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Los Angeles, CA (July 28, 2008) – The NBTA Foundation, the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA), today at the 40th Annual NBTA International Convention & Exposition in Los Angeles awarded 43 business travel professionals scholarships to attend leading education programs, including the Certified Corporate Travel Executive (CCTE), the industry’s only certification program; and the Global Leadership Professional Program (GLP), the industry’s leading master’s-level course, which is offered through a partnership between the NBTA Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Independent Study Program (ISP) Scholarships, which allow award recipients to determine where to apply grant funds, were also awarded. One international business travel professional was presented with the Mike Kabo Global Scholarship.
Fay Beauchine, Chair of the NBTA Foundation Board of Trustees, commented, “Providing education and professional development opportunities for business travel professionals is essential to the mission of the NBTA Foundation. We congratulate each of the 43 recipients of NBTA Foundation scholarships this year, and we thank the NBTA Foundation donors whose support has made these scholarships and the continued professional excellent of these recipients possible.”
The NBTA Foundation awarded 13 CCTE scholarships to the following professionals:
- Kim Bilsky, Halliburton Company
- Denise Clark, Washington Mutual Bank
- Christine Collins, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
- Kelleree Conrad, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
- Lisa M. Hoehn, Passageways Travel
- Thomas Klein, CHG Healthcare Services
- Bonnie Leth, Continental Airlines
- Ken Manzo, CTE, Continental Airlines
- Pam McTeer, CTC, CPM, MillerCoors
- Marianne Mellado, Omni Hotels
- Barbara Morgan, Continental Airlines
- Mary K. Ryan, American Diabetes Association
- Pamela Whiterspoon, Universal Music Group
The NBTA Foundation awarded eight scholarships to the following professionals for the five-day session of the GLP program, held each year at the Wharton School in Philadelphia:
- Mini Badacha, Sears Canada Inc.
- Diane Bradley, Tokyo Electron US Holdings, Inc.
- Angie Duncan, CMP, CMM, Virtual Meeting Strategies
- DJ Greenagel, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
- Christle Johnson, NATIONAL CAR RENTAL
- Bruce Miller, McDonalds Corporation
- Cecile Mutch, CCTE, Kellogg Company
- Sharon Pierce, Continental Airlines
In addition, the NBTA Foundation awarded 16 scholarships to the following professionals to attend two-day GLP sessions:
- Shaun East,CTE, CCTE, CPCP, Scotiabank
- Darragh Flood, Millennium Hotels and Resorts
- Robyn Gilmartin, CTE, Continental Airlines
- Kendra Gleason, CCTE, Marathon Oil Company
- Mary Ann Greenelsh, The Aerospace Corporation
- Shannon Hart, Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel
- Susan Henson, Continental Airlines
- Bobbi Huber, Macy's, Inc.
- Kathy Kaden, Willis
- Margaret Lognion, Ricoh Americas Corporation
- Richard McIntosh, The Hertz Corporation
- Michele Nolan Maciek, Continental Airlines
- Maureen O'Brien, Millennium Broadway Hotel
- Oliver Rabsch, Millennium Bostonian Hotel
- Deborah Ryan-Pelletier, ADP
- Adi Sidhwa, Associate Director of Sales
Created to help advance education opportunities for business travel professionals, ISP Scholarships, which allow award recipients to apply their grant funds toward any NBTA course or proposed course external to NBTA, were awarded to five corporate travel professionals.
- Dan Baillie, CCTE, Siemens
- Craig Banikowski, Hilton Hotels Corporation
- Michael Kell, CCTE, CHRM, CHO, Lanyon, Inc.
- Karin Thompson, CCTE, ViaSat, Inc.
- Karen VanBuskirk, Perot Systems
Christine Telfer, from the Australian Federal Police, is this year’s recipient of the Mike Kabo Global Scholarship. This scholarship provides one business travel manager residing outside the United States with complimentary registration to the NBTA International Convention & Exposition and the opportunity to attend the two-day GLP session hosted prior to the start of the annual Convention. Telfer is an active member of NBTA Asia Pacific. The scholarship is presented in honor and memory of Mike Kabo, a leader in the business travel industry.
About NBTA Foundation
The NBTA Foundation is the education and research foundation of the National Business Travel Association (NBTA). The foundation was established in 1997 to support NBTA’s members and the industry as a whole. As the leading education and research foundation in the business travel industry, the NBTA Foundation seeks to fund initiatives to advance the business travel profession. The foundation offers the only master’s-level accredited course and professional designation for the corporate travel professional, the Global Leadership Professional (GLP) program, in partnership with The Wharton School. The industry’s leading benchmarking resource – the Managed Travel Index® (MTI) & Benchmarking Tool – is offered by the foundation. The NBTA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For more information, see www.nbtafoundation.org.
About the NBTA Convention
Widely recognized as the must-attend event for business travel buyers, suppliers, industry leaders and business travel journalists, the 2008 NBTA International Convention & Exposition will be held in Los Angeles from July 27-30. More than 6,000 travel professionals are expected to take advantage of the convention’s programming, designed to empower attendees to maximize value for their companies, including more than 40 seminars on the most important topics in business travel, more than 460 companies exhibiting in the Expo and countless opportunities for networking with peers. For details, visit www.nbtaconvention.org.
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