Leadership Tools for Women

"Changing the Power of Women"

June 6, 2008
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Rockland Community College
Suffern, New York

Welcome:

Dr. Cliff Wood, President Rockland Community College

Featured Speaker (9:00 AM-9:45 AM):

Teena Cahill - Women Taking the Lead: Wisdom for Everyday Leadership and Peak Performance

Teena Cahill is the author of The Cahill Factor: Turning Adversity into Advantage.  She is also director of Wisdom and Beyond, LLC, an experienced businesswoman, former adjunct professor for both undergraduate and graduate studies in the behavioral sciences, and a student of the human condition.

Morning Sessions (10:00 AM-11:30 AM):

Session A:

Giving Circles: Becoming a Prominent Way to Help Others
Abbie J. von Schlegell, CFRE, Principal, A von Schlegell & Co.

Session B:

Resilience and Resistance

Panel of Women:
Pat Donohue, President of Mercer County Community College
Casey Crabill, President of Raritan Valley Community College
Joann La Perla-Morales, President of Middlesex County College
Constance Mierendorf, President, Sussex County Community College

Lunch Speaker (12:30 PM-1:30 PM):

Amy Hill Hearth - Strong Medicine Speaks: A Native American Elder Has Her Say

Amy Hill Hearth, an oral history specialist, is a New York Times bestselling author whose honors include a George Foster Peabody Award. She is the author, with the late Sadie and Bessie Delany, of Having our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, the 1993 oral history that is considered a classic of the genre. Strong Medicine Speaks, Hearth latest book is an oral history of an 85 year old Native American woman who is the mother of a chief.

Afternoon Sessions (1:45 PM-3:15 PM):

Session C:

Rights of Passage: Practical Solutions for Getting Women into Politics
Facilitated Panel by Elaine Padilla, Social Science Faculty, Rockland Community College

Session D:

Who Will Fill Your Shoes: Creating the Next Generation of Women Leaders?
Gloriana B. Waters, Vice Chancellor for Human Resource Management at the City University of New York

Reception (3:15 PM-4:00 PM):

- Developing a Social Network
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