As Marymount University gears up to turn 75 years old . . . Wait, let’s do that again. “We’re about to become 75 years young,” university president Irma Becerra said during a gathering of the Kiwanis Club of Arlington at the university’s main Arlington campus on Oct. 11. The clock is running, but there’s still […]
Marymount University president Irma Becerra on Oct. 11 was presented with the Kiwanis Club of Arlington’s 2023 Community Service Award. Becerra, now entering her sixth year as the university’s president, was saluted for “all the amazing accomplishments you have had,” said Kiwanis Club president Linda Chandler. “You can tell this is a joyful place,” […]
How do you cull a list of hundreds and hundreds of influential business leaders in Greater Washington down to just 100? You debate, you research, you talk to people. Sometimes you even argue a bit. The Business Journal is proud to present our next Power 100 installment, this time featuring 26 nonprofit, medical and […]
Power is a concept synonymous with DC—in its symbolism, its offices, its people. Many Washingtonians hold power by virtue of their positions, titles, and affiliations. For others, power is intrinsic and follows them wherever they go. Some are obvious in their authority. Others pull the strings of influence and change discreetly. One thing is […]
Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum. Today’s leaders are confronted daily with new leadership theories. For me, one approach stands out for its transformative nature — purpose-driven leadership. With purpose at the forefront, leaders can deliver benefits that ripple throughout organizations. As […]
The statistics remain grim: Only eight CEOs on the Fortune 500 this year were Black. Fifty-two Fortune 500 companies were led by women. Both numbers fall well short of Black and female representation in the overall U.S. population. We must make more progress. As part of our Influence with Inclusion program this year, the […]
Christmas was just around the corner in 2015 when Bryan Viera stood in the morning sun, gazing at a hole in a wall along the Texas border. He was 15. His journey had begun 27 days earlier in El Salvador, but somewhere around Chihuahua, in Mexico, he’d gotten separated from his stepmother and stepbrother. […]
Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum. For many years I researched the topic of knowledge management, how organizations manage their intellectual assets via processes and technologies that support the discovery, capture, sharing and application of knowledge. The field of study was spurred […]
Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum. Much has been written about the business benefits of the Digital Era, or the Information Age. In the post-digital era, radical change is the new normal in life and business. One of the main reasons global economies […]
Image courtesy of Getty. Irma Becerra is president of Marymount University, a comprehensive doctoral-granting university known for its innovative curriculum. For years, people have assumed that because I am a working parent and my kids turned out okay (they actually turned out wonderful!), I know the secrets of work-life balance. On numerous occasions, I have been […]
