IPPS Mentoring Program, Inc

IPPS Mentoring is proud to announce that, as part of its participation and award in the Salisbury University Entrepreneurship Competition, Sandra S. Fitzgerald-Angello has agreed to become our Business Mentor. Ms. Fitzgerald-Angello has a wonderful bio that includes a variety of community organization awards and involvement. Her experience and dedication to our program will help us achieve our goals more quickly than projected. We are grateful for her assistance and look forward to working with her, to make our vision come to fruition.

BIOGRAPHY
Vice President and Dealer Operator of Pohanka of Salisbury, Ms. Fitzgerald-Angello is an experienced business leader with over 37 years of experience in the automotive industry, during which time she has strategically guided Pohanka Automotive Group’s substantial growth in multiple locations.

She played a pivotal role in the acquisition and leadership of the Pohanka of Salisbury group of dealerships’ eight franchise operations: Toyota, Scion, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Honda, Sprinter and Volkswagen. She is the recipient of the Toyota President’s Award in 2002, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013; the Mercedes-Benz ‘Best of the Best’ award 2008; Hyundai President’s Award 2013; the Honda President’s Award 2007 and has been recognized for her business excellence, receiving the Silver Excellence in Business Award in 2007 and 2008, and Maryland’s Top 100 Women in 2009.

Dedicated to the pursuit of community improvement, Sandy founded the Pohanka Pays It Forward program, paying a percentage of each deal to local non-profits and charitable organizations. She is the recipient of the Community Leadership Award by the Community Foundation for 2008, 2009 and 2010; recipient of the Herbert H. Fincher, Friend of Mentoring Award 2008; Champion for the Habitat for Humanity Women Build II 2009. Sandy serves on the Board of Directors for Stop the Violence of Wicomico County, the Civic Center Commission, Salisbury University Perdue School of Business Advisory Board, and Shore Hatchery Board, Wor-Wic Community College Foundation Board, American Cancer Society Leadership Council, Green Hill Country Club, Greater Salisbury Committee and the Main Street Gym. Sandy also serves on the Maryland Chamber board and as a past president of The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce and is an appointed member of the Lower Shore Workforce Investment Board. She received The Jefferson Award, a national recognition of public service founded by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and the Wicomico County’s Tourism Person of the Year For 2013. She also received The Humanitarian Award for 2013 from The Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce and is one of the recipients of the 9th Annual Freedom Fund Community Service Award for the NAACP Wicomico Branch 2014.

Born in Pittsburgh, PA and raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland, Sandy moved to the Eastern Shore in 1999. A cancer survivor, Sandy is married to George Angello, and has three children: Meghan, Ryan and AJ, and two grandchildren, Sam and Harper. She earned her Bachelor’s degree, in Business Administration, from the University of Maryland-College Park.

We have been working hard over the winter months to bring together a new mentoring program for the State of Maryland Poplar Hill Pre-Release Center, in Quantico.

Robert Williams, Ron Pagano and Jane Reagan met, last week, with the facility Administrator, Michael King, as well as Facility Captain, Kevin King (no relation) and Facility Chaplain Travers.

After reviewing the draft of the proposed Manual, modifications were made so that it better reflected the needs of the facility. The target date for beginning the program is April 1st.