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verything old is new again —
that's the perfect way to
describe Women's American
ORT, an independent educa-
tion and training organization.
' Terri Rossman became the first direc-
tor of ORT's Michigan region on May
1, with offices in Bloomfield Township.
Professionally, she plans to "rise to the
challenge of the traditions that have
been established, while working with the
positive energy within the organization."
Rossman, a Farmington Hills resi-
dent, will assist the national officers in
meeting the demands of fund-raising for
the ORT program.
ORT (Organization for Educational
Resources and Technology Training) sees
the new regional director as creating
more continuity, since chapter presidents
are elected for only two-year terms.

ORT's four regions are Michigan,
Atlanta, Chicago and New Jersey, yet
"ORT is within the entire United States
and the rest of the country is not divid-
ed into regions," Rossman explained.
Her involvement with ORT started
in the 1980s, when she joined as a way
to meet new women friends and social-
ize. She later realized that ORT meant
more to her. Rossman held many chap-
ter positions, including programming
head, newsletter editor and president.
As president of the Artisans
Chapter, she served on the regional
board and attended the Regional
Leadership Conference.
"ORT launched my career path in a
way that college hadn't," Rossman said.
"It was a new phase of education for me.
It gave me leadership and organizational
skills. I learned a lot and it took me far
in my career.
"It is like coming full circle. I started
in ORT as a volunteer, and now I hold
the regional director position."
Rossman's background includes
graphic design, events planning and
marketing. She previously owned an art
gallery and a public relations firm and
was marketing director for a pharmaceu-
tical company.
She switched from the business sector
to non-profit work because of her "broad
and varied skill set, which is perfect. for a
non-profit organization. I reached a stage
in my life where working wasn't enough.
I wanted passion in my career and ORT
is near and dear to my heart."

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Changes that might be in ORT's
future include shifting from being
chapter-based to an "affinity group"
model that focuses on education and
technology training.
"Through studies," Rossman said, "it
has been shown that women today are

