Coffee Talk…a Venue Managers Guide Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

Alyssa Duany serves as the Marketing and Communications Coordinator for the Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy. She leads the Center's marketing initiatives by creating promotional materials, strategically planning and managing marketing campaigns, and coordinating with other MarCom departments.




SARAH, JAMIE, & ALYSSA CHAT ABOUT


What is your position within the Bush School?
How long have you worked here?
What was your main draw to the Bush School?
What is your favorite part about your position?
What direction do you hope to see the Bush School go in the future?
Is there anything you'd like to share for anyone considering the Bush School; faculty, staff or student?


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The Center for Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) staff including William Brown, Kenneth Taylor, Nicole Collier, Denise Parker, Alyssa Duany, & Christopher Hudak join Coffee Talk to discuss Denise Parker’s retirement & reflect on working together.

The Center for Nonprofits and Philanthropy (CNP) supports a vibrant nonprofit and philanthropic sector in Texas and beyond, through high quality research, professional outreach, and engaged learning.

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Denise Parker, Class of ‘77, joined the Center for Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service in October 2017. Prior to joining the Center, Denise worked for an international nongovernment organization, IMA World Health, from 2008 to 2017, where she gained extensive nonprofit experience. She was a senior finance officer,
working, mentoring, and building the institutional capacity of in-country finance staff in South Sudan, Tanzania, and Kenya. She managed and implemented financial processes and procedures for multi-year public health projects with diverse contract structures. Other duties included monitoring and managing foreign currency and cash management processes to assure the program activities could be funded and implemented and all activities complied with contractual requirements and accounting principles. She is proud of her work to improve the lives of people in low-income and middle-income countries, particularly the
most vulnerable in the failing state of South Sudan.

Volunteering is also part of her schedule. She currently is on the Development Council for the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and the Board for the Texas A&M University Women’s Club as scholarship chair. She delivers Meals on Wheels and serves as secretary for the Friends of the Bryan College Station Libraries Board.



SARAH, JAMIE, & BRIELLE  CHAT WITH THE CNP STAFF ABOUT

• Denise Parker’s Retirement

• Center For Non Profit Events

• Team Culture within the CNP

• What has changed over the years at the CNP

 

RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

https://bush.tamu.edu/nonprofit/people/dparker/

https://bush.tamu.edu/nonprofit/people/

https://bush.tamu.edu/faculty/ktaylor/

https://bush.tamu.edu/nonprofit/people/ncollier/

https://bush.tamu.edu/nonprofit/people/aduany/

 























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Today we welcome Vivian Ivory & Hilani Quinones. Both participated in the new Bush 285 Class as Peer Mentors.

Vivian is a sophomore honors international studies major, minoring in French language and women & gender studies. She grew up overseas but moved to Houston, Texas in high school. After graduation she decided to come to Texas A&M. On top of being a Peer Mentor, she is an officer for both the Aggie French Club, and the Council of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities. She is a student worker in the Bush School Undergraduate Advising Office and works closely with our undergraduate advisors and department head. In the future, she hopes to pursue a career in therapy or counseling, at a non-profit organization.  



Hilani is currently a sophomore Honors Political Science major double minoring in History and English and pursuing a Legal History Certificate. She is from Brownsville, TX and on top of being a peer mentor she is a news reporter for The Battalion. Her future goals include earning a Juris Doctor in law and holding a career as an attorney and working in public policy or media. 


SARAH, JAMIE, VIVIAN, & HILANI CHAT ABOUT


What was the main draw to the Bush 285 Class?
How was your working relationship with your instructor?
What is your favorite part about your mentorship?
How impactful do you feel your role in the program was?
Is there any constructive feedback you would give to future
students considering being a TA? 
If given the opportunity, would you do it again?


RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:


https://studentsuccess.tamu.edu/first-year-experience/hullabaloo-u




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Cory Arcak served as Director of the MSC L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness at Texas A&M and as an Associate Director with the MSC Student Programs Office. With a background in anthropology, the arts, and education, she served the Texas A&M campus and surrounding community by providing international internships, service opportunities, on-campus programming, leadership development, and research support.
For the past 18 years she has worked with colleagues and students both nationally and internationally engaging in the creation, development, and implementation of interdisciplinary, intercollegiate and cross-cultural service and community curriculum and programming. These programs address issues from international awareness, cultural competency and leadership development to work with marginalized communities, clean water access, disaster response, equity, and community recovery and investment.

SARAH, TJ, & CORY CHAT ABOUT
• What is your position within the Bush School?
• How long have you worked here?
• What was the main draw to the School?
• What is your favorite part about your position?
• Is there anything you’d like to share for anyone considering the Bush School; faculty, staff or student?




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Today we welcome Joe Recio. He is originally from Houston, Texas, graduated in 2009 with a BA in Sociology from Sam Houston State. Originally, he had planned to go into teaching at the junior college level, but after grad school didn't well (oops!), I went through a winding road of jobs inside and outside of academia. He joined The Bush School as our Undergraduate Recruiter on January 2nd of this year, and celebrated 10 years within TAMU on January 31st!



SARAH, TJ, & JOE CHAT ABOUT

• What is your position within the Bush School?

• How long have you worked here?

• What was the main draw to the School?

• What is your favorite part about your position?

• Is there anything you’d like to share for anyone considering the Bush School; faculty, staff or student?



RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• https://bush.tamu.edu/advising/contact/

• https://www.shsu.edu/academics/sociology/

• https://studentsuccess.tamu.edu/academic-advising

• https://bush.tamu.edu/

• https://visit.tamu.edu/

• https://collaborations.tamu.edu/admissions-undergrad/undergrad-recruitment.html

• https://liberalarts.tamu.edu/communication/


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Clay Bryan grew up in Jacksonville, Florida. He has no relation to Bryan, Texas; has definitely checked. Proud husband and father.  He joined the Air Force in 2005, spent 7+ year’s in Washington D.C. working for the Intelligence Community in varies capacities.  In 2013 he moved to San Angelo, TX where he was first introduced to Higher Education Administration.  He met is wife Kate in 2014, married in 2015 and left the Air Force. He completed his Bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University –Commerce, after receiving 3 Associates degree in Applied Science, Technology & Military Science, Applied Science, Intelligence Studies & Technology and Science, Psychology. In 2017, he had the opportunity to attend the Bush School’s event with Ambassador John Negroponte, former Director of National Intelligence, after this he joined the Bush School.  He had what he says is, “the opposite Bush School” experience; not pursing public service because of the Bush School, rather pursed the Bush School because of public service. He is currently working on his Masters of Business Administration and is a Senior Administrative Coordinator of the Dean’s Administration staff at the Bush School of Government & Public Service.


SARAH, TJ, & CLAY CHAT ABOUT


What is your position within the Bush School?
How long have you worked here?
What was your main draw to the Bush School?
What is your favorite part about your position?
What direction do you hope to see the Bush School go in the future?
Is there anything you'd like to share for anyone considering the Bush School; faculty, staff or student?


RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:


https://bush.tamu.edu/pols/


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