Girls Inc., the nonprofit that "inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold", is having its 29th annual Girls Inc. New York Luncheon Celebrating Women of Achievement on March 15, 2012. Honorees include Mary Byron, Managing Director - Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Julie Greiner, Chief Merchandise Planning Officer - Macy’s, Inc.; and Regina R. Lee, President, ADP Major Account Services, National Account Services, GlobalView® and ADP Canada Automatic Data Processing, Inc. The event is beiong hosted by CNN Anchor Soledad O'Brien. Read more...
February 20, 2012
February 18, 2012
"Tiny Review" Takes the Prize at the Women2.o Pitch 2012 Conference. But All the People who attended were the Real Winners
Mightyverse Co-Founder and CTO Sarah Allen (pictured above) was one of the many people participating in the lunchtime mentoring that went on at the fifth annual Women2.o Pitch 2012 Conference. The conference was a huge success, with "Tiny Review" winning the Pitch Event and "DocPons" named as "Most Likely to Change the World". Read more about what went on and how much everyone learned in Angie Chang's article on women2.org. And thank you Angie for letting us know about what was learned. So many conferences waste this opportunity to share all the great lessons people came away with. Angie's discussion and articles she posted of lessons of the day, what speakers emphasized, and how everyone can benefit from the information, is an example of what everyone who runs a conference should do!
January 14, 2012
Nilofer Merchant to Speak at the "Women in the Boardroom" Event in San Francisco on Feb 9. "Other Women in the Boardroom" Events Scheduled.
Nilofer Merchant (pictured) is speaking at the "Women in the Boardroom" event in San Francisco on Feb 9, 2012. Nilofer is the Founder of Rubicon Consulting and has extensive experience helping major corporations be leaders in their industries. She is also the Author of "The New How". Read more about the other women who are speaking at the February event.
"Women in the Boardroom", which is the executive leadership event that educates and prepares women seeking for-profit Board experience, is also holding events in Chicago on February 21, 2012, and in Philadelphia on April 23rd, 2012, where Dr. Nance Dicciani, the former President and CEO of Specialty Materials at Honeywell, will be speaking.
December 19, 2011
Diana Wells and Other Women Leaders Participating in "The Intersection" January 14, 2012 at Pixar Studios
Diana Wells (pictured), President of Ashoka - the organization helping social entrepreneurs thrive and enabling the world’s citizens to be changemakers, is speaking at the Intersection Event, a day-long session where "the most respected innovators in the world will converge with leading social change agents to tackle some of the greatest issues of our time". The event will be held January 14, 2012 at the Pixar Studio Headquarters in California. "The Intersection" is meant to change how philanthropy is being delivered to the world, and to demonstrate how innovation can drive the bottom line, improving the businesses who participate, and the people they touch. Read about some of the other women participating in "The Intersection" including Marissa Mayer, Vice President at Google, and Linda Hill, Professor at Harvard Business School.
December 16, 2011
The 5th Annual Women 2.0 Conference to be Held February 14, 2012
Women 2.0, the organization that aims to increase the number of female founders of technology startups, helping entrepreneurs take their startups from idea to launch, is hosting the 5th Annual Women 2.0 Conference on February 14, 2012 in Mountain View, California. Speakers include: Katie Mitic (Director of Platform & Mobile Marketing, Facebook); Robin Chase (Co-Founder, Zipcar); Leah Culver (Founder & CEO, Convore); Leah Busque (Founder & CPO, TaskRabbit); Julia Hu (Founder & CEO, LARK); Danielle Fong (Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, LightSail Energy); and Cathy Edwards (Co-Founder & CTO, Chomp). See who else is speaking and read more about the conference on women2.org.
November 22, 2011
SheMakes Holiday Festival Features Gift Items from Women Entrepreneurs
The Daily Muse has partnered with Saatchi & Saatchi and 85 Broads to host the first annual SheMakes Holiday Festival. The event is meant to showcase women entrepreneurs and their products, including companies like Artsicle, Baking for Good, and Catherine M. Zadeh (whose jewelry is featured at Bergdorf Goodman and Barneys). "We were inspired by all of the women around us who took big risks in starting their own business and wanted to give them an opportunity to shine" said Alex, Kathryn, and Melissa, Founders of the Daily Muse. "The holidays are a great time to think about where you are buying from and using your purchasing power to support causes you care about, be it local small businesses or female entrepreneurship. We hope that SheMakes will inspire shoppers to be thoughtful in their buying decisions, while also discovering incredible new companies". The event is December 3, 2011, from 12 to 5pm at 375 Hudson Street in New York City. Applications for vendors are still being accepted as long as there is space. Read more about participating.
October 13, 2011
"Women in the Boardroom" Holding Events in October and November for Women Interested in Board Appointments. Leslie Green Speaking in Greenwich, CT. October 27, 2011
Leslie Green will be speaking at the Women in the Boardroom Event to be held in Greenwich, Connecticut on Thursday, October 27, 2011. Leslie, who holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, is a recognized expert in the field of building brand equities, with particular emphasis on new products, healthcare, consumer products and services. Leslie is a Managing Partner at Roffe & Green, and has served in a number of C-level interim management assignments, including VP, Sales and Marketing at The French Culinary Institute in NYC. She served as CEO and President of a $55MM turn-around in medical diagnostic imaging, a company which was subsequently sold.
Other "Women in the Boardroom" events with great speakers who are experienced in management and Board issues will be held in Denver, on October 24, 2011; Atlanta, on November 1, 2011, Dallas on Novemebr 8, 2011; and Boston on November 15, 2011. "Women in the Boardroom" is the executive leadership event designed to assist in the preparation for board service - better qualifying and connecting attendees with the right resources.
September 21, 2011
Linda Hall Keller to Speak at "Women in the Boardroom" Event on Oct 17,2011
Linda Hall Keller, PhD, the Entrepreneur-in-Residence and adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management as well as the University of Minnesota Rochester and a business consultant for Mayo Clinic, is speaking at the Twin Cities Women in the Boardroom Event on October 17, 2011. Linda had been the CEO of MinuteClinic before it was sold to CVS. Read more about the event in Minneapolis and see who else is speaking on womenintheboardroom.com.
September 09, 2011
Marissa Mayer to Speak at the WITI "Women Powering Technology" Summit in October, 2011
Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Google, is the opening speaker at the WITI (Women in Technology International) Conference October 2-4, 2011 in California, the annual "Women Powering Technology Summit". Other speakers featured at the 3-day summit include Mary Humiston, Senior Vice President at Applied Materials, Inc.; and Sophie Vandebroek, Ph.D., CTO and President, Xerox Innovation Group, Xerox Corporation. Read more about who else will be there and the schedule of events on witi.com.
August 01, 2011
Hypatia Capital Hosting "Private Equity CEO Roadmap Seminar" October 20, 2011 in New York
Hypatia Capital is holding its "Private Equity CEO Roadmap Seminar" October 20, 2011 at the Harvard Club of New York. The CEO Roadmap Seminar examines "how to successfully utilize your proprietary industry knowledge to obtain a CEO position with a leading private equity fund... how the top private equity funds evaluate opportunities and talent, and how to position yourself and your unique industry vision." Patricia Lizarraga is the Managing Partner of Hypatia Capital Group, and is responsible for the organization's strategy, as well as originating proprietary private equity transactions. Read more about the seminar.
July 25, 2011
USA Science & Engineering Festival highlights Many Women in their "Nifty Fifty" List.
The 2nd USA Science & Engineering Festival meant to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers will hold a finale Expo in Washington DC on April 27-29, 2012. As part of the Festival they have gathered the "Nifty Fifity", an amazing list of doctors and scientists representing a wide array of research. The list is filled with amazing women scientists including Dr. Miquel Antoine (pictured), a senior analytical chemist at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s Milton S. Eisenhower Research Center (Miquel holds a doctorate in analytical chemistry from the University of Maryland); Microbiologist Dr. Sarah Fortune, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, whose research studies the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, developing new approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat tuberculosis (Sarah holds and MD from Columbia); and Dr. Catherine Mohr, who studied engineering at MIT and then went to Stanford University Medical School, and now works on the development of surgical robots as well as working at Stanford's School of Medicine, where she studies simulation-based teaching methods to teach clinical skills to doctors. There are so many more amazing women to learn about so check out the niftyfifty.
July 20, 2011
PwC Partner Catherine L. Bromilow to Speak at the "Women in The Boardroom" New York Event in October 2011
Catherine L. Bromilow, a Partner in PwC's Center for Board Governance, is speaking at the "Women in the Boardroom" event in New York October 10, 2011. Catherine works with boards of directors and audit committees of major companies and institutions, providing insight and enhancing their ability to comply with evolving regulations. See who else is speaking and read more about the event on womenintheboardroom.com.
July 18, 2011
FWA Holds Inaugural Golf Outing in Long Island
"Golfing Women" and the Financial Women's Association of Long Island are holding an inaugural golf event at Sunken Meadow Golf Course in New York on August 9th, 2011. GolfingWomen is a company geared toward helping executive women learn to use golf for business. Golfing Women was co-founded by Leslie Andrews (pictured) and Adrienne Wax. Read more..
May 14, 2011
The Women’s Business Development Center in Chicago Celebrates 25th Anniversary
The Women’s Business Development Center in Chicago (WBDC) recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Founded in 1986 by Hedy M. Ratner and S. Carol Dougal with a grant from the state of Illinois, the organization started at a time when fewer than 10% of all businesses were owned by women. Now women represent almost half of the small businesses in the U.S. The WBDC helps women achieve economic independence through entrepreneurship with workshops, seminars and business coaching. Celebrating the WBDC anniversary are (pictured from left) WBDC Co-Founders and Co-Presidents Carol Dougal and Hedy M. Ratner; Norma Lauder, audit committee chair/WBDC board; Susan Winer, former WBDC board chair; Cynthia Johnson, WBDC director of established business services; Linda Chaplik Harris, vice chair/WBDC board; and Cheryl Reich, former WBDC board chair. (Photo by Jennifer Girard Photography.)
April 26, 2011
WomenCorporateDirectors Awards Go to Procter & Gamble, Coke and Irene Rosenfeld
On May 17, WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD), a global organization of 1,000 women directors representing 1,200 companies from 32 chapters around the world, will grant its first-ever “WCD Visionary Awards” to Procter & Gamble, The Coca-Cola Company, and Kraft’s CEO and chairman Irene Rosenfeld (pictured). KPMG and UPS are co-sponsoring the awards.
“Procter & Gamble is delivering the message that women belong in the boardroom,” says Susan Stautberg, co-founder and co-chair of WCD and president of PartnerCom Corporation. “The consumer products company has five women on its 11-member board – one of the highest percentages of a global corporation – and these directors are engaged strategically.”
“Coca-Cola’s commitment to sustainability of water resources is a story of success,” says Henrietta Holsman Fore, co-chair of WCD and director of Theravance, Inc, who chairs the awards committee. “We want to honor their progress in returning to nature and communities the amount of water equal to what they use in their beverages and production.”
“Irene Rosenfeld is being recognized for her leadership in making strategic decisions,” continues Ms. Fore, “and for her courage in making long-term and short-term strategic investments – most notably with Kraft’s acquisition of Cadbury.”
“We are at a critical point in corporate history regarding diversity in the boardroom,” says Ms Stautberg. “Directors must not only develop a company’s global strategy, but also be vigilant watchdogs who understand the hidden challenges of working around the world. Both the WCD Visionary Awards and Global Institute are about how boards need the right men and women leaders – multi-generational, multi-national, and multi-regional. Excellence in board performance and board diversity are business and governance imperatives.”
April 12, 2011
Soledad O'Brien Speaking at the Spelman College Women's Leadership Conference May11-12, 2011
The Seventh Annual Spelman College Leadership and Women of Color Conference will be held May 11–12, 2011. The conference, "Reset: Sustaining Women for 21st Century Leadership," will focus on helping women achieve better personal and professional lives. Jane Smith, Ed.D. (pictured), Executive Director, Spelman College Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement syas, "Achieving sustainability in the current landscape requires resilience, personal fortitude and a strong set of leadership skills and principles. As women, we must learn that we have to take better care of ourselves to be more effective at work, home and in the community". Speakers will include Soledad O'Brien, CNN anchor and special correspondent, and Olympian, Author, and Speaker Bonnie St. John. Read more in the prnewswire press release.
April 09, 2011
Ernst & Young Entrepreneurial Winning Women Program Open for Applicatioons
Ernst & Young is holding its fourth annual Entrepreneurial Winning Women competition, a program designed to help accelerate the growth of women-owned businesses. The Entrepreneurial Winning Women program, offered in collaboration with the Women Presidents’ Organization, Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the Committee of 200, and Babson College, targets women entrepreneurs who are leading successful companies in order to help them propel their company’s growth. The deadline for application to this customized executive leadership program is June 30,2011. Read more about the program.
April 01, 2011
Founder Labs Holding 5 Week Session May21-June29, 2011 on Launching New Mobile Ventures
Learn about founding a new mobile startup at Founder Labs five week program which will help you develop the technical and startup skills you need to "validate your business ideas, figure out the right product-market fit, and build prototypes", and will introduce you to people who can help. The program will be held in New York May 21 - June 29, 2011. The deadline to apply is April 20, 2011. Some of the mentors for the program include Theresia Gouw Ranzetta (pictured) of Accel Partners and Esther Dyson of ED Ventures. Read more about all the amazing mentors involved on founderlabs.org.
March 23, 2011
Women in the Boardroom Events in Los Angeles and Washington DC in April, 2011
Women in the Boardroom, the executive leadership events designed to assist women in preparation for serving on boards of directors, will be offering sessions in Los Angeles and Washington DC in April, 2011. Los Angeles will feature Barb Allen (pictured), who has served on numerous boards including Maytag, Tyson, Converse and more. Barb spent the bulk of her career at Quaker Oats where she was Executiove Vice President of International Foods. Read more on womenintheboardroom.com
March 22, 2011
Child Care Still Seen as Women's Issue Rather than Family Issue
A new study was done as part of the symposium, "Leaders in Science and Engineering: the Women of MIT," to be held March 28 and 29, on the status of women faculty in the School of Science and the School of Engineering at MIT. Results show that the number of women faculty have increased significantly since the original study in 1999 and that women now hold several senior administrative positions. However, there is still room for improvement as concerns surfaced about faculty search procedures which can lead to unfair perceptions about how women faculty are hired and promoted, and that child-care issues are still perceived as "women's" issues rather than "family issues." Since these are among the smartest people in the world, what does that say for the rest of us?? Read more from the report on mit.edu.
March 21, 2011
Deloitte's Sharon Allen to be Speaker at UNC Kenan-Flagler Women in Business Conference
Sharon Allen, the Chairman of Board of Directors of Deloitte, is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the 2011 UNC Women in Business Conference at the Kenan-Flagler School of Business, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on March 25, 2011. This year, the conference will focus on “Reinventing Yourself in a Changing Environment”. Read more...
March 15, 2011
Diane Sawyer to Speak at the International Conference of Women Media Leaders March 22, 2011
As part of the International Conference of Women Media Leaders, Diane Sawyer, Anchor of ABC’s “World News,” will discuss "the transformation of journalism, the state of the evening news and gender barriers in the newsroom" on Tuesday, March 22, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Diane started out at CBS News and became the first female correspondent at “60 Minutes” and co-anchored the “CBS Morning News”. Diane joined ABC News in 1989 as co-anchor of “Primetime”, and then became co-anchor of “Good Morning America" until she took over the Anchor chair on “World News” in 2009. Read more in the event press release.
March 08, 2011
NewsCertified Exchange Holds "Influencing the Headlines: Empowering Women in Media" Event April 8, 2011
NewsCertified Exchange (NCE), which provides the global news media a trusted source of credible, interview-ready experts, brings "Influencing the Headlines: Empowering Women in Media" to Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in Chicago on Friday, April 8, 2011. NCE, founded by former executives from CNN, launched "Influencing the Headlines" to promote the expertise and thought leadership of women executives, and to increase their presence in the media. Participants of the event, who can learn to become "experts" for the media, will attend a two-hour media skills workshop (“essential” or “advanced”), leading to the creation of a multimedia profile page on NewsCertified.com and three-year inclusion in NCE’s global community of interview-ready experts. Speakers at the event will include Lynn Sherr (pictured), award-winning broadcast journalist who spent thirty years at ABC, and Sharon Lechter, co-author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad and CEO of Pay Your Family First. See who else is speaking and read more about it on influencingtheheadlines.com.
February 26, 2011
The Dow Chemical Virtual Conference March 1, 2011 Presents "60" Women Speaking on the Future of Women in Leadership
Dow Chemical Company's virtual conference, "The Future We Create", will be held March 1, 2011 at 11am. It will bring together "60" experienced women executives to discuss how women in the sciences can move forward more quickly. They will discuss topics that include work-life balance, generating interest in the sciences among women, and expanding women in leadership positions. Please tune in to see these amazing women. The "60 women" will include Dr. Jacqueline K. Barton (pictured), Chair, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Professor, California Institute of Technology; Anna Farrenkopf, Oceanographer and Electrochemist; Tamara Powers, Executive Chair of Harvard Women in Chemistry Group; Kellie McElhaney, Professor and Faculty Director, Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley; and Jane Swift Former Governor of Massachusetts, Managing Partner, WNP Consulting, LLC. And these are just a few of them! See who else is speaking.
February 17, 2011
"Women in the Boardroom" Holds its First "vPanel" Feb 23, 2011
Women in the Boardroom, whose mission is to educate and prepare women seeking Board experience, will have its first virtual conference February 23, 2011. This "vPanel" will include Cheryl Mayberry McKissack (pictured), President and CEO of Nia Enterprises LLC. "Women in the Boardroom is now adding a virtual program in order to reach a larger audience with the information we provide", says Sheila Ronning, CEO & President of Sharp Upswing. Read more about the vPanel.
February 16, 2011
Dow Chemical Hosting Virtual Conference on The Future of Women in Science March 1, 2011
The Dow Chemical Company is hosting a free virtual conference, "The Future of Women in Chemistry and Science", on Tuesday, March 1 at 11am. Featuring 60 luminaries from diverse fields, the hour-long "micro-conference" seeks to answer the question: How can we work together to expand women’s contribution and leadership in chemistry and the sciences?
Hosted at the futurewecreate.com, the event will consist of videos from speakers in the fields of chemistry and other sciences, business, journalism and literature, and women's studies. Guests include Mariette DiChristina (pictured), the Executive Editor of Scientific American; Dr. Connie Chow, Executive Director of the Science Club for Girls; and Linda Rosen, CEO of Change the Equation.
"The Future of Women in Chemistry and Science" will cover topics from work-life balance and gender differences to mentoring young women and fostering executive leadership. To see the other women in science, business and media who are speaking , go to http://futurewecreate.com.
February 14, 2011
Patty Fisher Writers about Jacqueline Duong and the Women & Girls Summit
Patty Fisher, of Mercury News, writes about Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Duong (pictured) who spoke to a group of young women as part of the Women & Girls Summit hosted by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group last week. Judge Duong came to the United States as a child, with no money, but persevered to graduate from college and law school. Read more about her in Patty's article on mercurynews.com and find out how she inspired the students at the Summit.
Debbie Walsh and Meryl Frank to Speak on "A Year of Opportunity for Women"
Debbie Walsh (left), Director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers Eagleton Institute of Politics, and Meryl Frank(right), U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, will speak
at the Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Berkner Hall on Tuesday, March 8, on “The 2012 Project: A Year of Opportunity for Women in Energy, Technology and Science — Step Forward and Run,”. The 2012 Project encourages women with expertise in science, energy, technology, and other targeted sectors to pursue public office. Read more on rdmag.com.
February 10, 2011
Nance Dicciani to Speak at the "Women in the Boardroom" Event in Philadelphia
Dr. Nance Dicciani will be speaking at the Women in the Boardroom Conference March 16, 2011 in Philadelphia. Nance is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Specialty Materials at Honeywell. Nance, who holds a bachelor’s of science degree in chemical engineering from Villanova University, a master’s of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering as well as an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania, has been one of the leading women in science and business. Read about the other women who will be speaking at the event.
February 08, 2011
American Business Awards now Accepting Nominations
The American Business Awards, the awards that honor outstanding performances in the American workplace, is now accepting nominations. The entry deadline is March 31. Public and private, for-profit and non-profit companies can be nominated in various categories groups including management awards, marketing awards, and new product awards. Read more about it on stevieawards.com.
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