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| SYNERGY ENTERPRISES, INC. | July/August 2010 |
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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGEPrachee J. Devadas, President/CEOStrengthening Small Business“As small business owners like Prachee… will tell you, we may be recovering but we’re not yet recovered. We have to keep moving forward.”
President Barack Obama Historically, two out of three jobs in this country have been created by small business, so it is clear that small business has a big role to play in our nation’s economic recovery. Here at Synergy, we have been able to gather together more than a hundred talented people, who as individuals are supporting their families and pursuing their dreams, and who together as a company support the missions of our clients. After a very busy season of business development (still in progress), I hope to add to their numbers–making Synergy’s particular contribution to the local economy and the nation’s recovery even stronger. I was honored to meet with President Barack Obama in early June, to discuss the challenges facing small business and the ways that his administration can help create the conditions within which small businesses can thrive and grow once again. I was heartened to see his attentiveness to the issue and his recognition of the fact that a thriving small business sector is, in his words, “about more than just economic success. It’s also about who we are as a people. It’s about a nation where anybody who’s got a good idea and a willingness to work hard can succeed.” You can imagine how it touched my heart to hear him say, “That’s the central promise of America. It’s that promise that has drawn millions of people to our shores.” That promise certainly brought me to these shores, and also many other people I am honored to work with here at Synergy–like Aida, Alberto, Amara, Amiee, Deepa, Enid, Fiona, Gordana, Kiran, Luyin, Malika, Moses, Netina, Nhi, Ola, Prasad, Raj, Sandrine, Sippy, Sreedhar, and Uma. All of them–and their native-born colleagues–bring their good ideas and willingness to work hard every day to strengthen this small business and to help keep the recovery moving forward.  recent achievementsSEI President Selected to Meet With President Obama to Discuss Small Business GrowthPrachee J. Devadas, President and Chief Executive Officer of Synergy Enterprises, Inc. (SEI), and Anand Devadas, SEI’s Vice President of Corporate Operations, met with President Barack Obama on June 11th in the Oval Office to discuss challenges facing small business. Ms. Devadas, along with representatives of High 5, LLC, another small business, met with President Obama for a 20-minute discussion on a series of proposals his administration has put forth to promote small business growth and hiring. Ms. Devadas was the only Federal government contractor selected to participate in this focus group. More>> SEI Senior Program Associate Kathy Zantal-Wiener Published in New Directions for Evaluation JournalKathy Zantal-Wiener, a senior program associate and director of the Student Drug-Testing Institute, authored an article proposing a comprehensive evaluation framework to prepare for evaluating school emergency management programs. “School emergency management is a new development, and so there is no comprehensive framework for evaluating school emergency management programs,” notes the article, which provides a sample logic model that can be adapted and tailored for use in local evaluations by any school district or school. SEI CARESA Day of Summer Fun for S.O.M.E. FamiliesOn Friday June 25, 2010, SEI employee Delores Smith Robertson and her son, DeAndra M. Robertson, joined more than 60 children of the Thea Bowman House and Independence Place at Six Flags America theme park for a day of summer fun sponsored by SEI. Year round, SEI supports S.O.M.E. (So Others Might Eat) the Thea Bowman House, a transitional house, and Independence Place, which provides permanent housing to homeless families.  |
NEW STAFF, NEW EXPERTISESEI Hires Three New Senior-Level EmployeesTo support business development efforts and special projects, SEI has hired three new employees for contracts with the U.S. Department of Education, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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