Women on Boards Twin Cities December 1, 2009

The purpose of the event is designed to educate and prepare women for board service. Our panelists are top-level executives with for profit board experience and a desire to share their knowledge and necessary tools for serving as a director.

Our panelists are business leaders who have the experience serving on for-profit and not-for-profit boards.

Panelists:

Barb Allen
Retired President, Proactive Partners

Alice Richter
Retired Partner, KPMG

Sandra Davis, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO, MDA Leadership Consulting

Panel Facilitator:
Beth Kieffer Leonard
Managing Partner, Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Company, LLP.

The event is a panel presentation and the topics of discussion are:

• What is the job of being a director
• What are the differences of a non-profit, private and public board
• How do boards select their candidates
• Being an effective board member
• How to position yourself for board service/taking the next step

We started this event in 2002 and have annual events in these cities: Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta, Des Moines, Milwaukee, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, and New York.