GWU PMSA

Meet the Board

The PMSA affairs are managed by 5 executive officers, comprising The President and 4 Vice Presidents, namely: VP of Finance, VP of Marketing, VP of Event Management and VP of Membership & Alumni Relations. A Faculty Advisor provides assistance and guidance in helping PMSA to achieve its goals and reaching its mission.

PMSA’s Executive Committee

The executive committee of the 2009/2010 school year is:
 

Daryl Cobham, President

Daryl Cobham is from the southern most Caribbean twin island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. He is in his second year at GWU as a full time MSPM student.  He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Howard University and has been very engaged in the green/sustainability movement. Currently, he interns at the Washington DC Convention Center leading the LEED certification process for the facility. Daryl’s interests include visiting new places, learning new cultures and exploring the vegetarian cuisine of different countries.

Rich Moore, VP of Finance

Rich Moore is from Orange County, VA and is in his third year in the MSPM Program.  His undergraduate degree is in Information Systems from Virginia Commonwealth University.  He has spent the last six years supporting large-scale acquisition programs in the DoD space, focused mainly on Program and Project Management activities.  He is currently employed with a large technology firm, supporting Research and Development Projects and helping to institute Earned Value Management.

Josh Colgan,VP of Public Relations

Joshua is currently employed by Motorola, Inc. as a Project Manager for the Broadband & Mobility Solutions division.  Joshua specializes virtual team development and risk management; he also serves as a member of the PMO and process development core teams.  Prior to project Management, Joshua worked both nationally and internationally as a project lead and technical lead for several companies, including Motorola.. Joshua earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the New York Institute of Technology and has been a graduate student of Project Management at The George Washington University since fall of 2008.  Joshua also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI), as well as several other industry specific certifications.

Sarangi Bhatia, MBA, VP of Member and Alumni Relations

Sarangi currently serves as the Business Operations Manager for the Chesapeake Bay /Washington D.C. region of Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. Sarangi provides leadership and oversight in the areas of insurance and investment business processing, compliance, and human resources to include training and managing staffing, service levels, and troubleshooting operational and compliance matters.   Sarangi holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Seton Hall University with a concentration in finance and a minor in psychology and a Masters in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management from the University of Phoenix.  Sarangi has the FINRA (NASD) Series 7 and Series 63 registrations and she is a FINRA (NASD) Registered Principal.  She actively participates in community and charitable events. She has a passion for dance and the performing arts. Sarangi resides in Sterling, Virginia with her husband and 1 year old son.

Michele Mills, VP of Marketing

Michele has been a distance student at GW for 3 years. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from the University of Utah in 2004.  She is currently serving as the Interim Director for a Project and Program Management Office at University of Utah Health Care in Salt Lake City, Utah. Having spent most of her professional career in the healthcare industry, Michele has worked at University Health Care, a division of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, since 1993. Her duties include providing strategic direction for the Project and Program Management Office, managing project managers that serve as IT Project Managers, handling a wide variety of projects ranging from new building construction to public internet access projects for patients, patient families, and visitors. Michele is a regular speaker at industry conferences, most recently Salt Lake City and Rochester, NY.  She is also co-authoring a book with her co-workers on Project Management in Healthcare. She is also a certified PMI Project Management Professional (PMP). 

Bob Faerman, VP of Events

Bob earned an engineering degree from Florida International University in 1989 and immediately began working in information technology, first as a programmer, then as a networking and infrastructure architect.  He spent a good portion of his career in the 1990s at Citrix Systems and helped build the company from 80 people to over 4,500.  In 2001, he took the year off and went to culinary school at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude.  Bob returned to IT in 2002 and has worked as a system architect, technical trainer and project manager ever since.  He is completing his first year at GW in the PMBA program and plans to use the education to promote his career from Project Manager to Program Management then Portfolio Management.

Bob holds PMP, ITIL and numerous technical certifications, has worked for major corporations including Citrix, Oracle, and is currently employed by Qinetiq North America.  He is very active in the local PMI chapter, including serving as his company’s liaison to PMI in the greater DC area.

Bob and his wife Julie, a Patent Attorney and GW Law School Graduate, live in North Arlington.

A  big thanks to all who served over the past year and those who participated in PMSA events!

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