Two Women’s Journeys into the Boardroom:  Insights & Lessons for Fast-Tracking Females

Date : Dec 03, 2009
Time : 7:30am - 10:00am
Location:
Nova Southeastern University, Julian and Ellen Knight Lecture Hall and Dr. William S. Spears Courtyard Atrium in the Carl DeSantis Building
Address:
3301 College Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (See attached pdf for driving directions)

Online Cost: $40.00
At Door Cost: $50.00

Speaker(s):
Yvonne R. Jackson, President-BeecherJackson Inc., Board member and Chair of Compensation Committee for Winn-Dixie; Advisory Council member of Price Waterhouse Cooper, Chair of the Board of Spelman College. Yvonne is former head of Human Resources and Chief People Officer for 3 Fortune 500 Companies, now owns her own firm and is a former Board member of Best Buy Inc.

Carole Ann Taylor, President-Miami To-Go, Miami Concepts and Little Havana To-Go at Miami International Airport and Little Havana. Carole Ann has been in the travel retail and duty free business for 22 years following a career in Federal, State and local government service. Carole sits on the following boards and committees: board member and member of Audit and Compensation Committees for Perfumania Holdings, Inc. Executive Committee member Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. Board member Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center, Miami Fashion Week, Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Viernes Culturales and Visitor Industry Council.

Lauren E. Smith is Managing Director in the Miami office of Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson, the world's sixth largest retained executive search firm. She is a founder and is on the Advisory Board of the National Association of Corporate Directors Florida Chapter, a Board of Directors Member, Trustee and past Chair of Chairman's Circle of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the Board of Governors for the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship, Nova Southeastern University.


Details:
Winn-Dixie Board Member, Yvonne Jackson and Perfumania Board Member, Carole Ann Taylor will share their personal stories of how they landed in the boardrooms of corporate America and the bumps they encountered along the way. This in depth and insightful view into their experiences will be led by Lauren Smith of the retained executive search firm, Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson.

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