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Entergy Corporation (NYSE: ETR), headquartered in Louisiana, appointed former U.S. Sen. Blanche Lambert Lincoln (pictured) to its Board of Directors. Blanche served two terms as the U.S. Senator from Arkansas. Read more in the prnewswire press release.
Dollar Bank, headquartered in Pennsylvania, appointed Kimberly Tillotson-Fleming to its Board of directors. Kimberly is Chairman and CEO of Hefren-Tillotson, Inc. Read more in the marketwire press release.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) appointed Helen Pickup General Manager of Northrop Grumman Italia. Helen had been Director of Inertial Measurement Unit / Inertial Reference Unit programs at Northrop Grumman's Navigation Systems Division based in Woodland Hills. Read more in the prnewswire press release.
Pfizer Inc. appointed Dr. Yvonne Greenstreet Senior Vice President and Head of Medicines Development for the Specialty Care Business Unit. Yvonne had been Senior Vice president and Chief of Strategy, Research and Development at GlaxoSmithKline. Read more in the Business Wire press release.
ADA-ES, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADES), the clean coal technology company, promoted Sharon Sjostrom to be Chief Technology Officer. Sharon, who holds a a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Denver, had been their Vice President of Technology. Read more in the Business Wire press release.
The White House is appointing two new Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Nancy-Ann DeParle (pictured) and Alyssa Mastromonaco. Nancy-Ann is the current Head of the White House Office of Health Reform. Alyssa is the current White House Director of Scheduling and Advance. Read more on abcnews.
Patriot Coal Corporation (NYSE: PCX), headquartered in Missouri, appointed Janiece M. Longoria to its Board of Directors. Janiece is a Partner in the law firm of Ogden, Gibson, Broocks, Longoria & Hall LLP. Read more in the prnewswire press release.
I have noticed a trend in the media this week...Specifically, that our (women's) concerted efforts to get ahead are swiftly undermined by a dumb joke or two. For over five years, this blog has witnessed women's achievements and some outstanding progress. That said, I want to share a story or two of this progress shadowed by silly behavior (shall we give them the benefit of the doubt that it is subconscious?):
1) This week is the World Economic Forum at Davos, where there has been a recent noble effort to garner greater attention towards participation from women in business. Fox Business Network gave a positive feature on this question: why aren't more women invited to the World Economic Forum at Davos? Immediately following this piece, another Fox Commentator gets on the screen for the next piece and completely undermines the previous piece as he states that he has the solution. His wife should be invited because she is a shopping expert and can discuss the details of consumer impact at great length. Was that necessary?
2) When a recent list of inspiring top women in technology came out it didn't get loads of press -- despite the caliber of its featured females. Then a prankster created the Barbie-esque "pink" graph, to allow readers to choose which female techie you could be most like -- judging by each techie's choices in shoes, clothes, laptop, etc. (as opposed to leadership style, education background, career track, and other real parameters). When certain female readers complained, other commenters said it was just a joke and to get a life. That's just it. In order to get that life, women need opportunities (such as invitations to Davos) and need to be taken seriously (not just for their shopping skills). Some suggested creating a graph to equally tease the men ceo's but, obviously, that's not the answer. I didn't want to give that pink graph any more press, but on second thought, I now believe we need to take action to stop the constant putting down of women's achievements.
I ask Tech Crunch, or whoever created that graph, and anyone else so inspired, to create another graph; a graph where we can really follow the career steps of these amazing women to see how we can emulate them to help our own climb up the ladder; a graph that would be useful to the millions of inspiring high school students who are so anxious to get their careers started!!
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America appointed Karen Gemmill Senior Director of Product Innovation. Karen had been Vice President of Consumer Marketing at Ameriprise Financial. Read more in the Business Wire press release.
President Barack Obama intends to appoint Roberta Achtenberg the Commissioner, United States Commission on Civil Rights. Roberta, who holds a J.D. from the University of Utah, is a corporate advisor in economic and workforce development policy, with more than 30 years of senior-level leadership experience in business, government and law. See White House press release.
President Obama appointed the following as Members of the Advisory Group on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health: JudyAnn Bigby, Valerie Brown, Charlotte Kerr, Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, Barbara Otto, Linda Rosenstock, Susan Swider, and Sharon Van Horn. See White House press release.
Lisa Randall, was appointed a Member of the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science.
President Obama also nominated Judge Ramona Villagomez Manglona, Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos, Natasha Perdew Silas, and Judge Linda T. Walker to seats on the United States District Court. See White House press release.
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) promoted Rhonda Zygocki to Executive Vice President, Policy and Planning. Rhonda is currently Vice President, Policy, Government and Public Affairs. Read more in the Business Wire press release.
Gurwitch Products, the global luxury cosmetics and skincare enterprise, appointed Claudia Poccia President and Chief Executive Officer. Claudia had been with Avon, where she has been Global President of mark., Avon’s trend beauty and fashion boutique brand. Read more in the Business Wire press release.
Prudential (NYSE: PRU) announced today that Kara Segreto has been named Chief Marketing Officer for Prudential Retirement. Kara has held various marketing positions at Prudential specializing in project management, product positioning, and program strategy. Read more in the Business Wire press release.
The Bank of Tokyo–Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) and Union Bank, N.A. announced a North American strategic initiative to provide global deposit and cash management services to corporations and it will be run by Union Bank Senior Executive Vice President JoAnn M. Bourne. Joann is the Head of Union Bank’s Global Treasury Management Group. Read more in the Business Wire press release.
The New York City Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) Commissioner Katherine Oliver appointed Rachel Sterne as the City’s first Chief Digital Officer, with the goal of "improving communication with residents and businesses by enhancing government transparency and working closely with digital media". Rachel is the Founder of GroundReport, a civic journalism site which has over 7,000 global reporters and lets citizens report the news. Read more in the press release.
Lisa Kassenaar of Bloomberg writes about the Women going to Davos, the world economic forum that will host business leaders and international political figures this upcoming week. The powerful women who are to be there this year include Ellen Kullman (pictured) CEO of Dupont, French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Tarja Halonen, first female President of Finland, and Areva SA CEO Anne Lauvergeon. But Lisa asks the question why more women are not invited. Read her article about the push for invitations for women to Davos on bloomberg.com. Do you think they should mandate that 30% of the attendees be women? I do!
The H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ) appointed Meg Nollen (pictured) to Global Program Management Officer and Office of the Chairman. Meg had been their Senior Vice President of Investor Relations, and she will retain those responsibilities. Also, Heinz promoted Isobel Thomson to Chief Information Officer. Isobel had been Vice President of Information Technology for Heinz Europe. Read more in the Business Wire press release.
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) appointed Nancy Everett Managing Director, Head of U.S. Fiduciary Management Solutions. Nancy had been Chief Executive Officer at Promark Global Advisors (formerly General Motors Asset Management). Read more in the Business Wire press release.
