Dr. Vernon L. Carraway, Ph. D.
Biz Zone Executive Director of Empowerment Mentoring &
Human Resources Development
• Develops, Plans, organizes, and directs a wide range of training activities
• Consults with on-site senior management regarding available performance improvement services and conducts orientation sessions and arranges on-the-job training for mid-level managers
• Helps mid-level managers maintain and improve their managerial skills, and possibly prepare for positions requiring greater skill
• Assists mid-level managers improve technical, interpersonal, managerial skills in order to deal effectively with unit employees
• Sets up individualized training plans to strengthen mid-level managers’ existing skill or teach new ones
• Conducts needs assessments and sets up leadership or executive development programs among mid-level management positions
• Designs programs to develop leaders, or “groom” them, to replace those leaving the organization, as part of a succession plan
• Leads programs to assist mid-level managers’ with job transitions as a result of mergers and acquisitions, as well as technological changes
• In government-supported training programs, functions as case manager and assess the training needs of clients and guide them through the most appropriate training method
Education
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Ph. D., Department of Workforce Education & Development,
Training & Development
Concentration, Executive Development, May, 2007
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Masters of Education, College Student Personnel Administration, 1976
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Bachelors of Arts, Sociology, May, 1974
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
School of Theology – Social Ethics
Post Graduate Work, 1981 - 1982
Teaching Experience
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
Department, Counseling Education Department/ Student Support Services Program
Course Title: Career Transitions
The University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida
Department, Visiting University Lecturer
Course Title: Public Relations Management
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
Faculty Mentoring: A Key to First-Year Minority Student Success
Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Department, African American Institute
Course Title: Successful Student Transition through Mentor Counseling
Course Title: Advising Alliances: Faculty, Alumni, Professional Advisors and
Course Title: First-Year Non-Traditional Students Team up for Success.
Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Department, College Enrichment Program
Course Title: Successful Student Transition through the Mentor Experience
Course Title: Advising Alliances: Faculty, Alumni, Professional Advisors
Course Title: First-Year Non-Traditional Students Team up for Success.
University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
Student Affairs
Course Title: Advising, Coaching and Counseling Program Alliances
Course Title: The Heart of the Mentoring Process
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