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founded in 1993 with the mission to promote the advancement of women in professional and executive positions.
Women of Excellence
Previous Speakers
Women of Excellence Speakers—1993–2007
- 1993
- Patricia Aburdene, “Megatrends for Women”
- 1994
- Cokie Roberts, Radio and Television Commentator
- 1995
- Deborah Tannen, “Talking from 9 to 5”
- 1996
- The Honorable Ann Richards, Former Governor of Texas
- 1997
- The Honorable Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- 1997
- The Lady Margaret Thatcher, Former Prime Minister of Great Britain
- 1998
- Coretta Scott King, Civil Rights Activist
- 1999
- Lea Rabin, Former First Lady of Israel
- 2000
- Ann Compton and Panel Discussion with Cisco System's Dixie Garr, All first's Susan Keating, IBM Corp.’s Linda Sanford
- 2001
- Dee Dee Myers, First woman and youngest person ever to serve as White House Press Secretary
- 2002
- Madeleine K. Albright, 64th Secretary of State of the U.S. and First woman Secretary of State
- 2004
- Paula Zahn, Anchor of CNN Primetime Evening News
- 2005
- Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland
- 2006
- Jehan Sadat, internationally recognized human rights activist for women and peace, and the former First Lady of Egypt
- 2007
- Valerie Plame Wilson, former CIA covert operations officer