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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING HENRY A. JOHNSON AND THE NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR THEIR

SUCCESS AT THE ANNUAL SAM INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE COMPETITION

     Introduced By: Representatives Newberry, Roberts, Chippendale, Lyle, and Kennedy

     Date Introduced: May 29, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) was founded in 1912

as a nonprofit organization and is the oldest professional management organization in the world.

SAM is led and managed by hundreds of volunteers from numerous disciplines including

productions, finance, marketing, accounting, research and development, and entrepreneurship

with the goal of helping people to become better managers by sharing management expertise and

building connections among and between academicians, practitioners, and students; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Henry A. Johnson is a distinguished Assistant Professor of Business

Management and Public Health at the New England Institute of Technology who has received

numerous awards in his exemplary career including being named an “Outstanding National

Faculty Advisor” for two years in a row, and receiving the “Phil Carroll Advancement of

Management Award” for his “contributions to management through application and innovation”;

and

     WHEREAS, Professor Johnson is also the Advisor and Coach of the New England

Institute of Technology’s (NEIT) Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) chapter. Each

year SAM conducts an international student competition consisting of multiple events including

the Knowledge Bowl, Extemporaneous Speaking, and the Case Study Competition. The

competition has two separate divisions, Undergraduate and Open, with the Open Division

competitors usually consisting of graduate students; and

     WHEREAS, The NEIT Team consisted of Amaryha Bryan, Brittany Coonan, Joseph

Foley and Isai Hernandez on the Open Team, and Emma Peterson, Luke Marcotte, Erika Sinesi,

and Sarrah Berkery on the Undergraduate Team. In the latest competition, the NEIT Open Team

won the overall award (Intercollegiate Business Skills Competition) for their Division. The

Undergraduate Team placed third in the same competition. In the Knowledge Bowl the Open

Team placed second, with the Undergraduate Team finishing in third place; and

     WHEREAS, The NEIT Team also received numerous individual honors at the SAM

competition. Sarrah Berkery was recognized as a National Outstanding Student, the top award for

an undergraduate. In the Open Speech Competition, Joseph Foley finished in second place and

Amaryha Bryan placed third, with Luke Marcotte finishing second in the undergraduate division

in the same competition. Emma Patterson and Brittany Coonan won regional Outstanding Student

honors. Additionally, the New England Institute of Technology SAM chapter was recognized as

the 2nd best chapter in the nation; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates Professor Henry A. Johnson and the New England

Institute of Technology’s Society for Advancement of Management Chapter Team for their

success at the annual Sam International Conference Competition; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Assistant Professor Henry A. Johnson, New

England Institute of Technology, Amaryha Bryan, Brittany Coonan, Joseph Foley, Isai

Hernandez, Emma Peterson, Luke Marcotte, Erika Sinesi, and Sarrah Berkery.

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