2008 DINNER TOPICS/SPEAKERS

Women in Arts and Entertainment
Host: Speakers:	Rebecca Ford Terry, Board of Trustees, Goodman Theatre; Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Draper & Kramer Deborah R. Card, President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Joan Gray, President, Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago Jane M. Saks, Executive Director, Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College

Women & Changing Career Tracks
Host: Speakers:	Barbara Bowles, Retired Vice Chair, Profit Investment Management Marian F. Cook, Chief Executive Officer and President, Ageos Enterprises Cassandra Crawley, Senior Vice President, Sodexho Rohini Dey, Owner and Founder, Vermillion Restaurant Mary Lee Montague, Executive Vice President, DHR International

Women on Corporate Boards
Host: Thought Leaders:	Gail K. Boudreaux, Executive Vice President - External Operations, Health Care Service Corporation, Board Director, Genzyme Corporation Reatha Clark King, PhD, Corporate Director and Philantropist, Reatha Clark King PhD LLC, Former President and Board Chair, General Mills Foundation Pamela Forbes Lieberman, Retired, CEO, True Value Jean K. Holley, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Tellabs Barbara M. Knuckles, Managing Director, Development and Corporate Relations, North Central College Vicki W. Kramer, Principal, V. Kramer & Associates Debra S. Rade, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Pamela B. Strobel, Retired executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Exelon, Retired President of Exelon's Business Services Company Maryann A. Waryjas, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Women in Corporate Leadership
Host: Moderator: Speakers:	Crain's Chicago Business Deborah L. DeHaas, Vice Chairman and Regional Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP Connie L. Lindsey, Executive Vice President, Northern Trust Carla R. Michelotti, Executive Vice President, Leo Burnett Worldwide, Inc. Karenann Terrell, Chief Information Officer, Baxter International Inc. Amy Shivvers, Marketing Director, Crain's Chicago Business

Women in the C-Suite (Invitation Only)
Host:	Susan G. Gallagher, Group Managing Director, The Huron Group

Women in Education
Host: Speakers:	Elizabeth Evans, Executive Director, Illinois Network of Charter Schools Kim Dixon, Chief Education Officer & Founder, Perceptives Charter School Kelly James, Policy Officer, US Program – Education, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Louise Love, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Columbia College Vicki Phillips, Director, Education Division, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Diana Shulla Cose, President and Founder, Perceptives Charter School Carmita P. Vaughan, Chief of Staff, Office of High Schools and High School Programs, Chicago Public Schools

Women Entrepreneurs
Host: Speaker:	Allegra Biery Senior Vice President, Northern Trust Elva L. Bankins, President and CEO, Bankins Consulting Chair Forum of Executive Women, Philadelphia Amy S. Hillard, President and CEO, The Comfort Cake Company LLC Hedy M. Ratner, Founder, Women's Business Development Center Michele M. Ringwood, President, Pronto Connections

Women in Finance
Host: Speaker:	Yasmin T. Bates, Executive Vice President, Community Affairs and Economic Development, Harris Bank, N.A. Denise A. Bujak, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Health Care Service Organization Emilia DiMenco, Executive Vice President, Harris Bank N.A. Kristie P. Paskvan, Chief Financial Officer, Mesirow Financial Claudia Wolf, Partner, Certified Public Accountant, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, LLP

Women in Health
Host: Co-Host: Speaker:	Lisa D. Johnson, Associate, Holland & Knight, LLP Anne M. Murphy, Partner, Holland & Knight, LLP Susan S. Sher, Vice President & General Counsel - Medical Legal Affairs, University of Chicago Hospitals Lauren Streicher, Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Women Insurance Brokers
Host: Speakers:	Janis Robinson, Vice President, Client Executive, Willis of Illinois Gail Golden, Management Psychologist, RHR International Pat Hurston, Vice President, Worldwide Operations Billing, CNA Nadine Moore, Insurance Brokerage, Aon *Sara Sirotzky, Managing Director, Marsh & McLennan Companies* Kimberly Waller, Managing Director, Aon

Women in International Business
Host: Speaker:	Anita Tang, Managing Director, Royal ROOTS Global, Inc. Rita R. Athas, Executive Director, World Business Chicago Debbie Clasen, Director, Strategic Planning, Global Strategic Mobility Alliances, Cisco Systems C. Perry Yeatman, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Kraft Foods, Inc.

Women in Law
Host: Co-Host: Speakers:	Kara E.F. Cenar, Partner, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP Andrea S. Kramer, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery LLP Angela F. Williams, Esq., Senior Vice President & General Counsel, YMCA of the USA

Women in Marketing and Advertising
Host: Moderator: Speakers:	Jacqueline Williams, Director of Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Kay Allison, Founder and President, The Energy Infuser, Inc. Tiffany Barnett White , Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign College of Business, Former Board Member, Journal of Consumer Psychology Gwen Kelly, Senior Marketing Manager, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Stephanie K. Klein, Vice President, Director of Marketing - Personal Financial Services/Midwest Region, Northern Trust

Women in Media
Host: Speakers:	Sherren Leigh, Publisher and Editorial Director, Today's Chicago Woman Lisa Leiter, Anchor/Reporter, Crain's Chicago Business Melody Spann-Cooper, President and General Manager, Midway Broadcasting Corporation (WVON Radio) LeeAnn Trotter, Entertainment Reporter, NBC5 Chicago

Women in Not-For-Profit
Hosts: Speakers:	Regine W. Corrado, Partner, and Paula Jill Krasny, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP Paula Jill Krasny, Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP Betsy Cavendish, Executive Director, Appleseed Helen Eaton, President and Executive Director, Chicago Children's Choir, Trustee, Charter School for the Performing Arts Cheryle R. Jackson, President & CEO, Chicago Urban League Julieanna Richardson, Public Historian and Founder Executive Director, The History Makers Brooke Wiseman, CEO Emeritus , Girl Scouts of Chicago

Women in Philanthropy
Host: Speaker:	Eileen Sweeney, Director Of Corporate & Foundation Philanthropic Relations, Motorola Deborah Harrington, President, Woods Fund of Chicago Jamie Phillippe, Vice President of Development and Philanthropic Services, The Chicago Community Trust

Women in Politics
Host: Speaker:	Wendy Farley, Vice President, Government Affairs, Comcast Anita Alvarez, Democratic Candidate, Cook County State's Attorney Sandi Jackson, Alderman, 7th Ward, City of Chicago Debbie Halvorson,Illinois Senate Majority Leader and 11th Congressional Candidate

Women on Real Estate
Host: Speakers:	Janet M. Johnson, Partner, Schiff Hardin, LLP Karen B. Case, President, Commercial Real Estate, The Private Bank Helen J. Kessler, President, HJKessler Associates, Inc. Ann B. Morrow, Senior Vice President, Concordis Frontier Commercial LLC Cindy Wozny-Carl, Vice President, Development, General Growth Properties; President, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW)

Women in Science and Technology
Host: Co-Host: Moderator: Speakers:	Melissa C. Brown, Of Counsel, Dykema Gossett, PLLC Janet A. Stiven, Partner, Dykema Gossett, PLLC Lisa V. Mueller, Of Counsel, Dykema Gossett, LLC Barbara Banks Pryor, Principal, Global Technology Services, IBM Kimberly Gray, Professor, Department of Civil an Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University Kathy McFarland, PhD, Divisional Vice President, Life Cycle Management, Abbott Laboratories, Inc. Sheila Talton, Chief Globalization Officer for China, Cisco Systems, Inc.