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

 

2013 Fall Plenary

November 7-9, 2013
Wellesley College

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Welcome to our New Members

 

 

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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 24
Mistral Restaurant, Redwood City, CA. 

2013 Retreat

2013 Spring 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.