Cheri ANn Becker

Background

Becker, Cheri ANn was born on December 25, 1949 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Van Watt Gardner and Margaret Joann Little Moore.

Education

Certified of Airline Operation, Atlantic School, Kansas City, Missoury, 1968; student, University Kentucky, 1969; certified completion, Ball State University, 1990-1992; Bachelor of Science in Human Superior vena cava syndrome Management, Indiana Institute Technology, 1993.

Career

Owner Concept Advertising and Marketing, Kalamazoo, 1975-1980. Major accounts manager, new product development manager Fort Wayne Newspapers, 1980-1985. District manager Modern Metals, Chicago, 1985-1987.

Director product development Rho Lyn Engineering, Detroit, 1985. Executive director Small Business Development Center, Fort Wayne, 1987. President Northeast Indiana Business Assistance Corporation, 1990-1994.

Vice president marketing and sales Midland Inc., Fort Wayne, 1994-1995. Director communications Sterling Diagonostics Imaging, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina, 1997-1999. Director Marketing and Communications Operations Associates, since 1999.

Past member advisory board women's business program Indiana Small Business Development Corporation, Indiana U.-Purdue University Marketing Club, 1987-1988. Member advisory board Young Entrepreneurs Success Program. Co-chairman Three Rivers Festival, 1993, vice president administration, 1994.

Instructor continuing education department Indiana U.-Purdue University, 1987-1994, past member advisory council School Fine Arts. Past speaker Entrepreneurs Day Conference, Indiana Institute New Business Ventures, Indianapolis, Regional Conference, Women in Communications, Inc., 1995, 98. Board directors Home For New Beginnings, Opportunity Greenville.

Advisor United Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation.

Achievements

• Cheri Ann Becker has been listed as a noteworthy Marketing professional, business consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past president board directors Speech Hearing & Learning Center, Connections, Leadership for Women, Greenville, South Carolina. Trustee South Carolina Nature Conservancy. Past event organizer Run Jane Run, 1983-1984.

Fundraiser United Way, 1985, drive trainer, 1989. Past chairman marketing committee Fort Wayne Ballet, 1988, vice president, 1990-1994. Member Leadership Fort Wayne, 1994, president Leadership Alumni Association.

Past member Fort Wayne Advisory Committee, 1988-1994, member advisory committee manufacturing technical services program, 1994. Facilitator Fort Wayne Workforce Conference, 1990. Member task force Urban Land Institute, 1990.

Member Fort Wayne Consensus Committee, 1991. Board directors Home for New Beginnings, Opportunity Greenville, 1999. Member Franciscan Forum.

Board member United Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation. Member Women's Bureau, Small Business Institute Directors Association, Friends of the Urban League, Women's Business Owners Association (speaker 1988-1990).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, sailing, skiing, target shooting.

Connections

Married Mark Davis Becker, April 24, 1993.

Father:

Van Watt Gardner

Mother:

Margaret Joann Little Moore

Spouse:

Mark Davis Becker