Presidential Salute - Monika Roemer

Monika has been our Office Manager at the APICS Santa Clara Valley Chapter for more than 10 years.  While chapter presidents may come and go, she is always there to ensure all our business and activities run smoothly.  Recently, Monika was recognized by the Mission Peak Chapter for all the help and support she has given them.  This recognition is well deserved. 

She is our main publicist.  She is our public relations department for outside contacts.  Monika manages all the activities of coordinating classes, Board meetings seminars and the list goes on.  We could spend hours detailing all that she is responsible for, but rather let me say from the Board of Directors, thank you for all your support and congratulations of the recognition from our sister chapter – Mission Peak. 

Monika is the administrative assistant in the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of APICS.  I have met MoJo a few times when Monika was helping Mission Peak Chapter with student materials, E-mails informing members of Mission Peak Chapter PDM’s, or certificates for students, and other help. I know Sue Nelson the former President and now on District Staff and Rick Merritt current President of Santa Clara Chapter of APICS have expressed real appreciation for Monika’s work.  Now it is my turn to express many thanks to Monika and the Santa Clara Chapter for their help in serving our APICS members. I would agree with Monika when she says, “I work with very knowledgeable and interesting people and that

Keeps it fun for me… and challenging.”  Monika great job, keep up the wonderful work.

 Monika’s comments:

 Can you believe it?  Almost 11 years at APICS SCVC (Santa Clara Valley Chapter)!!  A lot has changed since I started.  There used to be two of us here at the office, but now I take care of it by myself.  This does allow for some flexibility.  I get to bring my Black Lab, MoJo, to the office with me.  She gets to be the greeting committee for the occasional visitor and our UPS person.  

No small task working here. It is my job to keep it all together and make it look like it is a piece of cake.  There are so many different personalities, and different roles to work with.  Our instructors all have 8 – 5 jobs, and need to just walk in to the classroom and begin teaching. So I have to make sure everything is ready for them - including students!

But, enough about me.  I work with very knowledgeable and interesting people and that keeps it fun for me… and challenging.