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You are invited to an unusual alumni event
     

The Board of Directors of Women in the Lead Inc.
and
Ivey Alumni Association of B.C.
Invite you to attend a Woman Who Lead event
To be held at The Vancouver Club, 915 West Hastings Street
Monday November 17, 2008
Presentation followed by a reception 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Featured speakers: Carol Stephenson, Dean, Richard Ivey School of Business:
Ten lessons I have learned from serving on Boards
Sarah Morgan-Silvester, Chancellor University of B.C.:
Lets celebrate the 800 women listed in the new directory

    Sarah Morgan-Silvester (left), recently selected Chancellor of University of British Columbia, Sarah serves on numerous boards, among them Port Metro Vancouver (chair), ENMAX Corporation, BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre Foundation, David Suzuki Foundation National Business Advisory Council and Women in the Lead.

She has a diverse business background with leadership roles in the transportation, financial services and energy sectors. Until recently, she was President and CEO of HSBC Trust Company (Canada) and EVP, Personal Financial Services and Wealth Management, HSBC Bank Canada.


Carol Stephenson (above center), Dean of the Richard Ivey School of Business since 2003, Carol has had an illustrious career in the telecommunications industry. She was President and CEO of Lucent Technologies Canada (1999-2003), President and CEO of Sentor Resource Centre Inc (1995-98) and previous to that held many management and executive positions in Bell Canada.

Carol currently serves on the Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee, Ontario Research Fund Advisory Board, ING Canada board, Women in the Lead and the General Motors Canada Advisory Board.


Charge for the event is $40 per person. R.S.V.P. to Shirley Wang
directly online at www.womeninthelead.ca/Nov17Vancouver or email registration@womenintheleadinc.ca
Space is limited.

To see a PDF version of this invitation, click here


Through its support CIBC is making possible Women in the Lead's new luncheon series "Women Who Lead". These popular "sold out" events have taken place in Ottawa and Toronto with plans to extend the series to other key cities. Outstanding speakers have included: Annette Verschuren, President The Home Depot Canada and Asia; Maureen Kempston Darkes, General Motors Group Vice President GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East (LAAM), Irene Rosenfeld, Chairman and CEO Kraft Foods and Senator Vivienne Poy.

    



Welcome to the 2008 Edition
Women in the Lead / Femmes de tête Directory



Designed for Easy Cross-Reference

This 1172 page, hardcover, perfect bound directory does the following:

• Lists the résumés and contact information of more than 800 qualified Canadian women whose expertise and business experience recommend them as candidates for private, public, and
not-for-profit boards.

• Contains information relating to: Sectors; Expertise; Education; Languages (other than English – 35 represented); Career Highlights; Boards on which they are serving, or have served (over 3000 listed); Community Involvement; Honours and Awards; Memberships. Those based in Quebec have their résumés appearing in both French and English.

Online subscriber database:

• Updates to the information in the database are made on a regular basis and include newly submitted and approved profiles. Subscriptions are on a yearly basis. Users have unlimited access to the data.

To order • the printed directory • the online database or • a package of
the two, go online at http://www.womeninthelead.ca/ordering.htm


Résumé Submission
Email Résumé submission or update related inquiries to:
Lori Dowhaniuk
Telephone: (604) 454-4905
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time,
Monday through Friday

Leaders of Change newsletter free subscriptions

Leaders of Change newsletter appointments and awards announcements for publications

Printed Directory or
Online Database Ordering:

Go to online order page or
contact us if you have any questions: Shirley Wang
Telephone: (778) 896-2327
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific time,
Monday through Friday
Fax: (604) 876-5853

General Inquiries


For those living in the Toronto area the directory is available at Books for Business:

120 Adelaide Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1
Telephone: (416) 362-7822
Toll-free:    1-800-668-9372
E-mail: info@booksforbusiness.com
Website: www.booksforbusiness.com