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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Chesapeake Basic Economic
Development Course Class of 2007 |
The MEDA Professional Development Committee oversees
a number of opportunities for MEDA members to assist
them in pursuit of their educational goals. The committee
focuses on courses that enable our members to become
certified economic developers (CEcD) as well as pertinent
courses that improve our professional skills in the
field.
Professional Development Chairman, Robert McGlotten,
CEcD, welcomes MEDA members who wish to contribute their
time and talent to this committee. To express your interest
please call 410-575-6027 or email.
Term of service for the committee is one year.
2007/2008 Professional Development Committee
Robert McGlotten, CEcD - Chair
Helga Weschke, CEcD - Co-Chair
Laurie Boyer, CEcD
Sharon Disque, CEcD
Roger Venezia, CEcD
Lisa Webb, CEcD
Scholarships
MEDA members are encouraged to take advantage of the Lofton Scholarship Fund for their professional development needs. MEDA's board, through the Lofton Scholarship Committee, will award scholarships to members in good standing for approved courses.
2008 Maryland course schedule:
Members are encouraged to apply for scholarships and register for course attendance in a timely matter. Late course registration fees may be omitted from the final scholarship award at the discretion of the committee. Please visit the Lofton Scholarship Page for details.
Certification
MEDA's Professional Development Committee
has arranged a "library" of IEDC manuals for
use by any MEDA member who is preparing for the CEcD
exam. To borrow the manuals, contact the MEDA office
at 410-575-6027.
Please direct any questions, to IEDC's certification
staff, Kobi Enwemnwa at kenwemnwa@iedconline.org.
Re-Certification
Re-Certification courses are a significant feature of
MEDA's overall professional development plan. To that
end, we have partnered with the Maryland Department
of Planning and the University of Maryland to offer
the Land Use Planning for Economic Developers Course.
Re-certification credits are available to those who
hold the CEcD designation. All MEDA members should consider
taking this course for their overall skills training.
Always working to improve your member benefits, the
MEDA Executive Committee will offer Professional Development
courses throughout the year.
For detailed course descriptions and accommodation
information, click on the link for each course or visit
http://www.iedconline.org.
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