This Month’s Spotlight is on…Vince Stango and Alana Ferreira da Silva

Vince Stango  

Congratulations to Delaware Valley HR Person of the Year nominee Vincent Stango, SPHR.

On May 8th, eighteen HR Professionals were honored as nominees and winners of the prestigious HR Person of the Year Awards Dinner at the Radisson Valley Forge Hotel. Three-hundred and sixty HR professionals from the Greater Delaware Valley attended the event and 100% of the proceeds from the silent auction were presented to Ranch Hope Inc., the designated charity for 2008.

The Delaware Valley HR Person of the Year Award was developed in 2001 to celebrate the Human Resources Industry and to recognize those in the HR profession who exemplify outstanding achievement within our local human resources community.

Vince is Vice President of Human Resources & Administration at the National Constitution Center and a 2007 graduate of the Master of Science Degree Program in Human Resource Development (HRD). Vince also graduated with a M.S. degree in Public Administration form Villanova.

Attending the event from Villanova were: Patricia Russell, HRD Program Coordinator and HR Person of the Year Planning Committee Member, Dr. David Bush, Director of the HRD Graduate Programs, Brenda Grove, Director of Development, and HRD graduate students Cherise Stewart, Alana Ferreira da Silva, and Sheena Suite.

Alana Ferreira da Silva

Alana Ferreira da Silva, a first year student in the Graduate Programs in Human Resource Development (HRD), received the annual Michael R. Losey Graduate Merit Scholarship Award from the Greater Valley Forge HR Association. The association's College Night and Scholarship Awards Ceremony, held April 22nd, was capped by the presentation of a $3,500 scholarship to Ms. Ferreira da Silva.

The scholarships are named for Michael R. Losey, past president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management and a 30-year veteran of the profession. To be eligible, a graduate student must be enrolled in an MBA or MS program with a concentration in human resources, organizational management or industrial relations. The scholarship process is competitive and granted to the applicant who is best able to demonstrate a working knowledge in HR.

The recipient of the scholarship, Ms. Ferreira da Silva, is very involved in the Villanova community. She is an active member of the Graduate Student Council and serves as the Villanova SHRM Chapter Secretary and Director of Campus and Community Service. Professionally, her international background and command of foreign languages (English, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and French) has assisted her at Siemens AG, where she is currently working as an intern in the Strategic Leadership & Development department.

Please join the HRD Program in offering our congratulations to Alana Ferreira da Silva for this and her many other professional accomplishments.