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APPEL Ms. Appel is the founder and President of Encore Path, Inc., created in 2006 to commercialize new, research-based stroke technologies developed at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. From 2003-2006, she was the VP of US Operations for e4e, a global technology services company. She managed over 500 employees in three locations, providing high-end contracted technical support services to US-based technology companies. Prior to joining e4e, Ms. Appel spent 17 years at the National Security Agency in various operations and management roles. She served as internal communications director for the Director of NSA, as well as the senior director of operations policy. Ms. Appel holds a Master's Degree in Romance Linguistics from the University of Michigan, and is a 2006 graduate of the ACTiVATE women's entrepreneurship program at UMBC. She is the 1st place winner of two business plan competitions, and is the founder of the Apple Harvest Giving Circle, which raises funds for educational charities. She is also certified in Customer Operations Performance, a standards program developed for the customer service industry.
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