MEGHAN FLORKOWSKI

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University recently appointed MEGHAN FLORKOWSKI to director of the WISE (Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship) Women’s Business Center. She previously led a portfolio of entrepreneurship training programs at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University that reached more than 30,000 military service connected individuals. One notable program in this portfolio (V-WISE) was for women veterans, which Florkowski grew into a nationally recognized program that reached more than 2,000 women veterans across 49 states. She also worked in employer relations at Le Moyne College, as an operations manager for the USO, as a military transition career training leader in Europe, and as a captain in the U.S. Army, among other positions. Florkowski earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering psychology from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a master’s degree in exercise science and health promotion from California University of Pennsylvania.