More Than 50 Women Leaders Will Speak
NEW YORK, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Executives of leading global companies
will meet in San Diego on April 13-14 to examine the support of women's
advancement in business and its importance to corporate success.
The Conference Board's 2005 Women's Leadership Conference will be held at
the Coronado Island Marriott Resort. The conference is presented in
collaboration with Catalyst, the Center for Creative Leadership, and the
Committee of 200. It is being presented with assistance from Ernst & Young,
Goldman Sachs, Marriott, Pfizer, State Farm Insurance and UPS.
The luncheon talk, "Larry Summers was Both Right and Wrong," will be given
by Dr. Judy B. Rosener, Professor, Paul Merage School of Business, University
of California, Irvine.
Sessions include:
* The Labor Market Imperative. Speakers include: Kara Helander, Vice
President, Western Region, Catalyst; Melissa Dyrdahl, Senior Vice
President, Corporate Marketing and Communications, Adobe, and David R.
Snyder, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop.
* The Business Imperative: Women as Consumers. Speakers will be: Michael
Belch, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing, College of Business
Administration, San Diego State University; Donna Kane, The Idea Diva,
Representing Hyundai Motor USA, Michele Bailey DiMartino, Regional Vice
President, Human Resources, Western Region, Marriott International.
* Modeling Success: Executive Tips for Building Women's Careers.
Presenters will be: J. Janelle Shubert, Associate Director, Center for
Women's Leadership, Adjunct Professor of Management, Babson College;
Jovita Carranza, Vice President, Air Operations, UPS Airlines; and Kaye
Lindsey, Vice President Operations, State Farm Insurance Companies.
* Finding the Women to Fill the Pipeline. Discussed by: Ginny O'Brien,
Executive and Corporate Coach, The Columbia Consultancy; Carol B.
Muller, Founder, President and CEO, MentorNet; and Phyllis Huckabee,
Vice President, Human Resources, Quidel Corporation.
* The Advantage of Getting it Right - How to Seed Success in Advancement.
Presented by: Carol Frohlinger, Esq., Managing Partner, The Shadow
Negotiation LLC, co-author - Her Place at the Table: A Woman's Guide to
Negotiating Five Key Challenges to Leadership Success.
* Skills for Success: Successful Leadership Coaching. Will be addressed
by Doug Riddle, Global Director of Coaching and Feedback Services,
Center for Creative Leadership.
* Connecting Process Improvements with Business Results. Featuring: Pam
Hemann, Executive Director, Leadership California; Punam Mather, Senior
Vice President, Corporate Diversity & Community Affairs, MGM Mirage.
* Women and Diversity: Exploring our Differences and Valuing our
Similarities. This topic will be explored by Roseanne M. Lopez,
Partner, Bartig, Basler & Ray; and Nita Song, President, IW Group, Inc.
* Women Opting Out - The "Brain Drain" in Corporate America. This session
will feature: Noni Allwood, Senior Director, Human Resources, Cisco
Systems; Deborah K. Holmes, Americas Director, Center for the New
Workforce/Corporate Social Responsibility, Ernst & Young LLP; Melinda
Wolfe, Managing Director, Global Leadership and Diversity, Goldman,
Sachs & Co.; and Sylvia Ann Hewlett, President, Center for Work-Life
Policy, Director, Gender and Public Policy Program, School of
International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.
* Overcoming Microinequities - The Next Phase for Success. Speakers will
be: Diane Burrus, Senior Consultant, WFD Consulting; Tegwin Pulley, Vice
President, Texas Instruments; Candice Lange, Director, Workforce
Partnering, Human Resources, Eli Lilly & Company.
* Looking into the Future. This session will feature Marjorie A.
Stockford, Author, The Bellwomen; and Cathy Lyons, Senior Vice
President, Business Imaging and Printing, Hewlett-Packard.
* The Business Imperative: Communicating the Business Case. Will be
explored by Laura Canty-Swapp, Senior Director, Catalyst.
* Skills for Success: Creating Strategic Alliances. This topic will be
presented by Rosina L. Racioppi, President and Chief Operating Officer,
WOMEN Unlimited, Inc.; Betsy Wanner, Vice President Customer Information
Strategy, Walt Disney World Company; and Erna Adelson, Chief Information
Officer, eSolutions, LLC, Sony Electronics Incorporated.
* Career Planning - How to Create the Senior Female Leader From the Entry
Level Professional. This session will feature Judith Lockhart, Managing
Partner, Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP; Lisa Kelly, Senior Vice
President, Human Resources CIGNA; Mike Bertolino, Partner, Ernst &
Young.
* Successful Women Lead to Successful Business. This topic will be
addressed by Margery Kraus, President and Chief Executive Officer, APCO
Worldwide.
Media are invited to attend this conference free of charge and can
register by calling Yvonne Burnside at (212) 339-0233. A full copy of the
program is available on The Conference Board's website at
http://www.conference-board.org/womenlead.htm.
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