Dale Silver has been promoted to Vice President of Client Services at C-Forward, an Information Technology service firm based in Covington
A Dale Carnegie Sales & Management graduate, Silver brought over 25 years of executive experience to C-Forward when she started in 2012.
“Dale is an excellent manager.” said Brent Cooper C-Forward president. “She is extremely hard working, always goes above and beyond, and demonstrates every day that she cares about our company and the community.”

According to Cooper, Dale’s work is a key factor in C-Forward’s high client retention rate, (over 95 percent), and consistently high customer satisfaction scores.
Silver expressed why she joined C- Forward. “I was looking for a company that shared my vision of providing outstanding service to clients as well as a commitment to the community. The management team and staff continue to improve internal best practices in order to deliver world-class service.”
A past Executive Committee Board Member at the NKY Chamber, Silver currently serves on the Covington Business Council Board of Directors, is a Team Organizer at the Parish Kitchen, a volunteer at the Cincinnati Pet Food Pantry, and serves on the Queens Point Homeowners Association. She is also the current President of the Rosie Reds Board of Directors.
In 2009 Silver received the “Leader of Distinction” award from the NKY Chamber’s Leadership Foundation. In 2013 she was named an Outstanding Woman of Northern Kentucky, and in 2015 she received the Walter L. Peischel Volunteer Award from the NKY Chamber.
Gateway’s Dr. Wilhite receives national honor
Dr. Michelle Deeley Wilhite, Gateway Community and Technical College communications professor, has been named the 2016 Michael and Suzanne Osborn Community College Outstanding Educator by the National Communication Association (NCA).

The Michael and Suzanne Osborn Community College Outstanding Educator award recognizes a lifetime of service, teaching and advancement in the community college. The award will be presented at the NCA Annual Convention in Philadelphia on Nov. 12.
“We are proud of Dr. Deeley Wilhite and honored to have an NCA award winner here at Gateway,” said Dr. Fernando Figueroa, Gateway and Community College president/CEO. “When our instructors are leaders in their disciplines, our students benefit.”
NCA is a prestigious international organization that studies all forms of communication and media as well as the consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific and aesthetic inquiry. Each year, NCA honors the best of the best in the communication field, presenting awards for outstanding scholarship, teaching and professional service at their national conference.
Dr. Deeley Wilhite has been an employee at Gateway since 2000 and served as the faculty representative on the Gateway Board of Directors for six years. She teaches basic public speaking and interpersonal communication courses, both online and face to face.
Find out more about communications classes at Gateway beginning Sept 12. and Oct. 13.