At our chapter's Holiday Party, to be held Tuesday, Dec. 9, members will vote on the chapter's next 2009 president-elect (2010 president). Sandra Baker has stepped up to the plate as our candidate, and I heartily recommend members support and welcome her.
With 15 years experience in analyzing, compiling, modeling, selling and extrapolating information from data, Sandra currently works with the data and content team of Canon Communications in their Newtown, Pa., office. This team is focused on data from the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries for internal and external usage.
Prior to working in the pharmaceutical industry, Sandra specialized in data in the business and consumer worlds including modeled data, credit data and public record data.
Currently Sandra is focused on pharmaceutical data and providing knowledge to her in-house team as well as sharing this knowledge with other companies, creating a revenue stream based on pharmaceutical intelligence.
The president-elect will have the chance to plan programs, including our participation in the 2009 SLA Centennial Celebration, and develop new and existing tools to serve our members. The chapter also will sponsor much of the cost of for the president and president-elect to attend the SLA Leadership Summit in Savannah, Georgia, in January, and the annual conference in Washington, D.C., in June.
The SLA structure provides for a three-year term of office for presidents and chairs of the international association and its units (such as chapters). As an example, a candidate is elected as president-elect, then serves as president, then as past president, each for a full year. In 2009 I will serve as chapter president and Barbara Burton as past president.
NJSLA's other 2009 officers are continuing terms they began in previous years: Director of Communications Arda Agulian, Secretary Anne Marie Clift and Treasurer Sonal Shukla.
-- Eric Schwarz, NJSLA 2008 President-Elect
Pictured: Sandra Baker