Sentences with phrase «woman elected chair»

Leroux's list of accomplishments is impressive — she's the first woman elected chair and the first one to hold the title of president and CEO at her company.

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At The Vancouver Board of Trade's 128th AGM, incoming Chair Tim Manning announced an unprecedented decision to elect more women than men to the board of directors — something that has not happened before in the organization's history.

«We are proud to have Pamela Prince - Eason bring her distinctive knowledge and experience spanning procurement, women's business leadership and non-profit organizations,» said Laura Taylor, newly elected Chair of WBENC's Board of Directors.

Velázquez, a Democrat from New York, is the first Puerto Rican woman to be elected to Congress, and she was the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus until January 3, 2011.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

Weinstein, who was first elected to the Assembly in 1980, was also the first woman to chair the chamber's Judiciary Committee, a position she has held since 1994.

«At the same time, as the state's highest ranking elected woman and the Chair of the Commission celebrating this historic occasion, I am inspired by the next generation of young women who will carry the torch and fulfill our vision of equality and create a culture of respect and inclusion for all women, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender at birth, or sexual orientation.»

She was elected to the Party's National Women's Conference in 1989 and chaired the National Conference of Labour Women in 1991.

This continues a pattern that has held since the introduction of elected chairs: women tend to win when they stand.

Our own research, and that of Diana O'Brien, has shown that the shift to a system of elected chairs has been advantageous for women, who have a strong record of winning when they stand.

Today, Ferreras is the first woman, first person of color and the youngest City Councilmember to be elected as Finance Chair.

She was one of only 288 women elected to the House and the first woman ever to become chair of the rules committee.

In February 2018, Maclean was elected to be the chair of the All - Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Women in Parliament.

So does the number of women elected or appointed to positions of responsibility within Parliament, whether as Cabinet members, shadow ministers or select committee chairs.

Carter, a Plainfield resident, was first elected freeholder in 2010 and became the first African - American woman to chair the freeholder board in 2013.

An increase in the number of women in Albany has helped reshape the culture from an old boys» club, in which women were largely relegated to secretarial positions, to a more egalitarian environment, where women are not only elected to office, but have risen to acquire key chair positions in both houses and led the passage of women - friendly legislation.

I have previously been Co-Chair of the Women's PLP and colleagues recently elected me to Labour's most senior position within the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association as Vice Chair.

Michael D. Rodriguez, a Latino progressive from Commissioner Jesus «Chuy» Garcia's neighborhood and committeeman of the 22nd ward, was elected as executive vice chair of the Cook County Democratic Party; a post previously held by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who just rose as the first African - American and woman elected to lead the Democratic party in the county.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Santa Clara County Democratic Party Central Committee is committed to doubling the number of Democratic women in local elected and appointed office in Santa Clara County by the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, through the creation of a Director position on the Executive Board dedicated to working with clubs, Directors and any other interested parties to implement this commitment and to be appointed by the Party Chair, and that this appointment will be made in collaboration with DAWN; and

In 1986 she was elected a member of Islington council in north London, where she chaired the women's and disability committees, and of the Association of London Authorities.

At a plenary session at WLSTE +10, AAAS Chief Operating Officer Celeste Rohlfing cited the names of women in three top leadership positions at AAAS — Chair of the AAAS Board Barbara Schaal, President Susan Hockfield and President - Elect Margaret Hamburg.

Ms. Kassebaum, who became the first woman to chair a major Senate committee when she assumed the top position on the Labor and Human Resources Committee this year, was first elected in 1978.

She was the first woman elected to chair the American Association of Port Authorities, and, as Executive Director of the National Commission on Intermodal Transportation, was the primary author of the Commission's 1994 Report to Congress.

Norton Rose Fulbright's partnership has elected Islamic finance head Farmida Bi as its new chair for Europe Middle East and Asia (EMEA), making her the first woman in the firm's history to hold the role.

Torkin Manes is pleased to announce that Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury partner Barbara MacFarlane has been elected as Chair of the Women Trial Lawyers Caucus of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association.

Rhonda Tobin, one of the firm's female partners, serves on Robinson + Cole's Managing Committee, the elected governing body of the firm, and two of the firm's practice groups are chaired by women.

Fifty percent of our elected managing partners are women, 50 percent of our firm's appointed Executive Management Team is women, as are 36 percent of our regional partners - in - charge (heads of office) and 40 percent of our practice group chairs and vice chairs.

Womble Carlyle attorney Ashley Kutz Kelley has been elected Vice Chair of Charleston Women in Trade (CWIT).

She was the first woman to be elected to and serve as president of West Penn Multi-List, and was also the first woman to serve as chair of the NAR Real Estate Services Advisory Group.