Our February Meeting Sponsor
Rosaryville Spirit Life Center is much more than just your local retreat center. We offer a variety of retreats for religious, spiritual and personal growth along with days of prayer and meditation. We also offer breakfast and lunch meetings for business and networking opportunities, along with special events like our upcoming Murder Mystery Valentines Day Dinner (presented by The Murder Mystery Company). Beginning in February we will offer hot lunches for pickup or delivery, for ten or more orders, every 3rd Wednesday of each month and frozen dinner pickup each Monday. Please see our website for more information, catholicretreatcenter.org.
Mark Your Calendar!
Tangipahoa Professional Women and the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern Louisiana University are hosting THE business event for women on the move. Women Mean Business 2019 will provide high impact strategies to survive and thrive individually and professionally. Take advantage of this exciting opportunity! Join us on March 21st to gain insight that will help you reach your maximum potential!
February Monthly Luncheon
Tangipahoa School System Update: Melissa Stilley, Superintendent
Topic Description: Melissa Martin Stilley is committed to working 150 percent for the children of Tangipahoa Parish. “You have to set your standards high and work toward that and align all of our schools and offices around that,” she told the board during a meeting. “Together we can figure this out. Join us as hear the progress Mrs. Stilley has made since taking office last year and her goals for the future of our schools.
About the speaker: Melissa was selected in June 2018 to serve as the first female superintendent of TangipahoaParish School System after an extensive nationwide search by the board. Melissa previously served in a statewide leadership role for Louisiana Department of Education, coordinating support to school districts across the state. In her state leadership role, her focus was turning around low performing schools and serving as a liaison between thestate superintendent and local school district superintendents.
During her 30year career in education, Melissa has served as a classroom teacher,assistant principal, principal, District Supervisor of Curriculum Instruction, and Chief Academic Officer for the Tangipahoa Parish School System before being named Network Leader for Northeast Louisiana in July 2012.
Melissa is currently pursuing her Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership. Melissa’s dissertation focuses on the impact of collaborative cultures on leader collective efficacy. She earned her Master's Degree in School Administration in 1999, Plus 30 in Special Education in 2000, and Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education in 1987, all from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana.
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About TPW:
TPW is an organization which has a primary focus to support women in business. The mission of this local organization is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. TPW understands the constant challenges you face professionally and personally every day. TPW will give you access to resources, skills, and networks necessary to help you tackle these challenges and achieve the goals that you have set for yourself and your business endeavor.
The Tangipahoa Professional Women award scholarships to deserving women. Each year, the TPW awards scholarships to Tangipahoa Parish women to help them pursue an education that will enable them to be part of this parish’s growing women’s workforce.