies; namely,
Public/Private Ventures, National Amachi Initiative, Dare Mighty Things,
Corporation for National and Community Service, Mid-Atlantic Network of Youth
and Families and MENTOR.
In
addition to Amachi Pittsburgh Lisa served as the Chief Program Officer and the
Director of Training for the PLF. The
Chief Program Officer was responsible to the President for providing
administrative oversight to all projects, maintaining strategic alliances with
partner organizations and fund development.
Annually in her role as Director of Training, Lisa organized/presented a
national training institute for the Leadership Foundations of America (LFA).
The intended outcome of this event was to provide quality training,
promote national speakers; showcase national best practice models, and provide
networking opportunities for established as well as up-and-coming leaders.
