Women’s Business Leadership Conference scheduled for March 4 in downtown Tulsa
Monday, February 2, 2015
The 24th Annual Women’s Business Leadership Conference will be March 4 at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel in Tulsa. The conference is from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and is presented by
the Oklahoma International Women’s Forum (OIWF), the International Women’s Forum Leadership
Foundation, and the Center for Executive and Professional Development in the Spears
School of Business at Oklahoma State University.
Lou C. Kerr, chair of the Oklahoma International Women’s Forum and president and chair
of The Kerr Foundation, Inc., was key to securing the speakers for the conference.
“It is my hope our OSU/OIWF Conferences and our agenda be packed full of substance
and opportunity,” Kerr said, “and that each participant is introduced to vibrant examples
of cutting edge information that is worthy of their time and attention.
“OIWF hopes the students, civic leaders and major companies attending see the OIWF/OSU
faculty and staff as critical mentors to these emerging leaders,” she said. “It is
also my hope that those attending will spend time with students and see yourselves
as mentors, that by attending the program you receive a greater awareness of the economics
of today and help in the reshaping of ideas, that each person feels encouraged to
contribute their expertise, advice and observations, and that you leave our seminar
enriched by the experience.”
This conference brings in a variety of expert women leaders from across the United
States who share their experiences in the business world. Participants will learn
more about moving toward their career goals, enhancing their leadership skills, and
developing themselves and others.
Featured speakers are Nancye Green, chief design officer of The Medicines Company
in New York City. Green will share her thoughts on the myth of having it all (at the
same time) and the importance of charting your own course and designing the life you
want to live in “Designing a Business/Designing a Life.”
Nancy May, president and CEO of The BoardBench Companies, LLC, in Norwalk, Conn.,
will be speaking on “The Strategic Networker: Focus Your Attention and Tactics to
Improve Your Outcomes,” where participants will meet and learn how to leverage at
least one valuable new connection by the end of the session.
Also, Sudha Pennathur, president and CEO of House of Pennathur in Tiburon, Calif.,
will be sharing how we act in a changing world of social, cultural, and environmental
values in “Working with a Purpose: Intent and Intention.” Toni Portmann, a board of
director for Support.com, SPRT, in Dallas, will present an engaging and participative
perspective on five keys to success in business (and in life) in “Keys to Success
in Business (and Life!)…A C.O.M.B.O”.
Shannon Mabrey Rotenburg, executive director of j.k. livin Foundation, will discuss
the benefits in participating in a philanthropy and how to use your connections and
resources to help the world around you with “The Power of Philanthropy.”
Many companies are supportive of the Women’s Business Leadership Conference. The Gold
sponsor is Phillips 66. Silver sponsors are ConocoPhillips, Citizens Security Bank,
Grant Thornton LLP, KOSU, ONE Gas, OSU Foundation, and The Kerr Foundation, Inc. Bronze
sponsors are Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and Dan and Marilyn Mabrey
Sulivant. Other conference sponsors are Adams Hall Wealth Advisors, Ann Simmons Alspaugh,
Excellence Engineering, LLC, Mary Frances Michaelis, MGW Enterprises, and R L Sias.
Registration for the Women’s Business Leadership Conference is $225 per person by
Feb. 20. Registration is $275 after Feb. 20. Exhibit booth space and various conference
sponsor levels are available.
For more information or to register click here or contact Kelle Scott, program coordinator, at 405-744-5208 or 866-678-3933 or by
email at kelle.scott@okstate.edu.