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2010 Alabama Division
Congratulations Janice Conniff CPS/CAP (Alabama Power Chapter)
2010 Administrative Professional of the Year Janice Conniff CPS/CAP (Alabama Power Chapter) Janice began her career with Alabama Power Company in 2002. She works as an Administrative Assistant in HR-Disability Management. Her major responsibility is the oversight and administering of the FMLA Program for the company. She is skilled in Word, PowerPoint, Excel and other software programs as required by the company. Janice served as 3rd Vice President in 2004 and 2006, as well as serving as Chair of the Programs Committee in 2005, President-Elect in 2007-08, President in 2008-09 and is now serving in the roll of Immediate past President. She is active in her church and enjoys reading and laughing with friends and family. Janice has one son, Dana, who is married to Brandi and they have two sons, Jackson and Parker. They live in Yorktown, Virginia. Janice says she enjoys people from all walks of life and finds that if she takes to know them that they usually enrich her life in some way.
2010 APY Finalists Angela Andrews (Mobile Chapter) Angela Andrews joined the University of South Alabama (USA) staff in October 2005. In 2003, she received her Bachelor of Science degree in the Adult Interdisciplinary Studies Program at USA; her disciplines were Biomedical Science, Clinical Lab Science, and Psychology. Angela serves as the secretary for the College of Medicine Educational Technologies & Services department. In addition to clerical duties at the College of Medicine, she maintains the web calendar and assists in coordinating web-enhanced courses. Currently, Angela serves as the IAAP Mobile chapter secretary and Administrative Professionals Day Door Prize Committee chair for the 2009-10 year. Angela has envisioned her future goals in obtaining her CPS/CAP certifications and becoming certified in the Microsoft Office 2007 to advance her career. Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Angela enjoys spending time with family and friends.
Dedra Herod CAP (Huntsville Chapter) Dedra has been employed at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama since November of 2007. She is the Executive Assistant to the Director of Educational Outreach, Dr. Neil Lamb. Dedra also supports the Educational Outreach team in administrative, scheduling, meeting logistics and purchasing areas. She serves on the HudsonAlpha Activities Committee, which is designed to facilitate interaction and build relationships across the institute. After joining IAAP in 2008, she received her Certified Administrative Professional rating in May 2009. During the past two years Dedra has been focused on supporting the rapidly expanding programming at HudsonAlpha. Having established those roles and responsibilities and obtained her CAP rating, she looks forward to helping the IAAP Huntsville chapter. She is especially excited about serving in leadership positions, mentoring and promoting certification. Dedra is extremely grateful for the support of her family, employer and team members as well as her peers in the Huntsville IAAP chapter during the past two years.
Robin Prentice (Birmingham Chapter) Robin has been employed at AAA-Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama since June 2005 and is the Administrative Assistant to Al Gibbs, VP and General Manager. She worked part-time as Secretary to the Assistant pastor and Youth Pastor at Shades Mountain bible Church from January 2000 to April 2002. From 1988 until that time, she was a stay-at-home mom to two boys and enjoyed the many jobs that entailed. Robin received her B.S. Ed in 1983 from Mississippi College in Clinton, MS and enjoyed teaching Kindergarten and second grade before becoming a mother. She joined the Birmingham Chapter of IAAP in August of 2007 and during the 2008-09 year was the Chair of the Administrative Professionals’ Day Luncheon Committee, Co-Chair of the Membership Committee and also met the requirements to become a 2008-09 Member of Excellence. This year Robin is the Vice President and Chair of the Program and Publicity Committee. Robin is encouraged in her desire to be successful in her role as an Administrative Professional by the mission, purpose, objectives and vision of IAAP.
Alabama Division Administrative Professional of the Year The Administrative Professional of the Year (APY) event has a long history and is a much respected tradition in the Alabama Division. The APY event gives positive exposure to administrative professionals as well-rounded, competent individuals in their field. It also provides an excellent opportunity to grow both professionally and personally. The event, previously known as the Secretary of the Year (SOTY), was renamed in 2001 to coincide with the name change of our organization. The candidates complete an application that is based on a point system and evaluates education, business experience, IAAP® experience and community service. Each chapter is encouraged to sponsor a chapter event using the Division APY guidelines and the recipient may then be invited to participate in the Division event which is held at the Division Meeting in June of each year. Three panelists selected from the community interview the finalists from each chapter for approximately three minutes with a question relating to the administrative field that the candidate receives a few minutes prior to giving a response. The moderator asks the question while the panelists observe the candidate. Points resulting from the interview are added to each candidate's previous scores. The candidate with the highest total score is named the Administrative Professional of the Year for the Alabama Division.
ALABAMA DIVISION ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS OF THE YEAR
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