Company Name: A & W Management

• Learning to Love Yourself: Self-Esteem for Women

Expertise:

Workforce development
Continuing education course development
Fundraising
Mentoring youth

Wilhelmina Cornish is co-owner of A & W Management Company, a residential property management company. She manages administrative operations, tenant care, and marketing for the company.

She holds a Master of Science in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (cum laude) from the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES). She is a graduate of a six-month Leadership Development Forum and has received Advanced Alumni Fundraising Training from The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Wilhelmina is a Certified Curriculum Development Facilitator and has facilitated a number of curriculum development workshops which provided the foundation for community college courses and certification programs. She has expertise in workforce development; continuing education program/course development; business development; fundraising; marketing and promotions; and administrative operations.

She is also a Certified Diversity Trainer with special emphasis in women’s issues. She envisions using this certification to help fulfill her passion of providing mentoring, motivation, education and support services to females of all ages. She has mentored young girls in the areas of self esteem, self image, and self respect and has tutored youth in reading and writing.

Wilhelmina has been dedicated to community service for many years. Her service includes: Immediate Past President of the UMES Washington Metro Area Alumni Chapter; Past President of the Holmehurst Homeowners Association; Community Relations Committee Chair for the Winterset Civic Association; Past Chair of the Youth Advisory Council for the 70001 Training and Employment Program; Enterprise Road Corridor Commissioner; and Foundation Fundraising Committee Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She is affiliated with the Professional Woman Network, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Authoring a chapter in this book fulfills another of Wilhelmina’s passions…writing. Wilhelmina hails from Maryland but currently resides in Louisville, Kentucky.