Building Partnerships: What Men Can Do to Advance Women’s Leadership, Tues Oct. 5

Just heard about this from an email from a fellow woman professional....
~Katharine
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The Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard invites you to attend:
Building Partnerships: What Men Can Do to Advance Women’s Leadership:
Oct 5, 2010
12:30 – 6:30 PM
Event Oval
Diana Center, Barnard College

12:30 – 2 p.m. - Luncheon and Keynote:
Introduction: Debora Spar, President, Barnard College
Introduction of Keynote Speakers: Stephanie Bell-Rose, Managing Director, TIAA-CREF Institute
Keynote: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, authors of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
2:00 – 2:30 - Break, Book Signing, Coffee and Dessert

2:30 – 3:45 - Panel Discussion: Strategies for Advancement: Tales from the Public Sector
Moderator: Marie Wilson, Founder and President, The White House Project
Panel Participants:
Wade Henderson, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Leadership Conference Education Fund
*Corey Booker, Mayor, Newark, New Jersey
James Basker, Professor of English and Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History, Barnard College

4:00 – 5:15 - Panel Discussion: The Value Added: Lessons Learned in the Business World
Moderator, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Ravi Singh, Managing Director Credit Suisse
Jeffrey Toobin, CNN Legal Correspondent
Craig Jones, Global Head of Diversity, Barclays Wealth
*Conrad Person– Director, Corporate Contributions, Johnson & Johnson
5:30 – 6:30 Cocktail Reception

* invited, not yet confirmed

RSVP: athenacenter@barnard.edu or call 212 854-1197