Vision Statement
The Center seeks to be the leading source for organizational excellence and business innovation training in the Florida Panhandle.
Mission
The Center is dedicated to helping and empowering community and business members in Northwest Florida through educational opportunities focused on organizational leadership and professional development. We have our distinct advantage in valuable teaching tools and skills from expert faculty in the field and collaborative partnerships. We will leverage resources from our academic programs in business administration, accounting, financial planning, entrepreneurship, hospitality & tourism management and organizational management & communication to facilitate creative workshop and program opportunities. We aim to exceed expectations through increasing number of registrations and positive learner reaction to our programs and make a positive impact in communities in organization, business and leadership knowledge and action.
Meet the OEIC Leadership Team
Dr. Eren Ozgen, Business, Coordinator of the Center for Organizational Excellence and Innovation
Before joining FSU PC in August 2017, Professor Ozgen served as an Assistant Professor, Associate Professor (with tenure) and Professor of Sorrell College of Business at Troy University (AL). She has twenty years of teaching experience in graduate and undergraduate management courses. Dr. Ozgen is an active scholar and a researcher with scholarly peer-reviewed publications and academic seminar/conference presentations. Her primary expertise lies in the areas of leadership, strategy, management, international management and organizational behavior.
Brian Baber, Commercial Entrepreneurship
Baber’s natural entrepreneurial spirit is passionately reflected in his wealth of knowledge and invaluable experience as a highly respected franchisee of Arthur Rutenberg Homes, a custom and luxury home builder. His devotion to building a top notch team yields unsurpassed service and quality with dedication to excellence in customer satisfaction which is evident in customer surveys, a 1st Place ranking in Best of Bay 2015, Avid Diamond Award in 2016 and Arthur Rutenberg Homes Gold Cup Award in 2019 for continuing to achieve high customer satisfaction ratings.
Dr. Emily (Nikki) Dickens, Psychology and ECAP Director
Emily N. Dickens, Ed.D, BCBA serves as faculty in the Organizational Management and Communication (OMC) master's program as well as teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Psychology and Applied Behavior Analysis. She has over 20 years' experience in the field of applied behavior analysis and is a Board Certified