The WPO is the premier membership organization
for women presidents & CEOs (and managing directors) of privately held, multi-million dollar companies.
Marsha Firestone, PhD, is president and founder of Women Presidents» Organization, a non-profit membership organization
for women presidents of multimillion dollar companies with 93 chapters on four continents.
Not exact matches
• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in
women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to
President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer
for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»
She's also the founder and
president of the Lady Spyder Ryders of America, organizing and leading daylong rides
for women bikers.
Maybe that's exactly what's needed
for America to finally elect its first
woman president.
In the past couple of years, Sanders has voted against the Keystone XL Pipeline, vetoed by the
president in March, as well as
for bills that would have prohibited corporate interference with
women's health care and increased environmental standards
for damaged national infrastructure.
«They must be exceptional,» Heidi Hartman,
president of the Institute
for Women's Policy Research, tells Lublin.
Jennifer Tory, a regional
president in Greater Toronto Region with RBC, won the 2011 Business Leader Champion award
for her efforts to advance
women and visible minorities, both in the bank and her community.
Women also chose Trump as the worst choice
for president, at 33.67 percent, demonstrating how he has tended to polarize voters.
Notably, she was the 17th richest
woman in the world, worked as a director
for Berkshire Hathaway and served as the Buffett Foundation's
president.
Because Cavuto holds the titles of managing editor and senior vice
president, his public support
for Ailes reportedly raised questions as to whether his letter might be seen as a manager inappropriately attempting to influence employees to support Ailes or discouraging other
women from coming forward.
During CGI's opening session, a panel which included former
President Bill Clinton, Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and U2 frontman Bono was notable
for also featuring a 24 - year - old
woman named Khalida Brohi.
A
women's march was being organized in Washington, the teenager wrote, to protest the incoming administration of
President - elect Donald J. Trump and to speak up
for gender equality.
«Given the competition
for top talent, employers must update their approach in order to engage and retain millennials, especially among
women, who were found to carry a bigger burden of student loan debt,» said Natalie Smith, a vice
president at PadillaCRT, the communications agency that conducted the survey
for ORC.
Linda Chavez, nominated
for labor secretary by
President George W. Bush in 2001, allowed a Guatemalan
woman who was in the US illegally to live in her home and gave her spending money.
Mehta was joined by Caroline Ghosn, co-founder Levo League, a networking site
for young career
women, Maxine Bedat, founder Zady.com, an online retailer of sustainable fashion, and Lara Galinsky, author and senior vice
president of Echoing Green, which provides startup funding to socially conscious ventures.
That the bragging happened a decade ago doesn't change the reality that a man who might be
president sees half the country's population not just as objects
for his own aesthetic gratification — we knew that thanks to the beauty pageants and the string of model wives — but objects
for his physical gratification as well, regardless of how the
women in question feel about it.
Today's must - read story is by Fortune contributor Heidi Hartmann, an economist, MacArthur Fellow, and
president of the Institute
for Women's Policy Research, who reports that the gender pay gap hit a record low last year.
The three
women on the stage — Mellody Hobson,
President of Ariel Investments; Gisele Ruiz, EVP and COO at Wal - Mart North America; and Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach
for America — are young
women themselves, although Generation Xers rather than millennials.
Famous
for being the first
woman to serve as U.S. Attorney General, Reno served eight eventful years under
President Bill Clinton in the 1990s.
«Since 1920,
women have sort of been fighting to make the vote real,» says Heidi Hartmann, the founder and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research (I
women have sort of been fighting to make the vote real,» says Heidi Hartmann, the founder and
president of the Institute
for Women's Policy Research (I
Women's Policy Research (IWPR).
Because the first U.S.
president that he and his buddies will know about will be a
woman, they will be less likely to parrot the antiquated notion that certain jobs just aren't
for girls.
On Tuesday, New York Times reporter Sopan Deb, who covered the Trump campaign in 2016 as an embedded reporter
for CBS News, criticized a passage in the book in which Bossie and Lewandowski said he was «literally crying» at a press conference before the second presidential debate when Trump appeared with
women who accused former
President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
Donald Trump should resign as the Republican nominee
for president, he brags about sexuality harassing
women.
«I'm a mom and an American first, and I can not and will not support a candidate
for president who brags about degrading and assaulting
women,» Ayotte said in a statement.
The Trump proposal, says Vicki Shabo, vice
president of the National Partnership
for Women & Families, «would do more harm than good.
The budget could include an effort to increase procurement opportunities
for female entrepreneurs, following the recommendation of the Canada-U.S.
women - in - business group created by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S.
President Donald Trump.
As Harvard university
president, he made headlines
for remarking that
women might have an aptitudinal problem with math, one of a few controversies that led to his early resignation.
Now, Gavet, Priceline's executive vice
president of global operations, is also quitting the company, she announced
for the first time Wednesday at Fortune «s Most Powerful
Women NextGen conference in Laguna Niguel, Ca.
Every time a man, whether it is our
president, or a news anchor, demeans or diminishes a
woman by grabbing her ass or talking about her body, or coming on to her instead of asking
for her ideas and treating her like a professional in the workplace setting, they lose something too.
The New York Fed named Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco chief John Williams as its next
president, touting his monetary - policy expertise despite criticism over his supervision of Wells Fargo and calls
for a
woman or minority candidate to fill the post.
Wolfe, Tinder's marketing vice
president, alleged she was stripped of her co-founder title
for being a 24 - year - old
woman and called names such as a «whore» and «gold digger» by Mateen in front of Rad.
Nora Senior,
president of the British Chambers of Commerce, said there was no need
for «overbearing government regulation» and called on business to «step up to the task of nurturing the pipeline of
women at middle management level on to executive teams».
In chapters composed of approximately 20 accomplished
women entrepreneurs,
women presidents, from diverse industries and backgrounds, address business concerns in a roundtable format and function as an informal board of directors
for their businesses.
As
president and CEO of Catalyst, an organization committed to expanding opportunities
for women and business worldwide, I'm often asked why there are still so few
women in senior leadership roles — like Meg Whitman,
president and CEO of Hewlett Packard — and what forward - thinking men and
women can do about it.
Hagen most recently served as the Vice
President of Human Resources at ANN INC., an American group of specialty apparel retail chain stores
for women, where she led the human resources and talent practices
for LOFT, and the e-commerce division.
Read a message from WBENC
President and CEO Pamela Prince Eason
for insights into how WBENC is focused on mentorship as a critical role in growing and supporting
women - owned businesses.
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Women (BPW) The Global Initiative
for Women's Entrepreneurship Research (GIWER)(formerly Center
for Women's Business Research) Institute
for Supply Management Latina Style Magazine National Association of Minority &
Women - Owned Law Firms National Association of Veteran - Owned Businesses National Association of
Women in Construction National Minority Supplier Development Council National
Women's Business Council US Business Leadership Network (USBLN) U.S. Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
Women Construction Owners & Executives
Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP)
Women Presidents» Organization (WPO)
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BUILDING RESILIENCE IN YOUR COMPANY AND YOUR CAREER Hosted by Zurich Insurance Group Judy Smith, Founder,
President, and CEO, Smith & Company Nancy Snyderman, Director, GE Healthymagination Elaine Wynn, Co-founder, Wynn Resorts Additional Speakers to Be Announced Moderator: Vicki Medvec, Adeline Barry Davee Professor of Management & Organizations, Executive Director of the Center
for Executive
Women, Kellogg School of Management
Irene Lanzinger,
president of the BC Teachers Federation, echoed the call
for public investments and stricter regulation of banks, and added particular concerns about schools,
women and students.
On January 12, the
president - elect announced that Powell would get a White House job as senior counselor
for economic initiatives, saying she would focus on «entrepreneurship, small business growth, and the global economic empowerment of
women.»
For the second consecutive year, Schwab Charitable
President Kim Laughton has been named one of the most influential
women in business by the San Francisco Business Times.
Speakers making the case
for why it's time to listen to the experts and Canadians — and get down to business and develop a made - in - Canada proportional representation system include Hassan Yussuff,
President of the Canadian Labour Congress, Katelynn Northam, electoral reform campaign lead at Leadnow, Farhat Rehman of the Canadian Council of Muslim
Women and Annie Bérubé, director of government relations at Équiterre.
«As a first - time host council
for the conference, we're excited to highlight our beautiful city to the thousands of
women business owners attending,» said Geri Swift,
president of WBEC PA - DE-sNJ.
«The Roadmap to 2020 is leading a transformation and connecting
women in business around the world,» said Marilyn Johnson, vice
president of Market Development
for IBM.
«We are so proud not only of the increasing number of WBENC's Top Corporations, but also
for the leadership of these corporations who are consistently choosing to set the standard
for access and increase opportunities
for women suppliers in new markets — both domestically and internationally,» said Pamela Prince - Eason,
President and CEO of WBENC.
Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using
women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers
for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection
for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.
Sibyl is also the cofounder of Black Female Founders and the
President of DC Web
Women (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional sk
Women (DCWW), one of the longest - running tech nonprofits
for women in D.C, which supports and advocates for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional sk
women in D.C, which supports and advocates
for women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional sk
women and girls in technology by providing a community in which they can develop and promote their leadership, technical and professional skills.
«WBENC's Top Corporations set the standard
for enabling
women suppliers to access increased opportunities in new markets — both domestically and internationally,» said Pamela Prince - Eason,
President and CEO of WBENC, the nation's leader in
women's business development.