17th Annual Mid-Level Managers' Symposium - Executive ...

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Black Women’s Leadership Symposium
SCHEDULED FOR JULY 19TH
As the ELC prepares to celebrate
its 25 th Anniversary, the
“Windy City” of Chicago, will
host 125 high-potential black women
managers at the 2011 Black Women’s
Leadership Summit on July 19, 2011.
ELC Members are encouraged to
invite only non-member high-potential
managers and executives to the Symposium.
At the “Black Women on Public
Policy” panel that evening, an
additional 125 high-potential black
women managers will join them. The
events take place at The Metropolitan
Club in the Willis Tower, formerly the
Sears Tower, starting at 10:00 a.m.
Topics and roundtable discussions during
the Symposium will include “Why
legislative action is important to you,”
and “You are What You Read.”
Attendees will join ELC members
serving on the planning committee and
representatives of sponsors of the
event to hear from experts about “How
Public Policy is Made.” They will hear
from successful black female execu-
tives and thought leaders, as well as a
luncheon keynote address by Ertharin
Cousin, Ambassador, United States
Mission to the U.N. Agencies in Rome.
With the development of the “Black
Women On…” series, the event continues
to showcase the growth of successful
women of color. “The ‘Black
Women On…’ leadership series is
another step in our ability to reach back
and pay forward, achieving our ambitious
goals for female leadership,” said
ELC Board Chair Jessica C. Isaacs at
last year’s Leadership Summit which
drew 75 ELC member executives.
This year’s Co-chairs and host committee
include ELC Members Julia
Brown, SVP – Global Procurement,
Kraft Foods; Leilani M. Brown, CMO
– Starr Companies; Susan E. Chapman,
SVP – Global Real Estate and
Workplace Enablement – American
Express; Nicole Lewis, VP – Global
Marketing, Kelly Services; Donna
Brooks-Lucas, President/CEO – DBL
Multi-Media Group, LLC; Alana Ward
Robinson, President & Managing Principal
– Robinson Group Consulting
Inc.; Paula Sneed – Chairman & CEO
– Phelps Prescott Group; Stephanie
Smith – Board of Trustees for the Steppenwolf
Theatre; and Sheila Talton, VP
– Cisco Systems, Inc.
For details and registration, please visit
www.elcinfo.com/2011bwls. The registration
fee for the Symposium and
“Black Women on Public Policy”
panel is $100 for non-members only
and limited to 125 participants.
Topics and roundtable discussions during the
Symposium will include “Why legislative action is
important to you,” and “You are What You Read.”