Severna Park High School Business Advisory Board
November 12, 2013
Minutes
Welcome/Introductions: Tom McGinn, president of the BAB, called the meeting to order.
In attendance: Tom McGinn, Gwen Harring, Sue Gallagher, Paul Furton, John Nicodemus, JoAnne Brack,
Patrick Bathras, Larry Polkabla, Beth Colon, Jill McKay, Juliet Violet, Jim Cleveland, James Lukas, Karen Piccoli,
Stacy Locke, Jessica Jackson.
Approval of Minutes: The October minutes were accepted as submitted.
Committee reports/Chair Selections:
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Executive Committee – Tom McGinn: This is our last formal meeting of 2013. Mock Interviews will take
place in December in place of our December meeting.
Mock Interview/Career Conversations Committee – Gwen Harring and JoAnne Brack:
o Advisories 11/22 – we have enough presenters and 2 back-ups. Presenters have the
presentation which includes a new social media slide. Gwen will resend it. Presenters should
arrive by 8:15; gather in College and Career Center. Advisory lasts from 8:45-9:15.
o Mock Interviews December 9-12 (M-Th) during 11th grade English classes (7 classes). Volunteers
can sign up via SurveyMonkey. We need 10 more interviewers for the week. New this year is a
resume station providing resume review and advice (“Resume Doctor”). John Nicodemus and
Sue Gallagher will take the lead on this; Gwen also has reached out to AAWDC for additional
support in this area.
Website: If anyone has suggestions to enhance the website, contact Joanne. Jim Cleveland maintains
the site. BAB minutes are posted on the site. We also will post footage on the mock interview process
and other student oriented activity. BAB membership list is posted on the website.
Guest Speaker Directory: Next big push to recruit speakers will be at Mock Interviews – those
volunteers will be invited to sign up. Career areas needed are on the form which is available on the
BAB website.
Financial Literacy Advisory: March 28 – grades 10-12. We need 63 volunteers for this event.
Recruitment will start when Mock Interviews are finished. A PowerPoint and talking points will be
provided.
Marketing/Membership/Appreciation Committee: nominations for business partner of the year will be
due in late January. We should be thinking about who we would like to nominate – a business that
supports the school on many levels. Last year our nominee, Jody Giles at UnderArmour, won for the
county.
Signature – JoAnne Brack:
o 28 faculty and 3 Board of Education members participated in a Pride of Baltimore II
entrepreneurial training experience.
o A teacher is interested in talking with a business partner about how Spanish language is used in
business. How does it incorporated with hiring practice? Contact Joanne if you have any ideas.
o Will schedule some teacher shadow days – teachers will go out and shadow a business partner
for a half-day to get a sense of what it’s like to be in the business world.
o Planning Business and Innovation Entrepreneurship day in Feb – looking for people to serve on
the planning committee. It probably will be a speed-dating format: speakers will move from
table to table to talk to groups of students about being an entrepreneur. Alternative: more like
college fair. Stacey volunteered to work on this.
Announcements/New Business:
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Question - How do students become aware of university activities in the area? There is a desire to
create a pipeline of pathways to majors. E.g. in March there will be a virtual reality fair at UMCP. How
do we connect students to this event? Stacey will share the info with the BAB and SPHS will share it
with the students. There are other similar events being planned. These are all within computer science
area; other departments are scheduling other similar events.
Chartwell Foundation: Jim Cleveland, Tom and Joanne, Jill Mckay and Pcounselor Jill Mckay met with
Andy Frank:
o Looking for help with Chartwell Foundation Website; discussed combining this with other work
at Chartwell to create a full 135-hour internship.
o They have raised scholarship money but have had difficulty giving it away. We should inform
school counselors about the scholarship; Andy wasn’t clear on qualifications and application
process.
o Andy wants to be more visible and vocal in the community – how can the Chartwell Foundation
be eyes and ears of Severna Park? One option could be he could be involved with Community
Based Challenge being incorporated into the Signature Explorations class. - He will come into
the class, present problem, and students come up with viable solutions.
Taste and Sip of Greater Severna Park, sponsored by Chamber of Commerce – great networking event.
Shared flyer.
Dr. Jessica Heard, former BAB chair, is ill and will begin treatment; we discussed doing something for
her.
Thanked Dave Rigotti from Benfield Shell for providing donuts and coffee for teacher appreciation.
Upcoming events:
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Nov. 14: AACC Job Fair – Gymnasium, 12-4
Nov. 15-17, 22-23 – “In the Heights” drama production
November 22: 11th grade Mock Interview Advisory
December 9-12: Mock Interviews and Career Conversations
January 14: BAB Meeting
February 11: BAB Meeting
February: Entrepreneur/Innovations Fair
March 8: Career Exploration Fair at AACC: 21st Century Foundation provides a cash prize to the school
that sends the most students. ($1000)
March 28: Financial Literacy Advisory
April 8: BAB Meeting
May 13: BAB Meeting
June 10: BAB Meeting