AGENDA

5:30 PM - PM Tools
6:00 PM - Cash Bar & Networking
7:00 PM - Dinner
8:00 PM - Guest Speaker
9:00 PM - Adjourn

LOCATION

Sheraton Premiere at
Tysons Corner

8661 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA
703.448.1234

http://www.Sheraton.com/TysonsCorner

COST

Corporate table for 10: $450
Chapter Members: $40
Non-members: $50
Walkins: $60

Greg will discuss the transformation of business strategy that embraces social and environmental responsibility and how it affects Portfolio, program and project management. He will elaborate on specific examples from around the globe of this transformation and what PMI is doing to address it.

Gregory Balestrero spends more than 200 days a year traveling around the world as the chief ambassador for advancing the profession of project management on behalf of PMI. A featured speaker at international CEO events such as Economist, Business Week and Forbes forums and the Bo’ao economic summit, Mr. Balestrero delivers powerful messages about the importance of project management in achieving success in today’s global business environment. Mr. Balestrero has represented PMI at special events in more than 30 countries throughout the world. He is quoted frequently in national and international media and has appeared as a guest on news and business television, including CNBC, BBC World and Sky News.

Mr. Balestrero joined PMI in 2002 with nearly 30 years experience in executive-level association management. An industrial engineer by training, Mr. Balestrero has extensive experience overseeing administrative, financial and internal affairs for professional associations. Under his leadership, PMI membership has tripled in size with members in 175 countries. More than 275,000 practitioners have earned PMI credentials in project and program management.

From 1994-2002, he served as executive director of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), an organization of construction professionals in non-residential building construction, based in Alexandria, Virginia, USA. He previously held the position of executive director at the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Mr. Balestrero served as the 2003-2004 Board Chairman of the Greater Washington (District of Columbia, USA) Society of Association Executives (GWSAE) and an active member and former president of the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE).

Mr. Balestrero also is a member of the Committee of 100 of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He is a current member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), where he served on the Board of Directors for ASAE’s Center for Association Leadership (CAL) through 2006; the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE); and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He is also a member of The Thought Leadership Advisory Council for the CAL.