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Havovi Heerjee Joshi, Sharon Kinsey, Wafa Maalouf, and Hind Hasna Masri appointed as StaySail Faculty-members
Brussels, 4 February 2008.
Prof. Jean-Pierre Bal, Executive Director of the Thierry Graduate School of Leadership in Belgium, announces that Havovi Joshi (from India), Sharon Kinsey (USA), Wafa Maalouf (Lebanon), and Hind Masri (Jordan) have been appointed as StaySail faculty-members. All four of them are currently pursuing their studies in the school's doctorate programme. 'StaySail', a term used only at the Thierry Graduate School, is equivalent to adjunct lecturer or adjunct professor at other universities or colleges. As for the term 'programme participant', it is favoured over the classical term 'student'.
The School's director commented the nominations: "I'm particularly proud about the fact that Havovi, Hind, Sharon and Wafa accepted the invitation to join our faculty. They are among the finest, most competent in their field, and dynamic persons that I have met in my career. To have developed and to nurture an educational relationship with them is a true joy".
Here are the profiles of the new overseas faculty members:
Havovi, a citizen from India, is currently based in Hong Kong. Her work experience, ranging over the past seventeen years, has two distinct parts. On the one hand there are nine years in the banking industry, and on the other hand eight years in consultancy and training. By the time she started her professional career Havovi had earned a BA degree (Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Delhi, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India's premier management institute.
She then joined a leading multinational bank, and worked successively in the credit department, and the audit department, in India and in Australia. In the year 2000 she undertook a major professional change, a step in her overall career plan, and moved into the training and education field which had always interested her.
From 2000 to 2004 she freelanced and taught at various institutes and MBA colleges in Delhi and Chandigarh, lecturing in the area of Organization Behaviour, with a special focus on leadership, communication and presentation skills. Havovi has independently conceptualized, prepared and conducted workshops for groups of students (up to 600 college graduates), and for individuals, in the form of intensive one-on-one sessions.
Recent assignments included the largest audit and management company of Mauritius, where she worked as a part-time consultant, and was responsible for preparing and conducting the soft skills courses for the audit team of the company. The courses she has prepared and conducted include Communication Skills, Personality Development, Conflict Management, and Negotiation skills. Havovi has now relocated to Hong Kong, where she aims at continuing on the tracks of her chosen career as a trainer and educator.
Havovi had meanwhile commenced working towards her PhD degree, and attends our institution’s online doctorate curriculum. Her objective is that the completion of the programme provide her with the theoretical knowledge and practice-oriented exposure that will allow her to be recognized as a top-level learning facilitator. She attended and lectured at the 2007 edition of our Summer residential programme, and aims at a thesis completion as a Class of 2009 Graduate.
Sharon Kinsey has held an interest in leadership since the time she began her own leadership journey through her involvement in a student leadership organization. Today, her work for Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, revolves around youth development as a faculty member of the 4-H Youth Development Program. In this realm, she provides leadership to a comprehensive research-based urban youth development educational program for Camden County youth. Her responsibilities include program planning, promotion, implementation and evaluation; utilization of a variety of delivery modes; working with volunteers; and program marketing and public relations.
Sharon’s other interest, in distance education, has grown over the past seven years. She became acquainted with online learning in 2001 when she enrolled in a master’s degree program at Seton Hall University, New Jersey. Upon completion of her degree, she moved into online course development and teaching for Rutgers University in New Brunswick; Northampton Community College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and for Drexel University in Philadelphia. She has been teaching online for three years now, and in such areas as communications and leadership; ethics and leadership; small business communication; and technical communication.
Her previous work experience also includes time as a journalist, a grant writer, communications consulting and working as a trainer in both professional development and youth development settings. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Media from Cook College, Rutgers University, and a master’s degree in Strategic Communication and Leadership from Seton Hall University. She is currently enrolled in the PhD program at our Graduate School, and attended the 2006 Summer residential program, presenting a lecture on the topic “Can Leadership Be Taught Effectively in an Online Environment?” .
Wafa is an educator and executive in the field of Nursing Leadership, in Beirut, Lebanon. She has held a number of teaching and management positions, participated in numerous workshops and conferences dedicated to health care agencies quality management and continuous quality improvement as well as bridging the gap between Education and Practice.
She is currently the Assistant Director for Nursing Services at St George Hospital in Beirut; coordinating and directing operational activities; supervising staffing issues, and responding to nursing units’ needs for human and financial resources, thus ensuring a consistent implementation of quality services. Wafa held a pivotal role of initiating the adaptation of the automated medical documentation at the hospital.
She is also, and since 1997, a part-time instructor at the University of Balamand's Nursing Program, and teaches undergraduate nursing students the basic principles of leadership and management in their field. Wafa is a member in the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing since 1994, and a member in the Lebanese Order of Nurses since 2002. Previously, from 2002 to 2005, she was an ISO 9001-2000 certified auditor, under the International Register of Certified Auditors - IRCA & IATCA.
She earned her Bachelor degree in Nursing, and her Master of Arts in Educational Psychology, from the American University of Beirut, and has spent a full year at Emory University, Atlanta, as a Hubert Humphrey Fellow attending graduate studies in Nursing Administration and in Health Information System. Wafa is a strong believer in life long learning and its positive impact on one’s life practices. Her studies for the doctorate degree in leadership at our Graduate School are in progress, and she attended and lectured at the 2006 edition of our Summer residential programme.
She is based in Amman, Jordan, and is a freelance trainer in Communication and Leadership Skills. For the past three decades Hind has also been working, in multiple capacities, in a family-owned business. As a learning facilitator Mrs. Masri is training the diplomatic attachés at the Institute of Diplomacy, which is affiliated with the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Institute of Diplomacy's participants come from different countries and have diverse backgrounds. In addition to her activities that focus on the training of experienced adults, Hind has, throughout her career, trained students of different ages, at various universities, schools and institutes.
Hind is a member of Toastmasters International, a non-profit organisation active in the practice-development of communication and leadership skills. She has served as Area Governor, being responsible for nine Toastmasters Clubs in Jordan as well as many other capacities with the Middle East area.
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terms of her educational background Hind holds a Bachelors degree in
Chemistry, and a MSc in Analytical Chemistry. She is currently working
towards her PhD degree in Leadership and Mastery of Change at our
Graduate School. Hind attended and lectured at the 2007 edition of our
Summer residential programme. Hind is particularly keen on working with
the youth in Jordan. She has a passion for working with that specific
target group of people, and to instil in them the skills that will
enable each of them to build and experience a better future.
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