2009 POWER® Chicago Dinners, Hosts & Speakers
The list is updated on a regular basis as new speakers, hosts and dinners are added.
Climate Change—NEW! International Business Hosts:Helen Howes, Vice President, Corporate Environment Host:Anita Tang, Managing Director, Royal Roots Health & Safety, Exelon Corporation; Peggy Davis, Vice President, Diversity & Staffing, Exelon Corporation; Shelley Keller, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Exelon Speakers:Monica Chen, Director, Hong Kong Economic
& Trade Office (New York); Pat Curran, Executive Vice President (retired) People, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Donna Corporate Boards Sims Wilson, Executive Vice President, Head of Equity Sales and Trading, M. R. Beal & Company Host: Tara Goff Kamradt, Partner, Katten Muchin & Rosenman, LLP Marketing & Advertising Thought Leaders:Deborah DeHaas, Vice Chairman & Hosts:Carla Michelotti, Executive Vice President Regional Managing Partner, Deloitte, LLP; Vicki W. Kramer, & General Counsel, Leo Burnett Worldwide;
Principal, V. Kramer & Associates; Cheryl Mayberry Sarah Paulsen, Vice President, Account Director, McKissack, Founder, President & CEO, Nia Enterprises, LLC Leo Burnett Worldwide Corporate Leadership Speakers:Lisa Cochrane, Vice President, Integrated Marketing Communications, Al state Insurance Group; Hosts:Cynde Hirschtick Munzer, Partner, Arnstein & Catherine G. Guthrie, President, Multi-National Accounts,
Lehr, LLP; Wynonna Redmond, Director, Public Affairs &
Leo Burnett Worldwide; Sherren Leigh, Publisher & Editorial Government Relations, Dominick’s
Speakers:Gina Boswell, President, Global Brands, Alberto- Culver; Margaret Fogarty DeWoskin, Chief Investment Not-for-Profit Officer & Chief Operating Officer, ORIX Real Estate Capital,
Host:Barbara Talisman, President, Talisman Associates,
Inc.; Rosemary Haefner, Vice President, Human Resources, Inc. CareerBuilder.com; Kathleen M. Kedrowski, Managing Speaker:Kelly White, Executive Director, Chicago Director, Navigant; Kristie Paskvan, Chief Financial Officer, The C-Suite Philanthropy Host:Marguerite H. Griffin, Senior Vice President, Host:Susan Gallagher, Managing Director, National Director of Philanthropic Services, Northern Trust
Education Politics Host:Elizabeth A. Evans, Executive Director, Il inois Network of Charter Schools Hosts:Patty Dondanville, Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP; Paula J. Morency, Partner, Schiff Hardin LLP Entrepreneurs Science & Technology Host:Sandra Rand Host:Eileen Sweeney, Director of Corporate and Speaker:Margaret Garner, President, Broadway Foundation Philanthropic Relations, Motorola
Consolidated Companies; Christy Webber, President, Speakers:Valinda Scarbro Kennedy, Financial Services General Counsels—NEW! All participants will receive our POWERConnections Hosts:Regine Corrado, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP; Directory, which lists contact information for everyone Olivia Tyrrell, Partner, Baker & McKenzie, LLP who attends our 2009 program. Steering Committee:Mary Ann Hynes, Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary & Chief Compliance POWERMinis NEW! Officer, Corn Products International, Inc.; Michele Coleman Mayes, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Al state
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President, General Counsel, McDonald's Corporation
Networking 101 (sponsored by Motorola) Host:Denise Bujak, Senior Vice President & Chief
Facilitator: Nila Betof, CEO, The Leader’s Edge/Leaders By Financial Officer, Health Care Service Corporation
Hospitality—NEW! How to Brand Yourself (sponsored by Kraft Foods) Facilitator: C. Perry Yeatman, Senior Vice President, Host:Felicia Shallow-Davis, Dean, Student Affairs, How to Make a Pitch Speaker:Lisa Langfeldt, Recruiter, Lettuce Entertain You
Facilitator: Renee Amoore, Founder & President,
Enterprises; Laurel Rhoads McCarthy, Director of Sales,
Krisam Group, President, Meeting Planning International
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