Humanitas Welcomes Nancy Gentile

HUMANITAS, INC. APPOINTS NANCY O’CONNELL GENTILE AS NEW
EDUCATION AND EVALUATION SPECIALIST

(Silver Spring, MD --- April 21, 2009)  Humanitas announced the addition of Nancy O’Connell Gentile as its Education and Evaluation Specialist. In this newly created position Ms. Gentile will be responsible for expanding the range of educational programs offered by Humanitas with a focus on increasing grant and contract opportunities in the academic sector; increasing certification designations for Humanitas educational programs; and advancing new business partnerships.

Ms. Gentile brings more than 25 years of experience in the field of curricula development, academic partnerships, competency-based apprenticeship programs, evaluation, research and accreditation. Prior to joining Humanitas, Inc., she was an independent consultant and served as academic affairs coordinator for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, Finishing Trades Institute in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Gentile also designed curriculum programs for returning adult students and was responsible for record enrollment and graduation rates when she was vice president for the National Labor College, George Meany Center for Labor Studies.  She has served as project manager for health and safety training for workers responsible for rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, authored new national standards for apprenticeship programs, and acted as primary liaison to private sector clients such as 3M Corporation to customize training.

“Nancy’s passion is contagious and we are pleased to have her expand our education and evaluation services to public and private sector clients,” said Lura Myers, Humanitas president. She arrives at an excellent time in our firm’s history where we are offering new educational programs in a variety of formats and increasing our client base. Nancy will be a great asset to our educational direction.”

Since 1992 Humanitas, Inc. has provided expert management, program development, clinical supervision, evaluation, oversight, and technology consulting services inspired by the principle of balancing action and contemplation. We apply our expertise to serve diverse populations in the areas of health, social policy, education, and workforce development. We design and implement technology solutions to help health and human services and a growing number of public and private sector clients accomplish program goals and support business operations, and base our corporate decisions on sustainable environmental practices.