Dana Brownlee

In 2003 Dana Brownlee, PMP founded Professionalism Matters, Inc., a boutique professional development training and consulting firm. Her company provides interactive training workshops on a variety of topics including project management, meeting facilitation, and team building. In 2009 Professionalism Matters launched MeetingGenie.com an online resource for the latest tips, techniques, instructional videos, and other resources pertaining to meeting facilitation. Her company has produced two meeting facilitation training DVDs: “Are You Running a Meeting… or Drowning in Chaos?” and “5 Secrets to Virtually Cut Your Meeting Time in Half!” (Both are available at www.meetinggenie.com). Dana has spoken to many Project Management Institute audiences including a presentation (“The Secrets to Running Project Status Meetings that Work!) at the PMI Global Congress 2008 North America in Denver. She has been selected to speak at the 2010 International Association of Facilitators North America 2010 Conference in Chicago. A much sought after speaker and trainer, Dana has presented courses in three countries and authored a course currently being taught in five countries. Dana’s client list includes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Environmental Protection Agency, Emory Professional Learning Program, Georgia Power Company, Mississippi Power Company, Southface Energy Institute, Learning Tree International, OCI Chemical Corporation and many others. Dana received a BS from Spelman College, a BIE from Georgia Tech and an MBA from Emory University.