PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. -- In support of National Mentoring Month, an interactive panel on mentoring was held Jan. 28 by the Mentoring Program of the Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, or ARDEC.
One definition of a mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person
About 40 ARDEC employees attended the event, during which ARDEC employees had the opportunity to ask both mentors and protégés questions about the importance of mentoring.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Panel members fielded questions such as the differences between mentoring and coaching, whether mentors and protégés should be in similar career fields, and how long a mentor-protégé relationship should last.
LEADERSHIP SUPPORT
Senior ARDEC leaders supporting the event included ARDEC Director John Hedderich, who gave the opening remarks, and ARDEC Chief of Staff Pete Glikerdas.
Others leaders at the event included Cindy Perazzo, Deputy Director of Technology, and Al Aprea, Associate Director for Strategic Planning, Munitions Engineering and Technology Center.
In his remarks, Hedderich noted ARDEC's commitment to mentoring, and the value of having a mentor throughout one's career.
Panel members included:
Mentor Anthony Pezzano, Chief of Business Interface Office, Enterprise and Systems Integration Center (ESIC).
Mentor Gihan Oraby, Quality Engineering Sciences Division Chief, Quality Engineering and Systems Assurance Directorate.
Mentor Doug Wong, Systems Engineer, ESIC.
Protégé Silvana Salvi, Program Analyst, ESIC.
Protégé Jacqueline Boulos, Computer Scientist, Weapons and Software Engineering Center.
The mentoring program teaches employees the skills needed for valuable mentoring relationships and sponsors networking events.
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The U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center is part of the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, which has the mission to ensure decisive overmatch for unified land operations to empower the Army, the joint warfighter and our nation. RDECOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command.
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