Wellesley Business Leadership Council
Upcoming Events
Regional Events
California Regional Event
Friday, April 19, 2013
6:30 PM
Lean In Discussion with BLCers
New York Region
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Dinner with Barbara Creed
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Boston Regional Event
Thursday, May 9, 2013
6:00 PM
Cultivating Leadership: What Makes It Work? How Can We Help?”
Guest speaker Layli Maparyan, Ph.D.,Katherine Stone Kaufmann '67, Executive Director, Wellesley Centers for Women
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2013 Plenary
Wellesley College
Welcome to our New Members
Past Events
2012 Plenary
November 8-10, 2012
The Evolution of Strategy – Creating Value for Organizations in a Changing World
A Plenary focused on challenging our skills to be most impactful with today's Stakeholders at every stage of our careers.
Regional Events
Florida Regional Event
Saturday, March 16, 2013
Lunch in Bonita Springs, FL
California Regional Event
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Historical Walking Tour of San Francisco
New York Regional Event
Tuesday, February 5, 2012
Cocktail Party
Mid-Atlantic/DC Regional Event
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Brunch
Lynne Miller's Home, VA
California Regional Event - Tips from the Top: Career Advice from Senior Bay Area Business Execs
Sunday, January 13th
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Chicago Regional Event
Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 6:30 PM
Cocktails, Dinner, and Lively Conversation
The Pump Room, 1301 North State Parkway, Chicago, IL
Boston Region Professor Series Dinner
Harvard Fellow and Wellesley Assistant Professor Hahrie Han spoke about the 2012 presidential election.
October 9, 2012
Chilton Club, Boston, MA
Mid-Atlantic/DC Region
Dinner and informal discussion about Corporate Boards
October 17
Cosmos Club, Washington, DC
West/California Region
Dinner on Monday, September 24Mistral Restaurant, Redwood City, CA.
2013 Retreat
April 11-14, 2013
Gettysburg, PA
We will observe the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address. Highlights of the weekend will be Friday evening when we will have the Gettysburg Visitor Center all to ourselves with access to the orientation film, cyclorama and museum, followed by dinner. The next day we will tour the battlefield with an expert guide. To prepare for the weekend, we recommend reading The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara.
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Campus News
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton '69 hosted the Inaugural Institute of the Women in Public Service Project at Wellesley June 11-22, 2012. The Women in Public Service Project is a collaboration initiated by the U.S. State Department with Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley. To see the video, click here. Learn more about the project at the Project's website as well as at the State Department website. To read a blog of one of the attendees, click here.
Wellesley wins Master Card Foundation grant to fund scholarships for students from East Africa! To learn more, click here.
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Members in the News
Mary Ellen Martin Zellerbach's firm, Martin Investment Management, LLC, was named a Top Ten Performer of the Decade by Informa Investment Solutions.
Jaynie Studenmund has joined the boards of Core Logic (CLGX), a premier data information and management company, and Pinnancle Entertainment (PNK), a leading gaming and entertainment company. Both are publicly traded. A small world story is that Desiree Rogers and Jaynie both joined the Pinnacle Board at the same time.
Denise Brosseau has been named as a recipient of the Forever Green Award, to be given in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Northern California. Learn more.