Start Your Week off Powerfully with Step Up's Power Breakfast Series November 3, 2008

Step Up Women’s Network presents quarterly power breakfasts giving an intimate group of women an inspiring way to start their day. Each breakfast is hosted by a key female industry leader who shares her secrets to success and fresh outlooks on corporate leadership topics with an emphasis on the female experience. Designed to empower women in business and add new dynamic executives to their network, Step Up Power Breakfasts provide an unparalleled professional development and networking opportunity for women.

Join us on Monday, November 3rd for a complimentary breakfast with:

Leslie Hindman, President and CEO of Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
For more than two decades, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers has been an industry leader as one of the nation’s leading fine art auctioneers. Founded in 1982, sold to Sotheby’s in 1997, and reopened in 2003, Leslie Hindman has remained a constant force behind high profile auctions of everything from Contemporary Paintings and Fine Jewelry to French Furniture and Rare Books and Manuscripts, and always maintains a practice of achieving the highest prices while maintaining exemplary levels of integrity and client service.

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers holds regularly scheduled auctions featuring Paintings, Prints, Drawings and Sculpture, Furniture and Decorative Arts, Fine Jewelry and Timepieces, Vintage Couture and Accessories, and Fine Books and Manuscripts. An exceptional team of specialists – allied with a worldwide network of consultants and representatives – effectively appraise and market property leading to outstanding prices realized. Furthermore, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers provides a full range of services for trust and estate professionals.

Leslie was the host of two popular television shows on the Home & Garden Television Network (HGTV) At the Auction with Leslie Hindman and The Appraisal Fair, which were viewed from 1994-2001 and in more than 80 million homes across the United States.

Leslie also wrote a weekly syndicated column for the Chicago Tribune called “What’s It Worth?” In February 2001, her critically acclaimed book, Adventures at the Auction, was published by Clarkson Potter, a division of Random House.

Leslie serves on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Public Library Foundation, Loyola University Chicago Council of Regents, Goodman Theatre, The Women’s Board of the Joffrey Ballet, and The Arts Club of Chicago. She is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, The Committee of 200, International Women’s Forum, The Chicago Network and World President’s Organization.

Leslie attended Pine Manor College, the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and Indiana University, and has received an honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois. She is the recipient of many awards, including the YWCA Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the National Association of Women Business Owners Woman of Achievement Award.
For questions about this event, please contact the Chicago offices at 312-235-3278 or email chicago@suwn.org.