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Vonya Womack

Instructor, Business Administration
Program Coordinator, Marketing

Vonya Womack has two decades of business experience that includes marketing, sales, training, management, and leadership experience in private and public sectors in the following industries: banking, pharmaceuticals, insurance and health/disability domestically and internationally.  She is known for her work in developing leaders in corporate environments and on international platforms. She served on an American based team deployed to Libya to provide leadership training, mentoring and coaching to over 80 Libyan professionals and civic leaders.

Womack is the faculty representative for the Omicron Delta Kappa Society and the Women’s Field Hockey team. She is a proponent of study abroad programs for student education and has led, assisted and or designed course programs to Central America, Africa, Europe, Ireland and the West Indies. She was a student of international study herself studying in Central America as well as the Middle East and Europe.

Womack teaches courses in Marketing, Common Core and the Masters in Leadership program as well as she is involved in online, hybrid and adult education pedagogy.  Womack has a MS from the University of San Francisco where her thesis was on Conflict Resolution and Mediation for Business Administrators and a B.S. from Eastern Mennonite University.  She has published in Leadership conference proceedings and Journals and presented her work at various conferences in the Middle East, Europe, and the US. She currently has papers at various stages of the writing and review process at leading journals.

Areas of Expertise

Leadership practices focusing on sustainable leadership models in current and post conflict zones; developing models to promote governance and public policy changes in conflict regions; women’s rights and the power of protest and marketing propaganda in North African regions 

Publications

  • Womack, Vonya. (1996) “Hiring people with disabilities in the green industry” TURF Magazine. June volume
  • Womack, Vonya. (2013) “Empowering dignity and hope-libyan women work for human rights and justice” LCC International Journal.
  • Colbry, S, Womack, V, Bugaighis, I. (2014) 9th International Symposium on Sustainable Leadership, International Symposium Conference Proceedings “Courageous followership model as a resource for sustainable transformation in post-qaddafi libya”, Salzburg, Austria
  • Colbry, S., McLaughlin, E., Womack, V. and Gallagher, J. (2015) ‘Understanding the dynamic role of leadership and followership in conflict regions: cooperative action, courage and shared sacrifice’, Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp.145–160
  • Colbry, S, Womack, V, Vanbeek, J. (2016) “A honduran collaborative leadership approach to reduce corruption.”  Exploring Leadership in Latin America prospectus 2016

Presentations

  • LCC International University, Who’s Justice? Global Perspectives Dialogue- “Empowering dignity and hope: libyan women work for human rights and justice.” Klaipeda, Lithuania April 2013
  • 16th International Leadership Association Conference in San Diego, roundtable “Don’t go it alone: designing a leadership living and learning community as a collaborative effort” San Diego, CA November 2014
  • 16th International Leadership Association Conference “The courageous followership model as a resource in post-conflict areas” San Diego, CA November 2014
  • 9th International Symposium on Sustainable Leadership,“Courageous followership model as a resource for sustainable transformation in post-qaddafi libya”, Salzburg, Austria June 2014 (staff replacement)
  • Emerge Conference “Global leadership in an interconnected world” West Chester University February 2015
  • 18th International Leadership Association Conference. “A honduran collaborative leadership approach model dynamic resolve” Atlanta, Georgia November 2016
  • 10th Annual International Symposium on Sustainable Leadership. “Understanding the dynamic role of leadership and followership in conflict regions: cooperative action, courage and shared sacrifice.” Dubrovnik, Croatia June 2015

Awards and Recognition

  • Omicron Delta Society Inducted Member 2015
  • InnerCircle Award 2009
  • Competitive Project Award 2006 
  • Award of Excellence 1S POA Project Management/Planning 2005
  • Award of Excellence Marketing and Leadership Principles Recognized 2005
  • Award of Excellence Customer Focus Lead (MyCall) ITStrategy Management 2005
  • Award of Excellence Marketing and Leadership Principles Recognized 2004
  • Award of Excellence 1S POA Planning 2004
  • (GEM AWARD) Go The Extra Mile Award FIT – World Class Contributions 2004
  • Award of Excellence Marketing and Leadership Principles Recognized indication launch 2004
  • FIT Team Leadership 2004
  • Award of Excellence Scaling New Heights Train the Managers 2003
  • Award of Excellence Curriculum Development and Train the Trainer of Scaling New Heights Training Program 2003
  • Award of Excellence Champion Selling Program Initiative 2002
  • Award of Excellence Curriculum Development and Train the Trainer of CS Program 2002
  • Award of Excellence National Career Panel Presentation 2002
  • Award of Excellence Curriculum Development and Train the Trainer of SL Selling 2002
  • Vice Presidents Club Award Sales 2000
  • Regional Leadership Award  Sales 2000
  • Award of Excellence Marketing and Leadership 2000
  • Award of Excellence Marketing WorkOut 2000