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President
Susan Nichols
4902 Carlisle Pike, # 341
Mechanicsburg , PA 17050 USA
Ph: (717) 761-5848
 susan@
professionalimageworks.com
Term: 2007 - 2008
Vice President
Cynthia B Bronson, AICI
The Bronson Group International
18 Kinross Drive
Stafford, VA 22554 USA
Ph: (540) 657-6809
bronsongroupseminars@att.net
Term: 2007 - 2008
Treasurer
Jeanine Rozier
20415 Doncaster Terrace
Potomac Falls , VA 20165 USA
Ph: (703) 444-8865
jeanine@
jdrimageconsulting.com
Term: 2007 - 2008
 VP Communications
Yasmin Anderson-Smith, AICI
KYMS Image International, LLC.
2905 Mitchellville Road, Suite 104
Bowi, Md. 20716
Ph:
(301) 218-3884
yasmin@kymsimage.com
Term: 2007 - 2008
Secretary
Joycelyn Walls
Empowering Image
8739 Lisa Lane
Randallstown, MD 21133
Ph: (410) 655-2972
joycelyn.walls@fcc.gov
Term: 2007 - 2008
 Past President
Marva L. Goldsmith, AICI, CIP
4423 Lehigh Street #232
College Park, MD 20740 USA
Ph: (301) 474-8808
Fax: (301) 474-2008
marva@marvagoldsmith.com
Term: 2007 - 2008
Chapter Profile
Chapter Mission: We are a value-driven organization of members-helping-members create opportunities for self-empowerment and business development in the image industry.
AICI Mid-Atlantic Chapter Objectives
- To raise public awareness in our communities of image consulting as a profession and thereby further the efforts of the AICI public awareness campaigns. This can be done by providing no cost/low cost yearly events in the area such as atschools and job fairs.
- To provide a venue to further members’ educational goals related to the practice of image consulting. To share opportunities to attain CEU credits toward further certification.
- Through education, share our experiences and knowledgewith new consultants to help them become leaders in AICI and in their area of expertise.
- To promote and encourage camaraderie of fellow image consultants who mutually inspire, motivate and support each other.
- To educate our members and provide as much information as possible to further our business goals.
- To raise the awareness of the at large community of the benefits image consulting on a corporate and individual level.
Events
RSVP: Chapter VP, Cynthia Bronson
bronsongroupseminars@att.net or 540.657.6809
April 5, 2008 – Education Day Seminar
Guest speaker Lynne Marks, AICI , CIM presents A PowerSpeak workshop
The Art of Crafting Impact messages and being heard above the crowd.
Booz, Allen, Hamilton Conference Center
One Dulles Building, 13200 Woodland Park Rd
Herndon, Virginia
RSVP: Chapter VP, Cynthia Bronson
bronsongroupseminars@att.net or 540.657.6809
June 14, 2008 – Chapter Meeting
Feature presentation: “I got a Lead, Now What: Turn Leads into Dollars” (Venue TBA)
Announcements
April 5, 2008 – Chapter Education Opportunity
A PowerSpeak Workshop
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Booz, Allen, Hamilton Conference Center
One Dulles Building
13200 Woodland Park Rd
Herndon, Virginia
The AICI Washington D.C. Metro Area Chapter presents an Education Day 2008 PowerSpeak Workshop. President of the London Image Institute and Certified Image Master, Lynne Marks, AICI, CIM, presents a 1-day PowerSpeak Workshop. This workshop is about The Art of Crafting Impact messages and being heard above the crowd. You will learn ways to create clear, simple, relevant messages, leadership communication techniques which inspire people and promote action, powerful messages to sell your business to potential clients, power in knowing what exactly makes a message hang around longer than the next cup of coffee, and so much more.
Registration includes a continental breakfast and afternoon snacks.
Early Bird Special before February 27th: $155.00; after February 27th: $170.00.
Accommodations are available at the Embassy Suites Dulles Airport. Rates may range from $99 and up. For hotel info at 703.464.0200.
RSVP: Chapter VP, Cynthia Bronson bronsongroupseminars@att.net or 540.657.6809
Your presence is our pleasure! Thank you.
CEUs: Earn approximately .7 CEUs for one day
The AICI Washington D.C. Metro Area chapter's first president, Marva Goldsmith, AICI, CIP was presented with a token of appreciation by Vice president, Cynthia Bronson at the November 2007 meeting. Marva was recognized for her outstanding work in getting the chapter off the ground as well as her leadership and commitment.Marva currently serves on the board as an ex-officio officer. The November meeting was held at Bloomingdale's Tyson's Corner.
Cynthia Bronson, CEE, AICI and Marva Goldsmith, ACI, CIP
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Photo by Jeanine Rozier, MBA, AICI, Chapter Treasurer
The AICI Washington D.C. Metro Area Chapter publishes The Image Report, a bimonthly e-Newsletter. Readers can look forward to highlights of AICI and chapter news as well as feature stories and information on members, image and style. Readers may submit news stories, image tips and questions to the editor. Become a newsletter sponsor and showcase your business for one or more months. Sponsorship rates for logos and a weblink are:
$25.00 per issue;$65.00 for three issues and $125 for six issues (one year). Please send newsletter submissions and advertising inquiries to the editor, Yasmin Anderson-Smith, AICI at yasmin@kymsimage.com
Past Events
January 12th – Chapter meeting at Residence Inn, Marriott, Arlington-Pentagon City, Virginia. The program featured a panel discussion on the topic ”Hobby or Business? Making Money in the Image Business”. The meeting also included presentations by Evelyn Stephens, Owner, Runway Clothes Consignment and Everette Edwards, Director of Sales, Kustom Look Clothiers.
November 3 -Chapter meeting at Bloomingdale's Tyson's Corner, Virginia. Guest presenter Ruth Bielobocky, Principal with Ion Design gave a presentation on personal branding.
September 29th - Chapter meeting at Bloomingdale's Tyson's Corner,Virginia hosted by
Effie Elkorek, the store’s Personal Shopping Service Manager. We also had a fashion show/instruction on the DKNY fall line by Peggy from the DKNY New York office.
Photo by Jeanine D. Rozier, MBA, AICI (Treasurer)
September Chapter meeting at Bloomingdale’s (Tyson’s Corner Center, Virginia)
Hosted by Effie Elkorek, the Personal Shopping Service Manager. |
