Welcome to Business-Community Synergies
Creating Value Through Engagement
Business-Community Synergies (BCS) offers advisory, applied research and training services to establish, strengthen and maintain positive relationships between multinational businesses and the communities where they operate. BCS works with multinational clients to engage with communities in ways that promote sustainable local development.
The Latest
BCS Welcomes Marcella Peralta Simon
Marcella Peralta Simon has joined BCS as program manager overseeing our newly awarded contract to train USAID personnel. She has over 20 years of experience in adult learning strategies and human capital development including teaching and training, curriculum and instructional design, and project management for the U.S. Department of State, George Washington University, and various private and non-profit organizations in the U.S. and overseas.
The TEST Program, which Ms. Simon will manage, provides training, management, and advisory services to USAID's Office of Education for instructional design, development and delivery of a suite of courses, clinics, and associated face-to-face, hybrid, and online learning modalities that support ongoing professional development for USAID staff who work in the education sector.
May 2, 2012
Dr. Rani Parker will moderate a Panel Discussion
on
June 7, 2012 at 1:00pm entitled "The Key Challenge of Our
Energy Future: Can we build an Energy Policy that is both equitable and
sustainable".
Panelists will be Dr. Brian Schwartz,
Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology and Medicine at
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health;
Dr. Michal Freedhoff, Policy Director for Congressman Edward J.
Markey and Senior Investigator and Policy Coordinator for the House
Natural Resources Committee; and Ms. Hannah Polikov, Senior
Policy Advisor for Maryland Energy Administration. For more information
on attending the Panel Discussion, please click
here.
April 16,
2012
BCS Moves to offices in Washington DC!
Our new address is: 1319 F Street NW, Suite 305,
Washington DC 20004
February 8,
2012
BCS profiled in the February edition of Maryland Entrepreneur Quarterly.
Business Community Synergies Rockville
By Susan Kim, Managing Editor - February 8, 2012; Posted in: MEQ
After years of researching the sometimes rocky relationship between
businesses and local communities worldwide, Dr. Rani Parker decided to
dedicate her life to exploring how businesses can mitigate risk while
helping local communities along the path to development. After earning a
Ph.D. from the George Washington University School of Business and
Public Management, she turned her passion for business-community
relations into a business with Business Community Synergies (www.bcsynergies.com).
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Where We Give
This fund was created to honor the memory of Koilpillai Parker, father of A. Rani Parker, BCS CEO and chair and president of the Koilpillai Parker Memorial Fund Board of Directors.