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Cast your ballot in the 2011 EuroCHRIE elections

Your vote for Board Directors is very important to help guide the future of EuroCHRIE. Voting for the positions of Vice Presiden, Director of Research and Director of Member Services & Development are now open. You are encouraged to exercise your vote on the CHRIE website. Click on the candiates to the left to learn more. Deadline to vote is 16 June 2011.

• Clemens Berendsen (Vice President)
• Maureen Brookes (Vice President)
• Sandra Watson (Director of Research)
• Rai Shacklock (Director of Member Services & Development)

Candidates for Vice President

Clemens Berendsen
Hotelschool The Hague

Biography
Clemens Berendsen is currently Member of the Board of Directors of Hotelschool The Hague in the Netherlands. After graduation from the Free University in Amsterdam with a Msc in Business Economics, Clemens held different marketing and sales positions within the IT-industry. Before joining the Hotelschool in 2005, Clemens worked for about 10 years at the HES Amsterdam School of Business, in the last few years as Dean of Faculty, responsible for international programs and international cooperation.

As Member of the Board of Hotelschool The Hague, Clemens Berendsen is, amongst other things, responsible for education, curriculum development, research and international cooperation.

Since he started at Hotelschool The Hague in 2005 Clemens has been involved in EuroCHRIE, considering EuroCHRIE as an important platform for international cooperation.

Platform Statement
As Vice President I will do my very best to strengthen the Board and support the ICHRIE and EuroCHRIE organisation and support the President in fulfilling his responsibilities. I will closely work together with the other Boardmembers to develop and implement the programs of the Federation to achieve its objectives. It will be a pleasure to put effort in coordinating all relations of the Federation and in trying to further develop these relations.

Finally my main challenge will be to contribute to the strong position EuroCHRIE has within the ICHRIE organisation and to strengthen the position of EuroCHRIE as a leading association on Tourism and Hospitality education in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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Maureen Brookes, Ph.D.
Principal Lecturer
Oxford Brookes University

Biography
Dr Maureen Brookes has been involved with the hospitality industry for almost forty years. After graduating from the University of Guelph’s hospitality management programme, she began her full time career on a fast track management programme with Westin Hotels in Canada. After a series of management positions, Maureen came to England as Owner/Director of a hotel in the Cotswolds. Since she joined the world of academia she has gained a PhD and held a variety of positions, including Undergraduate Programme Director within the Department of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Management at Oxford Brookes University and as Hospitality Liaison Officer for the Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network, one of the UK’s Higher Education Academy’s subject networks. She is currently a Principal Lecturer in Marketing and Business Futures Coordinator within the Department of Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Management at Oxford Brookes. She is also an Oxford Brookes University Teaching Fellow; a Director of Oxford Gastronomica, a specialist centre for the study of food, drink and culture; UK Area Consultant for Eurochrie, and an Executive Committee member of CHME, the UK Council for Hospitality Management Education. Maureen is also an Associate of the HLST and is the Owner/Director of two business service franchises in Oxford.

An active researcher, Maureen has published papers on international market entry strategies, centric orientation, franchising and the plural form in the hospitality industry. She has undertaken pedagogic research on quality management, the use of podcasting, and the internationalisation and personalisation of higher education. Her articles have been published in the European Journal of Marketing, Journal of Services Marketing, Service Industries Journal, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Journal of Studies in International Education, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, Journal of Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Education and Quality Assurance in Education. The majority of these papers have also been presented at Eurochrie and ICHRIE conferences.

Platform Statement
I have been a long standing member of Eurochrie and ICHRIE and for the past three years have acted as the UK Area Consultant. In that role I have endeavoured to develop a stronger network of Eurochrie members in the UK and to ensure that all Eurochrie members have had access to the resources developed through the HLST Network. Over the years, I have come to know the Eurochrie family well and my admiration for the hard work of its members and those of the extended CHRIE network has grown immensely. I would now like to draw on my experiences and networks to make a greater contribution to Eurochrie as Vice President. I believe that my industrial and academic experience will enable me to make a strong contribution to the Eurochrie Board. If elected, I am willing to work hard to support the President and other Board Members, building on the successful efforts of my predecessors and further developing the Eurochrie ‘family’.

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Candidate for Director of Research

Sandra Watson, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean
The Business School
Edinburgh Napier University

Biography
Sandra Watson is Assistant Dean in the Business School, with responsibility for international and commercial developments. She has previously held a range of managerial positions including Head of Management and Law at Napier University Business School, Edinburgh, UK. She has published over 30 articles and has edited two texts on Human Resource Management and Development. She is the Director of Research for EuroCHRIE and is co editor of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education. Recent publications include analysis of managerial skill requirements in Tourism; Talent management issues and concerns, workplace learning in the legal profession, and HRM and Service Quality. Current research activity is centred on analysing leadership behaviours and leadership learning and development practices.

Sandra has a range of experience in consultancy and external scholarly activity. She has participated in a range of consultancy projects including analysis of training needs and leadership skills development. She has worked on a various research based consultancy projects including training and development for managers and staff. Sandra has also participated in European Commission funded projects. She has acted as an assessor for National Training Awards and is external advisor to the Scottish Police College, the Cypriot government and other educational organisations. In addition she has developed and run workshops on women in leadership for the government of Dubai.

Platform Statement
I have directed and chaired three conferences, and played a key role as associate chair in a further two. The University Forum for Human Resource Development and the Academy of Human Resource Development (HRD) conferences are the most prestigious conferences in the field of HRD for international academics from over 200 institutions. I have facilitated the hosting of the World Association for Case Method Research and Application in 2008 and the Scottish CIPD student conferences (2007, 2008 and 2009). In addition, we regularly host the Chartered Institute for Personnel Development Knowledge into Practice seminars and conferences and the Institute of Management’s workshops and conferences, within the school.

Having presented over 55 refereed conference papers at a range of international conferences, I have regularly been involved with the refereeing process and have sat on various Scientific Committees. In addition, I act as both chair and rapporteur at ICHRIE, EuroCHRIE, AHRD and UFHRD conferences.

I have written over 28 refereed papers for publication in journals and have co-edited four special editions of journals. In addition I have been invited to edit a special edition on Leadership for the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management in 2010. I have co-edited three texts and am in the process of editing a third text. I have written eight chapters in texts books and written book reviews for various journals.

I am the co-editor for the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education. I am also a regular reviewer for Human Resource Development International, Personnel Review, International Journal of Training and Education, European Journal of Industrial Training, and International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. I am on the editorial boards of four journals, two of which are of international standing (Advances in Human Resource Development and European Journal of Industrial Training).

I have held the position of Director of Research for EuroCHRIE for the last two years and have helped conference organisers to mange their paper reviewing processes. This has included developing standardised feedback and guidelines for the paper review process and establishing a network of reviewers. I have also secured and edited a special edition of the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education, which will be published later this year. As part of the past two EuroCHRIE conferences I have introduced research based workshops and have participated in the Swiss Hotel School’s conferences. I would welcome the opportunity to continue in this role to further improve the research focus of our conferences.

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Candidate for Director of Member Services & Development

Rai Shacklock
Head of Languages and English Language Teaching
Leeds Metropolitan University

Biography
Rai Shacklock is currently Head of Languages and English Language Teaching at Leeds Metropolitan University. She teaches a range of events related subjects and was one of the founders of the event management programme in 1996. Rai has a Bachelor of Education degree and is a graduate from Stirling University with an MSc in Entrepreneurial Studies. In September 2001 was appointed a Teacher Fellow in the University. Rai is a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality and a Fellow of the Institute of Learning and Teaching Academy.

Rai has actively been involved with International CHRIE since 1990. She was appointed an area consultant with EuroCHRIE and was elected EuroCHRIE President in August 2001 where she joined the ICHRIE Board as the Federation President. In August 2003 Rai was appointed President of International CHRIE and was the first European to hold this position. In September 2003 Rai was awarded an Honorary Doctorate that recognised her leadership and contributions to International CHRIE and the industry at large. In 2010 she won the Howard B. Meek Award in recognition of her lifetime contribution and outstanding service both to hospitality and tourism education and to International CHRIE.

Platform Statement
I will work hard to increase the number of EuroCHRIE members of the various types and to retain current members with the help and support of the Area Consultants. This will involve me communicating with the Director of Industry Relations and other Board members regarding membership data and to follow up opportunities that the Board creates for recruiting new members. To boost current members I will personally welcome new members to the EuroCHRIE family. I see the website being an important tool in ensuring that members feel that they are getting value for their membership fees. I will be willing to lead membership “drives” for EuroCHRIE and also to support the ICHRIE’s Director of Member Services & Development. I see that it will be vital to work with the EuroCHRIE conference organizers to ensure that we make the most of new attendees at our annual conference to try and create new members from conference attendees.

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