Pamela Forbes Lieberman and Dr. Damayanti P. Vasudevan to Headline EmployeeROI Executive Symposium for Women Business Leaders May 18 in Chicago
Creating New Pathways to the Top - Begun 3 years ago in New York City, the May 18th Employee ROI Executive Symposium for Women Business leaders is the first of the successful series to be held in Chicago.
(PRWEB) May 6, 2005 -- "Partnering with EmployeeROI, a progressive management
consulting firm, we are co-hosting this symposium, which embodies a dramatic
shift in how women advance to executive management and into the corporate
boardroom - where they can influence and accelerate corporate commitment to
diversity from above," said Linda K. Bolliger, Founder and CEO of conference
partner Boardroom Bound (R). "Instead of having to wait for doors to open, we
are creating our own pathways to the top. This is an ideal venue to showcase
developing women leaders alongside prospective mentors who are currently serving
on corporate boards and other notables who are in a position to help them attain
the visibility, access and support they might not otherwise have as
easily."
Keynote Speaker: Pamela Forbes Lieberman, former President and
Chief Executive Officer, True Value Company. One of only 16 women to lead
Fortune 1000 companies last year, Pamela Forbes Lieberman is credited with an
impressive financial turnaround of the company since taking the helm in
2001.
Featured Speaker: Dr. Damayanti P. Vasudevan, Vice President of
Diversity and Inclusion, RR Donnelley (NYSE:RRD). Dr. Vasudevan is responsible
for strengthening RR Donnelley's ability to serve diverse customers by ensuring
that the company's business practices are inclusive of people of the highest
integrity and ability with a variety of backgrounds and
credentials
Chicago Conference Partners inviting their members and
employees to participate include: AXA Financial, Boardroom Bound, Diversity
Pipeline Alliance, EmployeeROI, JAD Outreach, Madrinas – A Latina Leaders
Network, National Association for Female Executives (NAFE), Women's American
ORT, Women in Technology International (WITI), and media sponsors Black MBA
Magazine, Black IT Professional Magazine, Women’s Radio, Women’s Calendar, and
Minority Professional Network.
There are also three concurrent workshops
participants choose from:
1) Pathways to Corporate Board Service, a
panel discussion for women who aspire to serve as paid board directors,
featuring experts on corporate governance, Sarbanes-Oxley, and executive search.
Hosted by Linda Bolliger, CEO & Founder, Boardroom Bound. Panel Moderator is
Sara Dioguardi, Partner, Accenture. Panelists include: Cheryl Francis,
co-founder and Vice-Chairman of Corporate Leadership center; David Gomez,
Founder, Chairman & CEO, David Gomez & Associates, Inc.; and Alice
Peterson, Founder and President, Listen Up Group.
2) Wealthy & Wise:
Secrets About Money, presented by Heidi L. Steiger, renowned editor, wealth
management consultant, former Executive Vice President of Neuberger Berman Inc.,
recent interim President of Worth magazine, and current board director of AmerUs
and Siva. AXA Advisors has purchased copies of Wealthy & Wise for the first
30 people registering to attend this workshop. Heidi Steiger will also join us
in the authors pavilion to sign your copy.
3) Developing High Performance
Teams, presented by Deborah Chima, President of Chambers Consulting
Group.
The Mistress of Ceremonies for the
leadership breakfast will be Gail Blanke, CEO and President of Lifedesigns and
best-selling author, who will also be on hand to autograph copies of her new
book Between Trapezes, published by Rodale. Deborah
Chima and co-author Narmen Hunter will be autographing copies of her book Choose
To Lead.
“These events have provided AXA with a platform to invest in our
most senior women executives and other aspiring AXA leaders - through peer
networking and workshops - and at the same time helping us brand AXA as an
employer of choice for women by showcasing our people” says Heide Sacher,
Assistant Vice President of the Women’s Markets Program at founding conference
sponsor AXA Financial.
Please visit http://www.womenbusinessleaders.com for full speaker
biographies, full U.S. event schedule, and online registration. Members or
clients of any conference partner listed above interested in participating
should contact William Shulman at EmployeeROI, 212-937-8413, to register at the
member discounted rate.
A limited number of interviews are available
prior to, during and after the symposium with experts on the topics of:
leadership, corporate board service, governance, mentoring and
diversity.
About AXA Financial:
AXA Financial is one of the premier
U.S. organizations providing financial protection and wealth management through
its strong brands: AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, AXA Advisors, LLC,
Alliance Capital Management, L.P., Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, AXA
Distributors, LLC, and the MONY family of companies, including MONY Life
Insurance Company, U.S. Financial Life Insurance Company, Advest, Inc., and
Lebenthal, a division of Advest, Inc. (Member: NYSE, NASD, SIPC.) AXA Financial
had approximately $551.28 billion in assets under management as of September 30,
2004. AXA Financial is a member of the global AXA Group, a worldwide leader in
financial protection and wealth management. AXA Group's operations are diverse
geographically, with major operations in Western Europe, North America and the
Asia/Pacific region. AXA had over $1 trillion in assets under management as of
June 30, 2004. The AXA ordinary share is listed and trades under the symbol AXA
on the Paris Stock Exchange. The AXA American Depositary Share is also listed on
the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA. GE-30034 (c) (rev.1/05)
About
Boardroom Bound®: Boardroom Bound ® is a 501c(3) public service that supports
the nation’s interest and works to restore public trust in corporate America by
pre-qualifying a new generation of director candidates AND by creating the
pipeline network that delivers them to the corporate board room.
About
Employee ROI Inc. (EmployeeROI):
Since 1991, EmployeeROI has helped our
clients hire, develop and retain the ethical leaders our clients depend on to
inspire confidence, lead innovation and drive productivity. Our coaching,
training, mentoring, and consulting programs are designed to increase
innovation, drive productivity, and retain key employees. In 2002, EmployeeROI
organized our first women's breakfast as a way to invest in those women leaders
that we predict, over the next 10 years, will increasingly take responsibility
for the stewardship of our economy.
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