2009 Women's Leadership Conference

Thank you all for participating in our event. Please browse through the pictures here to see footage of our May 22, Women's Leadership Conference.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

8:00 - 9:00 am  Registration and Continental Breakfast, 25 E. Pearson, Kasbeer Hall

9:00 - 9:15 am  Welcome Remarks    

Janet Deatherage, PhD, Associate Dean, SCPS, Loyola  University Chicago

9:15 - 10:00 am--Featured Speaker: Maximizing Mentoring   

Kimberly Vappie, Esq., Chief Executive Officer, Menttium

10:15 - 11:45 am  Panel Discussion--What Do You Bring to the Table?   

Moderator: Sharon Rossmark, retired VP, Allstate Insurance   

Evanthia Geroulis, MSA, Clinical Professor, School of Business Administration, Loyola University Chicago   

Karen C. Teitelbaum, Executive VP, Sinai Health System   

Carolyn Tilden, President, CataQuest Consulting

12:00 - 1:30 pm   Lunch, 111 E. Pearson, Lewis Towers, Beane Hall

12:30 - 1:15 pm   Keynote Address--Taking Risk in a Changing World

Anita Alvarez, State’s Attorney, Cook County

1:15 - 1:30 pm   Graduation Ceremony for Certificate Students

2:00 - 3:30 pm   Breakout Sessions

Entrepreneurship: Are You Fit?    

Moderator: Rose Ann Pastor, Assistant Dean, School of Business Administration, Loyola University Chicago

Melanie Harris, President and Founder, The Daryn Group

Sue Kirchner, President and Founder, The Chocolate Cake Club.com

Kimberly A. Meyer, Founder, Meetings Analytics

Exposing the Pink Elephant: Are We Our Own Worst Enemies?   

Moderator: Kathy A. Nielsen, Nielsen Associates, Inc.    

Yolanda M. Daniel, VP, Internal Audit, W.W.Grainger, Inc.

Suzy Fox, PhD Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Loyola University Chicago

Francis Kao, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP

Reshaping Your Dreams: Change as Opportunity   

Moderator: Tracey L. Cantarutti, PhD, Regional Vice President, The Leaders Edge

Beverly B. Kasper, EdD, Associate Dean, School of Education, Loyola University Chicago

Kathy Kilroy, The Mentor Group

Nancy Picard, PhD, Senior Consultant, RHR International

3:30 - 5:00 pm   Wine Reception & Closing Remarks   

Christine Wiseman, Provost, Loyola University Chicago