Thursday, November 12, 2009
Conference
8:00 am to 4:00 pm
Networking Reception
4:30 to 6:30 pm
National Conference Center
18980 Upper Belmont Place
Lansdowne, VA 20176
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Speaker Bio
Lovey Hammel
Co-Founder and President of Employment Enterprises, Inc.
Lovey L. Hammel is co-founder and President of Employment Enterprises, Inc., a Manassas, VA, staffing, human resources, outsourcing, and consulting service enterprise. Employment Enterprises, Inc., has sales of $85 million and conducts business in 46 states. Among the honors Hammel and her company have received are: Washington Business Journal 2005 – 2007; Top 100 Private Companies; Diversity Business 2005; Top Diversity Owned Business Nationwide; Diversity Business 2005; Top Women Owned Businesses Nationwide; Washington Business Journal, 7th largest Women-Owned Company; SBA 1998, "Entrepreneurial Success of the Year" award; and a four-time consecutive winner of Inc, Magazine's 500 fastest growing privately held companies.
Hammel received a BS in business administration in 1988 from George Mason University and was named Alumna of the Year in 1997. She served on the George Mason University Foundation from 1996 to 2005 and was the first alumni chair of the foundation from 2001 – 2003. She has received several awards, including Prince William County Commission for Women "Distinguished Woman" award and the Washington business Journal 2005, "Women Who Mean Business" award.
Hammel is active in a number of civic, business, and community programs such as Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, Women's Forum of Washington, D.C., National CEO Owner's Council, Virginia Governor's Advisory Commission on Higher Education, and the Governor's Advisory Commission for University Board Appointments.
She has also held a leadership role in several organizations, including acting as financial chair of Vale United Methodist Church, founder Norman Scholarship Fund at George Mason University, co-chair for the Valor Scholarship Awards, and former chair of the Prince William County Greater Manassas Chamber of Commerce.