Ellen H. Yankellow
2009-10 President
network 2000, inc
founded in 1993 with the mission to promote the advancement of women in professional and executive positions.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2006
Contact: Courtney Reiter
410-654-0000
Courtney@bonnieheneson.com
WORKSHOP TO HELP WOMEN GET ON CORPORATE BOARDS
Baltimore—Network 2000, Inc., and Greater Baltimore Committee are presenting a March 28 workshop that will provide tips, techniques and research results for businesswomen to improve their success for placement on corporate boards.
The workshop, titled “All aBoard: Getting Considered for Board Service,” will be held Tuesday, March 28, at the Tremont Grand Hotel in the Corinthian Room (225 Charles St.). Registration and a continental breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m., and the workshop program will follow at 8 a.m. The cost of the workshop, including breakfast, is $35.
It will feature expert panelists who will discuss topics including, how to join a board of directors, critical criteria of a prospective director; the importance of board diversity; and how to build a diverse board. In addition, the workshop will provide a forum for Network 2000 to announce results of its new study examining the makeup of corporate boards in Maryland.
Workshop panelists include James Brady, managing director, Ballantrae International, Ltd.; Robert Lawless, chairman, president and CEO, McCormick & Co., Inc.; Margaret Preston, executive vice president, Mercantile Safe Deposit and Trust Company; and Abigail E. Smith, Abigail E. Smith and Associates.
For more information or to register, visit www.gbc.org or call Sara Bruszewski at 410-727-2820.
###Network 2000, Inc., a statewide organization of business and professional women and men, that initiates, supports and engages in educational programs and activities to prepare and promote women to achieve their full professional potential. Members serve as role models to women of all age groups. The organization also seeks to place women on corporate and non-profit boards and educate the public on the benefits of having women in decision-making positions.
The Greater Baltimore Committee is a regional, membership organization of more than 450 businesses and not-for-profit organizations. Members are located in Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard Counties. Its current top strategic priorities include strengthening bioscience industry growth, development of a fast and reliable transit system in the Baltimore region, and nurturing the development of minority-owned and women-owned businesses.