Mary Griffith
Area(s) of Expertise:
Entrepreneurship-small business & Management, Marketing Communications & Advertising Sales
Key Industries:
Consumer Goods
Email:
mgriffith@wm.edu
Experience
Virginia's Finest Chocolates, Owner.
Created company and manage all aspects of the business-production, marketing, sales and sales channels, accounting, networking. Idea generated and test marketed in the Small Business Institute (SBI) classes taken at Christopher Newport University as a student. Chocolate, gift baskets/care packages, logo cookies and chocolate education offered for all age groups.
Performance Support Systems, Director and Sales & Marketing Manager.
Responsible for all aspects of marketing and sales of high-end, specialized human resource/feedback software. Includes direct and channel marketing thorough a network of over two hundred independent consulting firms both nationally and internationally. Manage staff to help with sales and order fulfillment. Develop and implement marketing and consultant training for companies using the software as a tool in their business.
Education
MBA, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
BSBA, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
Communications Certificate, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA