Newswise — Babson College, a world leader in innovative management education and entrepreneurial thinking, will host the 2005 Women's Leadership Conference, "Making it Happen" on Saturday, October 15th. The Center for Women's Leadership (CWL) at Babson is organizing the all-day, 8th annual event.
"The best leaders are those who make it happen; they are visionaries who inspire, motivate, recognize, reward, and celebrate success," says Dr. Nan Langowitz, the Center's Director and Associate Professor of Management, "Participants in our 8th annual event will walk away with all the insights necessary to develop a leadership plan and the connections to enact it in their own lives."
The conference features more than 50 entrepreneurs and corporate and not-for-profit women leaders who will share their expertise, captivating stories and life lessons. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and work with these women who have successfully made it happen.
Time/Place/Registration: Saturday, October 15, 2005; 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts and Olin Hall, Babson College, Wellesley, MA. For more information and to register visit: http://www.babson.edu/cwl/conference.
Keynote Speakers:
* Marilda Lara Gandara, President, Aetna Foundation, Aetna Inc.* Rhonda Kallman, Founder & CEO, New Century Brewing Company
Conference Sessions:
Segment I—"Making It Happen: Personal Leadership & Accomplishments" concurrent sessions
The Intentional Network—Dr. Patti Greene, Professor of Entrepreneurship, co-author Clearing the Hurdles, Babson College
Growing In Place—Pamela Lassiter, Principal, Lassiter Consulting, author The New Job Security
Good Girls Don't Ask and Don't Tell—Karyl Innis, CEO, The Innis Company
Smart Money Moves—Jeannie LaChappell, Branch Manager, Fidelity Investments; Patricia Anino, Attorney, Prince, Lobel, Globsky & Tie
Collaborative Competition—Kathryn Mayer, President, KC Mayer Consulting Inc.
Financing Your Growing Business (Panel Discussion)—Dr. Candida Brush, Professor & Division Chair of Entrepreneurship, co-author Clearing the Hurdles, Babson College; Debra DeVenne-Zarba, Vice President, Citizens Bank; Mary-Laura Greely, Senior Partner, Mintz, Levin; Tori Stuart, Founder, Zoe Foods; Mia Abbruzzese, Founder, Morgan & Milo
Segment II—"Organizational and Leadership Advantage" concurrent sessions
Redefining "Work" : How Companies Can Win By Implementing Creative Work Structures—Shelley Murray & Cindy Cunningham, Consultants; Jan Guifarro, Worldwide Director, Global Consumer Affairs, Colgate Palmolive; Amy Whitley, Vice President for Organizational Development, UPS
The Entrepreneur's Roadmap to a Multi-Million Dollar Business—Marsha Firestone PhD, President, The Women President Organization; Gretchen FOX, President, FOX Relocation Management Corp.; Simone Spence, President, Child Support Solutions
The Business of Women's Health—Judy Norsigian, co-editor Our Bodies, Ourselves, co-founder Boston Women's Health Initiative; Dr. Jan Cooke, Blue Cross Blue Shield MA; Linda Hall Whitman, COO of "Minute Clinics" ; Dr. Roseanna Means, Founder, Women of Means
Woman-Led Family Enterprises—Diane Bassett-Zable, President, Bassett Boat; Paola Abello, Entrepreneur; Betsy Alden, President & CEO, Alden Products
Leading with Talent: Science, Engineering, Technology—Annie Burris, Program Manager, Advanced Life Support, Philips Medical; Tricia Horne & Janet Chien, Co-founders, Dyad Systems; Denise Svenconis, Director of Operational Business Systems, Verizon; Maria Tapia, Workforce Diversity Program Manager, Multicultural People in Technology and Multicultural Women's Initiatives, IBM
Segment III—"When Women Make It Happen" concurrent sessions
Women and Philanthropy—Karen Herman, The Herman Family Foundation; Allison Salke, CEO, Gordon & Co.; Siobhan O'Rioderan, Consultant & Former Director, Giving New England
Re-Inventing Ourselves: Careers Across Life Stages—Jessica Arredando, Babson MBA student/entrepreneur, TrueFit.com; Susan Brady & Gabriella Salvatore, Vantage; Debbie Lentz, Senior Director, Kraft Foods; Cathy Manning, Founder, BeingReal LLC
Women and the New Media—Genevieve Bos, Founding Publisher, PINK; Susan Solovic, President, SBTV; Victoria Colligan, Founder, Ladies Who Launch
We're Back! Women Returning to the Workplace—Susan Lemke, MBA Career Development, Babson College; Jenny Noonan, Consultant; Barbara Thornton, Designer Shoes; Deborah Simpson '74, M'75, P'09, President, Day Lumber Company
Remarkable Role Models—Renea Gray, co-founder and Executive Director, Boston Women's Fund; Dr. Beverly Edgehill, Executive Director, The Partnership; Patti Quigley, Founder, "Beyond the 11th"
The Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College is the first comprehensive center dedicated to women in business and entrepreneurship at a leading school of management. Through educational programs, CWL develops women's leadership skills and promotes the advancement of women as entrepreneurial leaders within corporations, entrepreneurial business ventures, and not-for-profit organizations. CWL research focuses on the economic value that women, as business leaders, create. Studies also focus on the context and influence of women as organizational leaders and the ways in which organizations are transforming themselves to respond to a diverse world. Visit http://www.babson.edu/cwl.
Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.
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