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2010 Chautauqua Professional Women’s Network Programme Women’s Club House, 1pm Monday's Over 100 years after the creation of the Chautauqua Women’s Club in 1889, we launched the Professional Women’s Network in 2009. In this 21st century, where women now outnumber men (60% to 40%) among university graduates in North America and Europe, it is time to acknowledge and build on the massive economic and political impact and influence of women.The Chautauqua Professional Women’s Network will invite a sampling of illustrious women from a wide range of disciplines and professions to share their careers and passions with us. All Chautauquans are cordially invited to attend these morning discussion-debates and networking events every Monday at the Women’s Club. Want to connect with professional women and the men and organisations interested in understanding them better? In comparing experiences across sectors, countries and generations? Join us. The network is Chaired by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of 20-first.com and author of How Women Mean Business (2010) and WHY Women Mean Business (2008). Anyone interested in joining her on the Steering Committee of this group, or in featuring among next year’s speaker list, please contact Avivah by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it JULY
July 1
Linda Tarr-Whelan, a woman whose career has gone from nurse to mother to Ambassador to the Linda is a premier expert on women's leadership in this country and internationally. As a Demos Distinguished Senior Fellow, she is a frequent speaker to college and women's audiences, in the media and as an advisor to top officials in the United States and Europe on the role of women. Linda promotes how more women in leadership is good business and smart politics. Her new book, Women Lead the Way: Your Guide to Stepping into Leadership-and Changing the World, brings her strong experience, the powerful research and her personal convictions about women's strengths to the ground level with a practical roadmap for women to move up. She has always been a change agent. She carried her passion and determination to top positions including Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. July 5
Whether they want higher salaries, better career opportunities or more help at home, women are much less likely than men to ask for what they want. Sara Laschever looks at the causes of this recently recognized phenomenon and assesses the shockingly high price paid by women, their families, their employers, and the economy as a whole if they don’t take steps to address it. She shows women how to recognize more opportunities to negotiate, evaluate the economic value of their work, rehearse their negotiations beforehand, and employ negotiating strategies that have been shown to work well for women. Sara Laschever is an author, editor and cultural critic with a special interest in women’s life and career obstacles. Her byline has appeared in the New York Times, the Harvard Business Review, the New York Review of Books, the Boston Globe, the Village Voice, Vogue and Glamour. She is the co-author, with Linda Babcock, of Ask for It! How Women Can Use the Power of Negotiation to Get What They Really Want and Women Don’t Ask: The High Cost of Avoiding Negotiation—and Positive Strategies for Change. Her books have won rave notices from The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Business Week, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The International Herald Tribune, among others. July 12
Dede Trefts is VP, Services M&A Integration in IBM’s Corporate Development organization, where she manages a team of specialists supporting IBM’s acquisition integration activities for its Services organizations. Dede joined IBM as a Managing Consultant during the startup of the IBM Consulting Group in the early 1990’s. She subsequently has held positions in Global Strategy, launching the IBM Global Services organization, as well as in IBM’s Sales organization, having served two major global financial institutions. Dede also managed the “Services Excellence” initiative for Global Services. Earlier in her career, she was a consultant at McKinsey & Company in New York; she helped launch two technology start-ups, one with a focus on the mortgage loan processing; and she spent six years in the financial services industry. Dede lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, is married with three sons. Dede earned a BA at Wellesley College, graduating as a Wellesley Scholar, and an MBA at Harvard Business School. She is also a lifelong, sixth-generation Chautauquan. July 19
The art, science and poetry of professional coaching. What is coaching? What isn’t it? Two leading coaches tell all… Gilly Weinstein is a new generation Executive Coach who works with people wanting to play bigger, inspire others, shake things up, and have a greater impact in the world. Through her no-nonsense approach, Gilly helps her clients by challenging, stretching and provoking them, and making them more aware of their impact in service of more emotionally intelligent leadership. Gilly coaches across a range of fields, cultures and countries. Before becoming a coach, Gilly ran her own communications consultancy for over a decade, catering to Brussels-based multinationals. Previously, she worked for a boutique PR firm in Boston. Born in NY City, she has lived and worked in France, Israel and the US. She now lives in Brussels with her American husband and two children. July 26
A Look Behind the Real Estate Scene in Chautauqua Jane Becker is VP Strategic Planning of Vacation Properties, and will share with us an insider’s view on what has happened to the real estate market in the US over the past few years and how (or how not) this has affected Chautauqua and its neighborhood. AUGUST
August 2
Marta has worked both in law firms and as in-house company lawyer. She has been General Counsel of a listed software company for 10 years, participating in the business side of it at the Management Committee level. In this position, she has helped creating a multinational business with subs. in 11 countries and listed in Nasdaq Europe. After the company was sold, Marta was appointed Manager of corporate Legal Services at Grupo Softland, a ERP software company with operations all over LATAM. Graduated by Universidad de Granada, and after a postgrade in computer law at ICADE, she has followed a PDG program at the IESE business school in Madrid. After incorporating Layomba Tax&Legal, she has recently joined VistaLaw, the global law firm. Recently she was appointed partner of FEGED Business Advisors. August 9
Karen Greb is a First Vice President – Investments with Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management. Since 1978 Karen has specialized in customized wealth management by designing personalized investment portfolios. Her practice addresses liability management, trust and estate planning, and philanthropic planning in addition to portfolio management. Her clients are individuals and families. Karen holds the designations of Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC). She is a graduate of the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) program for investment advisors to endowments and foundations. She is also a graduate of Duquesne University and the Wharton School program for Certified Investment Management Analysts (CIMA). Karen is a VACI Board member, a Chautauqua Fund volunteer, and a 2001 graduate of CLSC. She has been coming to Chautauqua with her family since 1988. August 16
Hailing from London, Juliet is Content Director at WGSN, the world’s leading online fashion trends watch. She began her career in her native Canada and was the editor of Toronto Life Fashion Magazine, before arriving in the UK in 1991 and becoming the PPA award-winning editor of fashion trade bible Drapers Record. In 1996 she became editor of the UK edition of Marie Claire before joining the Arcadia Group as Managing Director of Marketing and Internet Development. As well as serving as a director of European Magazines, and Zoom.co.uk, Juliet served as non-exec on the EMAP ELAN board between 1999 and 2001. She is currently an external assessor of the London College of Fashion’s MA in fashion journalism. Awards include Periodical Publishing Association business editor of the year, a Canadian Magazine Award for Toronto Life Fashion and an Amnesty International Award for journalism on Marie Claire. She is a fellow of The Royal Society for the Arts and is Chair of the British Society of Magazine Editors. August 23
Josephine Green is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Futurists Conference Lucerne. She is a former Director of Trends and Strategy, Philips Design. Since 1997 she was Senior Director of Trends and Strategy at Philips Design, Royal Philips Electronics, responsible for directing research into Society, Cultures and People and its implementation into the Strategic Futures Program. This helps customers think about and implement a human focused approach to innovation and new value creation. The programme researches emerging socio-cultural values, new technologies and new business models, identifies strategic opportunities and articulates these through design. Josephine is Visiting Professor at Glasgow School of Art and Design. She has lived in England, Italy and Holland. |
