Mary Catherine Chauvin

Biography

Mary “Catherine” Chauvin is a lecturer at the Bryan School of Business and Economics at University of North Carolina Greensboro.

Catherine holds an MBA with a sub-major in Information Systems from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Science in Middle Grades Education from University of North Carolina Greensboro.

Catherine worked with Continental Airlines, during the “Comeback Years” (1994 – 1998) and participated in the transformation of the company from bankruptcy to “The Best Airline in the Sky.” She received international recognition for improving and initiating a variety of time-saving procedures related to training, payroll, inventory, and baggage handling.

In 2007, while employed with Time Warner Cable, Catherine was 3-times awarded “Top Sales” for Road Runner Business Class and awarded TQS (Total Quality Service) for the successful outcome of a large-scale, long-term IT project for which she was the project coordinator.  She also initiated cross-training within the IT department, which resulted in zero employee layoffs in her department after statewide department centralization.

Most recently, Catherine works as a Computer Technologies lecturer in Higher Education and a Curriculum/Instructional Designer (Canvas & Moodle). Though Catherine made a career change to Higher Education, she has been involved in training and development, and education for most of her career.  Catherine’s strengths are her focus on customer service, creating team-centric work environments and the ability to increase employee-retention through training and empowerment.  

Catherine has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, Special Olympics (swimming instructor), Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and a variety of cleanup projects around Greensboro. Her hobbies include cycling, swimming, hiking, yoga, origami, puzzles, and reading (biographies, sci-fi & fantasy).