More Than 110 Attended The Executive Leadership Council Black Women's Leadership Symposium

(l to r) Leilani Brown, chief marketing officer, Starr Companies; Nicole Lewis, vice president, global marketing, Kelly Services; Susan E. Chapman, senior vice president, global real estate and workplace enablement, American Express; and Julia Brown, senior vice president, global procurement, Kraft Foods at the 2011 Executive Leadership Council® Black Women’s Leadership Symposium on Tuesday, July 19 in Chicago, Illinois, at The Metropolitan Club in the Willis Tower (Photo Credit: Dot Ward, Inc.)

Alexandria, VA (July 29, 2011)—More than 110 leading Black women managers participated in an invitation-only 2011 Executive Leadership Council® Black Women’s Leadership Symposium on Tuesday, July 19 in Chicago, Illinois, at The Metropolitan Club in the Willis Tower. Ertharin Cousin, Ambassador, United States Mission to the U.N. Agencies in Rome delivered the luncheon keynote address.  Immediately following the symposium, an additional 125 women joined the group for the Black Women On…Public Policy, a free event that targeted high potential junior to mid-level Black women executives. 

The 2011 theme was Public Policy and explored Black women’s influence and involvement in the political process and legislation.  Topics ranged from the creation of legislation to the presence of Black women in the political arena to the impact of media on the political process.

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