2018 Pinnacle Awards: Executive Assistant of the Year SOSi’s Terra Baker
She’s the crucial force keeping the leadership of SOSi’s most complex areas of operation on time, on budget and on task. Serving as executive assistant to the senior vice president for SOSi’s Missions Solutions Group, Terra Baker regularly coordinates meetings spanning several time zones and manages the “highly dynamic global schedules of the group’s leadership,”
WashingtonExec Hosts Executive Assistant Workshop and Networking Hour
At a hundred members strong, the WashingtonExec Executive Assistant (EA) Committee hosted its second social event of the summer at the newly-renovated Sheraton Premiere in Tysons Corner. Capitalizing on the unique skills of an executive assistant, Tia Kim, EA to The SI Organization President and CEO Mac Curtis, coordinated and planned the workshop, sponsored by
Is Your Executive Assistant the ‘Whole Package’?
Remember your first car? Not the one your dad and mom handed down to you, but the one you bought with your own money. You likely thought it was the coolest thing ever, even though by today’s standards its features were barebones. Cars today are far better equipped. Most come standard with Bluetooth, MP3, navigation,
7 Keys to Executive Success: A View from the Desk Outside Your Door
I’ve been an Executive Assistant (EA) for so long that I’m not even sure I can recall the exact year I got my first EA gig. Suffice it to say, I’ve been at this for nearly 25 years and during that time, I’ve supported a lot of executives, five of which were CEOs. I have
WashingtonExec Hosts Executive Assistant Speed Networking Event, New Chairpersons Announced
Last week, WashingtonExec held its semi-annual Executive Assistant (EA) appreciation event, to say thank you to the “gatekeepers” for the top executives of consequence in government contracting. The event, held at Waterford Receptions in Fairfax, Virginia, brought over 45 EA’s to the first-ever speed networking event. Participants were able to meet like-minded individuals in their
Jana DiCarlo Steps Down as Executive Assistant Committee Chairperson
If the CEO is the loneliest job in the world, then the Executive Assistant to the CEO is the second loneliest job. The WashingtonExec Executive Assistant Committee has come a long way since its inaugural wine tasting at the Capital Grille Tysons Corner in July 2011. Today, the committee has expanded to three groups with
Executive Assistant Networking Event: Old Concept, New Faces
Contrary to popular belief, Washington, D.C. is a small town, just ask the Executive Assistants (EAs) to top government contractors in and around the beltway. They are more than just an Executive Assistant, they are the reason “business as usual” happens every day and progress is made. Although their jobs cannot be totally defined in
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