Area Leaders Selected for Leadership Maryland Class of 2012
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| Clifton Griffin | Memo Diriker | Kathleen Mommé |
SALISBURY, MD---Three 石榴视频 area leaders have been selected for the Leadership Maryland Class of 2012.
They are Dr. Clifton Griffin, 石榴视频 dean of graduate studies and research; Dr. Memo Diriker, founding director of the Franklin P. Perdue School of Business’ Business, Economic and Community Outreach Network (BEACON); and Kathleen Mommé, executive director of United Way of the Lower Eastern Shore.
Established in 1992, Leadership Maryland is an independent, educational, non-profit organization designed to inform top-level executives, from the public and private sectors, about the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing Maryland and its regions. Griffin, Diriker and Mommé are among 52 leaders selected to participate in the eight-month program.
At SU, Griffin provides administrative oversight of SU’s 14 master’s degrees and five post-secondary certificate programs. He also develops research policy, acts as the leading advocate for faculty and student research and scholarly activity, cultivates relationships with external funding sources and explores funding resources for graduate students.
At BEACON, Diriker advises a large number of private, public, and nonprofit sector organizations, specializing in the use of scenario analysis and in demographic, business and economic trend forecasting. He has served as the principal investigator on numerous grants and sponsored research projects, totaling over $6 million in awards.