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2005 DINNER TOPICS/SPEAKERS
| Women
in Arts and Entertainment |
| Host: |
- Antoinette
D. Wright, President & Chief Executive
Officer, DuSable Museum of African American History
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| Women
and Changing Career Tracks - SOLD OUT! |
| Host: |
- Sandra
Rand, Manager, Supplier Diversity,
United Airlines
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| Speaker: |
- Deborah
A. Bricker, President, Bricker Partners,
LLC, Teacher, The Walter Payton College Preparatory
High School
- Cheryl
Mayberry McKissack, Founder, President
& Chief Executive Officer, Nia Enterprises, LLC
- Michelle
Obama, Vice President of Community &
External Affairs, University of Chicago Hospitals
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| Women
on Corporate Boards - SOLD OUT! |
| Host: |
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| Speaker: |
- Barbara
Bowles, Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive
Officer, The Kenwood Group
- Virginia
A. Clarke, Leader & Co-Founder,
Global Diversity Practice, Spencer Stuart
- Mary
Ann O’Dwyer, Senior Vice President
of Finance & Operations, Chief Financial Officer &
Director, Wheels, Inc.
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| Women
in Corporate Leadership - SOLD OUT! |
| Host: |
- Pamela
B. Strobel, Executive Vice President &
Chief Administrative Officer, The Exelon Corporation;
President, Exelon Business Services Company
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| Speakers: |
- Deborah
L. DeHaas, Vice Chairman & Regional
Managing Partner, Deloitte & Touche USA, LLP
- Sue
Ling Gin, Founder, Chairman & Chief
Executive Officer, Flying Food Group
- Diane
Primo, Executive Vice President & Chief
Marketing Officer, CDW Corporation
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| Women
in Education |
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| Women
Entrepreneurs - SOLD OUT! |
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| Women
in Finance and Banking - SOLD OUT! |
| Host: |
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| Speakers: |
- Connie
L. Lindsey, Director, Enterprise Relationship
Management , The Northern Trust Company
- Johnita
W. Mizelle, Principal, The Williams
Capital Group, L.P.
- Joan
E. Steel, Senior Vice President & Personal
Investment Counselor, Personal Investment Management,
Capital Guardian Trust Company
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| Women
in Government |
| Host: |
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| Speakers: |
- Dorothy
Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Cook
County
- Barbara
Lumpkin, Senior Vice President, Manager
of Public Affairs, The Northern Trust Company
- Rita
L. Mullins, Mayor, Village of Palatine
- Maria
Saldana, Managing Director, U.S. Investment
Banking, Popular Securities, Inc.; President,
Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners
- Corrine
Wood, Former Lieutenant Governor,
Illinois
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| Women
in Health - SOLD OUT! |
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| Women
in Law |
| Host: |
- Miriam
Frank, Managing Partner, Midwest Offices,
Major, Hagen & Africa
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| Speakers: |
- Sharon
R. Barner, Partner, Chair of Intellectual
Property Litigation Group, Foley & Lardner LLP
- Beth
Byster Corvino, Senior Vice President,
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Laidlaw
International, Inc.
- Jacqueline
Cox, Federal Judge, U.S Bankruptcy
Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- Portia
Owen Morrison, Partner, DLA Piper
Rudnick Gray Cary US, LLP
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| Women
in Marketing and Advertising - SOLD OUT! |
| Host: |
- Rhonda
Jordan, Senior Vice President, Global
Cheese & Dairy Sector, Kraft Foods, Inc.
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| Co-Hosts: |
- Joan
Black, Executive Vice President, Worldwide
Group Account Director, Foote, Cone & Belding
- Julia
Kenyon, Senior Partner & Managing Director,
JWT
- Renetta
McCann, Chief Executive Officer, The Americas,
Starcom MediaVest Group
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| Women
in Media |
| Host: |
- Patricia
Keenan, Vice President of Communications
for the Greater Chicago Region, Comcast Cable Communications
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| Women
in Not-For-Profit |
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| Women
in Philanthropy |
| Host: |
- Gwen
Gilbert Cohen, First Vice President, Investment
Consultant & Wealth Advisor, Morgan Stanley
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| Women
in Technology |
| Host: |
- Gail
Ludewig, President & Chief Executive
Officer, TotalWorks, Inc.
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| Speakers: |
- Pamela
Blackwell, President & Chief Operating
Officer, Blackwell Consulting Services
- Catherine
Kozik, Vice President of IT, Networks Business,
Motorola, Inc.
- Iwona
Turlik, Corporate Vice President, Physical
Realization Research Center, Motorola, Inc.
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