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Jim Afdahl of GED Testing Service Named Chairman of Creating IT FuturesDOWNERS GROVE, Ill., June 17, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Creating IT Futures Foundation, the philanthropic arm of CompTIA, announced the new officers and directors for its board. Jim Afdahl, vice president and chief financial officer of GED Testing Service in Minnesota, is the foundation's new chairman of the board. Guy Fruda, director, East Region Technology, Deloitte, ascends to the foundation's vice chair. New directors added to the board include:
Four members rotated off the board: Creating IT Futures Chairwoman Diana Ermini of IBM, Vice Chair Angel Pineiro of ASI System Integration, and Directors Julius Clark of Wells Fargo and Hayward West of Deloitte Consultig. "It's amazing how our board members have helped us revitalize the Foundation these past five years. I'm truly thankful for the leadership, expertise and time given especially by our outgoing board members Diana, Angel, Julius and Hayward. And, Jim, our new chair, has been an inspirational and generous leader for us in Minnesota over the past three years as we've built our IT-Ready training program," said Charles Eaton, CEO, Creating IT Futures. "Our new board has great diversity and experience. I look forward to our discussions and debates about the on-ramps to IT careers that we will create next." The full slate of Creating IT Futures' board includes:
Bios of the board members are posted at http://www.creatingitfutures.org/about-us/board. About the Creating IT Futures Foundation Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140416/75669
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