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Thursday, October 12, 2006
Rebecca Winston Joins PMF Global Advisory Panel
Rebecca Winston, JD, PMI Fellow, has agreed to become a global advisor for www.pforum.org. Former Chair of the board of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), Rebecca Winston is an experienced expert on the subject of project management (PM) in the fields of research & development (R&D), energy, environmental restoration and national security. She is well known throughout the United States and globally as a leader in the PM professional world.
Rebecca Winston has over 25 years of experience in program and project management, primarily on programs funded by the US government. Ms. Winston is a graduate of the University of Nebraska’s College of Law, Juris Doctorate (1980), in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. She has a Bachelor’s of Science (BS) degree in Education from Nebraska Wesleyan University and a Master’s Degree in Biology from Iowa State University in the USA. She is a licensed attorney in the states of Iowa and Nebraska, USA.
Active in PMI since 1993, Rebecca Winston helped pioneer PMI's Specific Interest Groups (SIGs) in the nineties, including the Project Earth and Government SIGs, the latter of which she was a founding member. She was also founder and first co-chair of the Women in Project Management SIG, and initiated closer SIG involvement with the PMI Board of Directors. She was elected to the PMI board in 1998 where she served as director, Secretary Treasurer, Vice Chair (for two years), and Chair (2002). She was elected a PMI Fellow in 2005. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of Female Executives in the United States.
Ms. Winston currently serves as a consultant to organizations such as the National Nuclear Security Administration (USA), U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on topics ranging from Program and Project Management to project reviews, risk management and vulnerability assessments. As Director of Homeland Security Programs, Rebecca has managed interfaces between the US Department of Homeland Security and Argonne National Laboratory, with management oversight responsibility for all related programs and projects. As Business Relationship Manager for National Security at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), she established and provided strategic and business planning related to the national security sector in the USA.
Ms. Winston has previously managed Defense Programs at Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies, Inc., reporting to the Vice President and General Manager. During that period, she interfaced on a regular basis with the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Congressional staff in Washington, U.S. DoD staff at the Pentagon, and laboratory and production sites throughout the United States. She has had oversight and technical management responsibilities for several projects in information software, networking, network security, independent validation and verification, and environmental technologies, including site installations.
She has managed pollution prevention R&D projects, and designed an integrated product team (IPT) system for pollution prevention activity consolidation. She is the past Environmental and Industrial Ecology Liaison with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the INEEL. Becky has also had oversight responsibilities for the development of software programs and industrial process simulations and modeling projects. She has led new business development efforts, and has significant experience interfacing with Congressional staff in Washington, DC, related to US Department of Defense (DoD) base realignment and closures, defense environmental restoration, and urban and industrial ecology.
Rebecca Winston has served on numerous company-wide project teams and national teams for activities related to national defense and security, including oversight or direct preparation of technical documentation, reports, presentations, and demonstrations. She has established and maintained Program and Project Offices, and served on various Steering Committees, including the International Solvent Substitution Conference, Institute of Environmental Solutions, the State of California, USA.
Rebecca Winston currently provides consulting services related to portfolio, program, and project management for various government agencies and industrial organizations in R&D, construction, environmental management, national security and other fields. She also provides strategic and business planning services for startups and small business. She is the author of various papers and presentations on project management, project communication, and project team building. Becky can be contacted at Rebecca.Winston@associates.dhs.gov.
On September 5, 2006, PMForum.org announced the formation of a Global Advisory Panel to provide advice and feedback to the editorial team at www.pmforum.org and PM World Today. The PMF Global Advisory Panel consists of current and former leaders of project management professional societies and organizations around the world. Their experience and insight will help guide pmforum.org in matters associated with the world of professional project management. In particular, the group advises the managing editor on ways to serve the international PM community.
Established in 1995 by the late David Curling, PMI Fellow and globally recognized professional leader based in Canada, www.pmforum.org is one of the most popular and widely known websites in the world of project management. Pmforum.org is one of the world’s leading sources of project management news and information and the home of the monthly online PM World Todaye-Journal, where viewpoints, articles, case studies and papers by leading PM authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmforum.org/subscribe.
Active in PMI since 1993, Rebecca Winston helped pioneer PMI's Specific Interest Groups (SIGs) in the nineties, including the Project Earth and Government SIGs, the latter of which she was a founding member. She was also founder and first co-chair of the Women in Project Management SIG, and initiated closer SIG involvement with the PMI Board of Directors. She was elected to the PMI board in 1998 where she served as director, Secretary Treasurer, Vice Chair (for two years), and Chair (2002). She was elected a PMI Fellow in 2005. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of Female Executives in the United States.
Ms. Winston currently serves as a consultant to organizations such as the National Nuclear Security Administration (USA), U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on topics ranging from Program and Project Management to project reviews, risk management and vulnerability assessments. As Director of Homeland Security Programs, Rebecca has managed interfaces between the US Department of Homeland Security and Argonne National Laboratory, with management oversight responsibility for all related programs and projects. As Business Relationship Manager for National Security at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), she established and provided strategic and business planning related to the national security sector in the USA.
Ms. Winston has previously managed Defense Programs at Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies, Inc., reporting to the Vice President and General Manager. During that period, she interfaced on a regular basis with the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Congressional staff in Washington, U.S. DoD staff at the Pentagon, and laboratory and production sites throughout the United States. She has had oversight and technical management responsibilities for several projects in information software, networking, network security, independent validation and verification, and environmental technologies, including site installations.
She has managed pollution prevention R&D projects, and designed an integrated product team (IPT) system for pollution prevention activity consolidation. She is the past Environmental and Industrial Ecology Liaison with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the INEEL. Becky has also had oversight responsibilities for the development of software programs and industrial process simulations and modeling projects. She has led new business development efforts, and has significant experience interfacing with Congressional staff in Washington, DC, related to US Department of Defense (DoD) base realignment and closures, defense environmental restoration, and urban and industrial ecology.
Rebecca Winston has served on numerous company-wide project teams and national teams for activities related to national defense and security, including oversight or direct preparation of technical documentation, reports, presentations, and demonstrations. She has established and maintained Program and Project Offices, and served on various Steering Committees, including the International Solvent Substitution Conference, Institute of Environmental Solutions, the State of California, USA.
Rebecca Winston currently provides consulting services related to portfolio, program, and project management for various government agencies and industrial organizations in R&D, construction, environmental management, national security and other fields. She also provides strategic and business planning services for startups and small business. She is the author of various papers and presentations on project management, project communication, and project team building. Becky can be contacted at Rebecca.Winston@associates.dhs.gov.
On September 5, 2006, PMForum.org announced the formation of a Global Advisory Panel to provide advice and feedback to the editorial team at www.pmforum.org and PM World Today. The PMF Global Advisory Panel consists of current and former leaders of project management professional societies and organizations around the world. Their experience and insight will help guide pmforum.org in matters associated with the world of professional project management. In particular, the group advises the managing editor on ways to serve the international PM community.
Established in 1995 by the late David Curling, PMI Fellow and globally recognized professional leader based in Canada, www.pmforum.org is one of the most popular and widely known websites in the world of project management. Pmforum.org is one of the world’s leading sources of project management news and information and the home of the monthly online PM World Todaye-Journal, where viewpoints, articles, case studies and papers by leading PM authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmforum.org/subscribe.
