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Women's Leadership Conference
 

Held each spring, the Elizabeth Somers Leadership Center brings together an intergenerational audience of professional women – many of whom are alumnae – and students to discuss the personal and professional challenges facing women in the 21st century.

The 2008 conference, Challenging Limits, Reaching New Frontiers, was held April 4. For more information about the Women's Leadership Conference, visit our website.

Over the past three years, the conference has addressed such important issues as:

  • effective communication and listening skills;
  • negotiating your worth;
  • breaking the glass ceiling;
  • career building and development;
  • living the life you want;
  • gaining personal and career opportunities from professional,
    nonprofit, and social organizations; and
  • developing leadership skills.

The conference brings together speakers and presenters from various professions, disciplines, and backgrounds. Below are some examples of past speakers and presenters:

Natalie Ludaway, parter, Leftwich & Ludaway and chair, DC Chamber of Commerce

Cokie Roberts, newswoman and author

Eleanor Clift, Newsweek contributing editor and author

Cissy Baker, Washington bureau chief, Tribune Broadcasting

Michelle Balamani, D.Min., director, Baraka Counseling Center

Kristen S. Betts, EdD, president, Research Strategies.

Mary Ellen Bittner, president, Zonta International

Linda David, CPPC, founder, Future Forward

Rosalyn V. Green, PhD, counselor, Baraka Counseling Center and professor, Bowie State University

Corriece Perkins Gwynn, publisher and editor-in-chief, Homes of Color magazine

Rachelle Heller, PhD, associate dean for academics affairs, GW’s Mount Vernon Campus

Robyn A. Marquart, training supervisor, Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Susan Phillips, PhD, dean, GW School of Business

Patricia D. Gurne, managing partner, Gurne, Porter and Baulig, PLLC

Marilyn Gowing, PhD, vice president for public sector consulting and services, AON Consulting

Michele V. Hagans, president, Fort Lincoln Realty Company

Nikki Heidepriem, president, Heidepriem & Mager

Christine M. Puchalski, MD, FACP, director, GW Institute For Spirituality and Health

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