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Young Professionals Network
Wrapping Up a Challenging But Successful Year
By: Jamie Black, YPN Chair, Sales Manager, Cross Country Mortgage
Wow! What a year 2020 was for all of us! I don’t think any of us thought that come March, our lives would all drastically change. From working from home, to home schooling, wearing masks, social distancing, Zoom meetings, and virtual happy hours, A LOT has changed!
The YPN missed hosting our annual Lip Sync Battle and Bowling Day, as well as our monthly Coffee Talks and Lounge and Learns. However, we tried to host as much as we could virtually, but we all know it is not quite the same.
As the outgoing vice-chair from 2020 and incoming chair for 2021, my goal for the new year is to reengage our YPN members. Both virtually and hopefully in person. We are going to brainstorm lots of ways to safely host both social and educational meetings. So, please stay in touch and we look forward to reconnecting in 2021!
We are so appreciative of our 2021 YPN Committee and we’re looking forward to a great new year ahead!
2021 YPN COMMITTEE Chair, Jamie Black Vice Chair, Nathan Butrum Liza Diaz Santana Ariana Gillooly Vicky Haddow Justin Johnson Benjamin Johnston Margaret Kennedy Brigette Marcus Mallory Moretti Natasha Selvaraj Michelle Thermidor Alexandria Twigg •
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RASM NEWS Employee Anniversaries
RASM happily Michelle D’Aiuto, recognizes Professional Standards the workplace Administrator, anniversaries of Executive Services, our professional staff. celebrated her two-year Gina White, anniversary with RASM Communications & in January. Marketing Director, Another year has celebrates her fifth year come and gone, but with RASM this month. 2020 has brought Together with her team, obstacles we could have the Communications never imagined to our Department maintains personal and professional email marketing, social lives. “I am grateful media, the RASM website, photography, video, graphic to RASM leadership, our members and staff that design, press releases, a monthly magazine, market worked together to create new and innovative ways statistics, and other projects throughout the year. to keep RASM’s programs up and running along with
In addition to her department responsibilities, providing a safe and supportive work environment she also serves as staff liaison for four committees; during this unprecedented time. Zoom meetings Member Engagement, Community Outreach, have allowed Professional Standards to continue Scholarship, and the Young Professionals Network successfully for our members. I am looking forward to (YPN). Gina is active in her community as a member the day we can hold in-person events again and seeing of the Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public everyone face to face,” said Michelle. Relations Association and of the Junior League of Michelle has spent 2020 appreciating her family, Sarasota. friends near and far, and this beautiful place we call When not at work, Gina and her fiancée, Ryan, home. She has also attempted a few new hobbies enjoy exploring the area with their tree-climbing, including trying to grow plants, cooking complex fetch-loving dog, Margo. Gina has a lot to look forward dinners, and her favorite, the virtual happy hour! to this year with her wedding date planned for May 8, Welcome 2021, “We can change the world and 2021, in the mountains of North Carolina. make it a better place. It is in our hands to make a difference,” Nelson Mandela. •
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