ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TENN. -- The Project Management Institute Southern Middle Tennessee Branch is holding a luncheon meeting at the University of Tennessee Space Institute on April 21.

Join local project management professionals for a time of networking and learning from 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Dr. Lisa Burke-Smalley, a professor of management at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She will be discussing "What do Great Leaders Do?"

Burke-Smalley was awarded the UTC College of Business Teaching Award in 2014, a UTC Think-Achieve Award in 2013 for using experiential learning methods in the classroom, and was nominated for the National Society of Collegiate Scholars' 2012 Inspire Integrity Award. She earned the 2005 HR Educator of the Year Award in the Southwestern United States, is a prior recipient of the Professional Trainer of the Year Award from North Louisiana Association for Talent Development and is a member of Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

A former student also anonymously created a recurring national scholarship in Burke-Smalley's name through the National Society for Human Resource Management Foundation, which is awarded each year to a deserving student in the U.S.

Burke-Smalley won the 2015 College of Business Research Award and in 2012 was inducted into the UTC Council of Scholars, the University's highest recognition for those who research, publish and have national and international reputations in their fields.

The Project Management Institute is the world's leading not-for-profit professional membership association for the project, program and portfolio management profession. PMI advances careers, improves organizational success and further matures the profession of project management through its globally recognized standards, certifications, resources, tools, academic research, publications, professional development courses and networking opportunities. 

Call 454-5407 for additional information about joining the local branch or to make a reservation for the luncheon.

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