Today was the last day for Terri as the Interim Executive Director. She came on board at a time when the Consortium needed to establish itself as an organization ready to take on its mission in a sustainable and scalable way. The Consortium’s membership grew by 30% in the ten months that Terri was serving as the Interim Executive Director, and I know that many of these new members know of Terri as the person with all the answers. We can only imagine how difficult it is to manage an organization that is rapidly growing and is as diverse as the Consortium. Terri also worked on the toolkit to provide new and prospective members with readily usable guidelines for an OCW project. If you are thinking that you will miss Terri so terribly, don’t worry. She will stay with the Consortium on a part time basis as Special Projects Manager. As Terri puts it, we are not “getting rid of her that easily.” And I am so grateful for that. Nonetheless, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Terri for all the outstanding work, enthusiasm, and support she has shown while serving as the Interim Executive Director.

Today was Mary Lou Forward’s first official day as the new Executive Director. Since her profile had already been introduced to the community(see the post below by Steve), I thought that I would let you guys know about what her first day as the Executive Director was like and introduce her to the community that way. I will fill you guys in tomorrow with all the exciting details as Mary Lou had a very busy day today filled with meetings and reports. As many of you already know, Mary Lou brings to the Consortium extensive experience in education and technology in multicultural environment. Please join me in welcoming Mary Lou to the Consortium. Welcome, Mary Lou!