Subject: EAC Newsletter April 2015
From: EAC <[email-masked]>
To: EAC <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:12:41 +0000

April 2015

Your EAC is happy to share the following updates with you. As always, if you have any questions please contact us!

Survey Results and Open Ended Summary Available on AGI!

The EAC spent January through March presenting the results of the 2014 Employee Survey to company management, staff, and the Board of Directors. The full survey results, presentation slides and a summary of the responses to the open-ended questions are available on the EAC’s AGI page.

First Meet & Greet of 2015

On April 15, the EAC hosted a Meet & Greet event with Jack Downey and Katie Joyce. During their presentation they provided an overview of the core services provided by the Global Business Development Unit and business development priorities for the new fiscal year. A recording of Jack and Katie’s presentation, along with copies of their slides, are available on the EAC’s AGI presentation.

Reimagining How Abt Works

Our workplace has been changing and we all know that even bigger changes, along with challenges and opportunities, lie ahead in Abt’s future. With office leases ending in both Cambridge and Bethesda in 2018, we have the unique opportunity to reimagine how Abt works and how our workspace of the future will be configured.  The EAC now has a representative on the Workplace Core Team (Rachel Luck), and the team is meeting every other week to discuss important, workplace-related issues. The Core Team includes representatives from across the company (divisions and departments) and will continue to get employee input and inform decisions about the characteristics of our workplace of the future.  Currently, the team is discussing issues such as Abt’s Space Allocation policy, developing an Abt Telecommuter Training (for telecommuters and those who work closely with them), and the upcoming roll out of the Adjustable Desk Program.  If you have any feedback, ideas, or questions related to these or other workplace issues, feel free to reach out to Rachel Luck, the EAC, or the Workplace Core Team.

Amina Aminu featured on BBC/NPR

April 14, 2015 marked one year since more than 200 girls were kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok, northern Nigeria by the militant group Boko Haram. To commemorate the day, 219 Nigerian school girls who volunteered to be ‘Chibok girls ambassadors’ marched around the capital city center while candle light vigils were held in various parts of the country in the evening. Dr. Amina Aminu, the EAC representative for Africa region and a member of the Bring Back Our Girls movement in Nigeria, spoke to the BBC on the pains of the families affected and how the country needs to do all it can to get the girls back home. Listen to Amina’s interview online here!

Do you have a question/concern?

Click here to submit it anonymously to the EAC. In addition to submitting anonymous feedback, you can always e-mail the EAC or discuss your concerns with any representative.

How to Contact Your EAC Representatives

Patricia Rowan, Chair, Telecommuter/Small Office Rep,
919.294.7710, [email-masked]

Krista Pages, Vice Chair, Bethesda, 301.347.5829

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Joseph Addo-Yobo, Africa, +233.265.281.378

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Amina Aminu, Africa, 301.347.5757

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Sharaf Darwish, Asia/Europe/Near East/Jordan, 011.96.265.86.6501 [email-masked]

Maria Claudia De Valdenebro, Bethesda, 301.347.5188

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Santiago Enriquez, Latin America/Caribbean, 301.347.5445

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Scott Giarla, Cambridge, 617.520.2674

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Peter Levine, Bethesda, 301. 347.5705

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Rachel Luck, Cambridge, 617.520.2542

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Dan McMartin, Cambridge, 617.349.2775

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Miriam Mokuena, Bethesda, 301.347.5105

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