(openPR) - Dallas, Texas – June 29, 2007 — PMForum, Inc. announced today that Rebecca Winston, J.D., Fellow and former chair of the Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute (PMI®), has joined the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau recently created by PMForum. She is one of the most respected and best known project management leaders in the United States and an experienced project management expert in the fields of energy, environmental remediation, national defense, research & development, and security.
PMForum announced the formation of the PM Ambassadors™ Speakers Bureau on June 26, 2007.

According to PMForum president David L. Pells, “Becky Winston is well known throughout the United States and globally as a leader in the PM professional world. She has some valuable recent experience related to risk management and governance on large government programs. Her participation as a PM Ambassador™ and her willingness to share her knowledge should be of interest to many organizations, both in the US and abroad.”

Rebecca (Becky) Winston, Esq., JD, PMI Fellow, has over 25 years of experience in program and project management, primarily on programs funded by the US government. She is a graduate of the University of Nebraska’s College of Law, Juris Doctorate (1980), in Lincoln, Nebraska and has a Bachelor’s of Science (BS) degree in Education from Nebraska Wesleyan University and a Master’s Degree in Biology from Idaho State University in the USA. She is a licensed attorney in the states of Iowa and Nebraska. Active in PMI since 1993, Rebecca Winston helped pioneer PMI's Specific Interest Groups (SIGs) in the nineties, including the Project Earth and Government SIGs, and was a founder and first co-chair of the Women in Project Management SIG. She served two terms on the PMI board of directors as director at large, Secretary Treasurer, Vice Chair (for two years), and Chair (2002). She was elected a PMI Fellow in 2005. She is also a member of the American Bar Association and the Association of Female Executives in the United States.

Ms. Winston currently serves as a consultant to organizations such as the National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on topics ranging from Program and Project Management to project reviews, risk management and vulnerability assessments. She has extensive recent PM experience in the areas of national defense and security, and has worked closely with local, regional and national officials, including Congress and the Pentagon.

On 26 June 2007, PMForum announced the formation of the PM AmbassadorsTM Speakers Bureau, a new global service for project management leaders and meeting planners worldwide. The program offers and promotes leading project management authorities, experts and professional leaders who are available to speak at conferences, meetings and seminars worldwide. PM AmbassadorsTM include globally-recognized project management professional experts; authors of PM textbooks; former presidents and chairs of PM professional societies; experienced project managers and PM professionals; and retired executives of project and program-oriented organizations. PM AmbassadorsTM are available to speak at project management conferences, meetings, seminars and workshops, and at corporate events. Interested meeting organizers and planners can contact ambassadors@pmforum.com for more information. Background information about individual speakers, availability and potential presentation topics can be found at www.pmforum.org/ambassadors/ambassadors.htm.

PMForum, Inc. administers and operates www.pmforum.org, the world’s first project management website and one of the world’s best known and leading sources of project management news and information. PMForum also publishes the monthly online PM World Today e-Journal, where articles, case studies, papers and viewpoints by leading project management authorities and experts from around the world can be found. Free subscriptions are available at www.pmworldtoday.net .

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