Vilma E. Petrash

About Vilma E. Petrash

Specialties: Organizational Leadership, Higher Education Teaching, International Relations, Latin American Politics and Foreign Policy, US politics and Foreign Policy, TV Production, TV hosting. ONGOING PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE: To enthusiastically apply my political and international relations expertise as a higher education academic, researcher, political analyst, and political and media consultant to job responsibilities focused on US and/or Latin American International political and socio-economic affairs and relations. To apply my knowledge in organizational leadership, strategic management, and multicultural work teams to a dynamic and global-oriented work environment. My work experience spans 20+ years of academic teaching, coordination, curriculum design and research experience in prestigious Venezuelan, American, Canadian and Spanish colleges and universities; 7 years as a columnist in Venezuelan newspapers El Globo and Tal Cual; 18+ years as Political and International Affairs analyst consulted by American and foreign media; more than a decade as co-producer and host of the TV Program “Temas de Mujer” in WLRN, Public Radio and Television Station; 7 years as Executive Producer and Senior Producer of political analysis and opinion Shows in America CV Network; and 1+ year experience as Contents & Booking Director of MiraTV, Channels 18 of Comcast and DirecTV, 20 of AT & T Uverse and 82 of Atlantic. More recently, I have trained in strategic planning, decision-making strategies, and decision support systems and in the use of technologies for the leadership and management of virtual professional and academic teams. I was co-founder of the Masters Program of International and Global Relations of the Central University of Venezuela, and served as Research Director of this program. From 1998 to 2005 I was full time Faculty in the Department of Social Sciences and the General Studies Division of the Simon Bolivar University (Caracas Venezuela).

Experience

1. Adjunct Professor of Education

   San Ignacio University - Miami

   Sep 2022 — Present · Doral, FL, US

Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies, Public and International Affairs

  1982 — 1985

• University of Pittsburgh

  Master's degree and Ph.D studies, Public and International Affairs

  1982 — 1989

• Nova Southeastern University

  Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Educational Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, 4.0

  2016 — 2021

• Universidad Central de Venezuela

  Bachelor’s Degree, International Studies

  1977 — 1980