Resume

• 2015

  305 8TH STREET

  Training

  Leadership

  Community Outreach

  Management

  Teaching

  Program Development

  Proposal Writing

  Research

  Tillman Hawkins

  Andrea

• 2012

  Member

  Southern Management Association

• 2011

  Teaching: Experienced on the Blackboard Learning Management System. Developed and certified numerous online courses. Currently teaching undergraduate courses: Principles of Management (lecture and online)

  Organizational Behavior and Theory (lecture and online); and MBA course: Organizational Theory and Behavior (online); Developed and taught other online MBA course: Training and Development.\n\nResearch interests: International perspectives on women in management; and the Impact of leadership decisions on organizational partnerships

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

• 2010

  Serve as an intake coach for new clients

  review business plans for new and existing clients.

  The Catalyst Center for Business & Entrepreneurship

• 2006

  Lifetime Membership

  Beta Gamma Sigma

  Bachelor's Degree

  Agricultural Economics

  Alcorn State University

  Jackson State University

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Business Administration - Management

  Master’s Degree

  CPP

  Inc.

  Certified Practitioner for the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

• 2005

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

  Responsible for teaching undergraduate courses: Principles of Management

  Organizational Behavior and Theory

  Strategic Management and Policy; and MBA courses: Organizational Theory and Behavior

  Strategic Management

  Entrepreneurship/Small Business Management. \n\nResearch interests: Cultural diversity and firm performance

  competitive strategies of public universities

  risk management

  and HBCU recruitment strategies

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

• 2000

  Ph.D. Project

  Member & Reviewer

  Academy of Management

• 1998

  Alcorn State University

  Managed outreach efforts to assist small-scale producers with identifying business risks and strategies to reduce the impact of those risks; Developed workshops and related curriculum and materials; Designed publications (i.e.

  fact sheets

  brochures); Served as editor of the Mississippi Market Scope

  a bi-monthly newsletter addressing small farm marketing issues; Supervised research assistants; Assisted in the management of five projects related to food safety

  distance learning education

  export readiness

  small farm energy database

  and goat meat exporting.

  Alcorn State University

• 1997

  South Carolina State University Research & Extension Service

  South Carolina

  Investigated options to resolve foreclosures and delinquencies with Farm Service Agency; Prepared farm and home plans for limited-resource farmers to obtain operational loans; Assisted farmers with record keeping

  business management

  and cooperative marketing.

  Outreach Specialist / Small Farmer Outreach

  Training and Technical Assistance Project

  South Carolina State University Research & Extension Service

• 1996

  Southern Alternative Agricultural Cooperative

  Inc.

  Georgia

  Developed business plan and loan package to successfully purchase a pecan processing facility; Coordinated mail-order business; Marketed products for fund-raisers and gifts; Market research for new products; Supervised workers in data entry and product preparation; Set up payroll plan

  tax reports

  and bookkeeping system; Prepared financial statements; Solicited bids for landscaping and improvements to existing facility.

  Administrative and Marketing Manager

  Southern Alternative Agricultural Cooperative

  Inc.

• 1995

  Georgia

  Designed after-school tutorial and mentoring programs for rural community council; Organized visioning sessions for rural residents to discuss issues and develop long-range goals; Coordinated activities to strengthen families

  educate community

  and celebrate heritage; Assisted in developing proposals for farmer cooperatives to purchase equipment and office supplies and to establish rural to urban/WIC markets; Developed plan for farmers to mentor youth interested in fresh produce markets; Designed survey instrument to interview limited-resource farmers for program development.

  Sustainable Agricultural Specialist

  Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund

• 1994

  Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund

  Georgia

  Coordinated marketing conference focused on commercial produce industry and specialty markets; Developed markets for limited-resource vegetable producers and cooperatives; Partnered with community organizations to distribute fresh produce to low-income housing residents in Atlanta and other urban communities in Georgia; Assisted in developing a business plan to build a state-of-the-art pecan processing facility; Organized workshops and training sessions for farmers and community leaders.

  Marketing Specialist

  Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund

• 1992

  New York

  Researched city hunger services and total quality management; Served as major researcher for ethnic and gender-related disparity studies and fiscal impact studies; Supervised 3 interns in data collection and analysis.

  Research Associate

  Center for Governmental Research

  Inc.

• 1991

  Center for Governmental Research

  Inc.

  New York

  Collected and analyzed information related to human services

  demographics

  and economics; Designed surveys and databases

  projected populations and interpreted monthly economic indicators.

  Research Assistant

  Center for Governmental Research

  Inc.

  Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University