
Eric Howard
2022 PMI ROC Professional Development Grant Winner
Eric has spent most of his career in Student Affairs in Higher Education, most recently in building operations for student life. In that role part of his responsibilities included strategic planning, budgeting, capital planning, and managing renovation and construction projects. Through this experience Eric found his passion for project management and made a career change into project management as a profession. He is now the Project Manager/Business Analyst for the River Campus Libraries Digital Initiatives at the University of Rochester. The UR libraries have committed to developing project management practices and have created a community of practice on the subject that Eric will be serving on to help find ways to incorporate project management principles into more of the libraries work.
Eric is looking forward to sitting for his PMP exam this year and will be using the PMI Rochester Professional Development Grant toward the On-demand PMP Exam Prep course provided by PMI.
Eric Howard

Maggie Dempsey
2022 PMI ROC Academic Grant Winner
Maggie is a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). She is currently pursuing her undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems with an expected graduation date of December 2022. Next year, she plans on continuing her education at RIT to obtain her Master of Business Administration (MBA). Maggie has taken leadership positions in various school activities such as Women in Business, Delta Sigma Pi and the RIT Women’s Leadership Summit. As an active volunteer, she spends her time giving back to various organizations including the American Cancer Society, Happy Birthday Cha Cha Cha and Worth More Nation
Maggie is a new member of PMI Rochester. Since June 2021, she has worked at Wegmans Food Markets as a Project Management Intern. She enjoys the challenge and life-long learning that Project Management brings to her everyday life. After she receives her MBA, she plans to pursue her Project Management Professional Certification.
Maggie Dempsey