11th Annual Women, Power & Peace: Conference Promotes Diversity and Transparency in Leadership

April 8, 2008 - PRLog -- Forty years after Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis by a white man, the emergence of the first African-American presidential candidate with a very real chance of winning the White House has Americans talking about equality more now than ever.

Times change. The face of corporate America has changed with more African-Americans, Latinos and Women running key Fortune 500 Companies, and Small Businesses that are on the rise. According to an article written by Wharton's Knowledge@Wharton:

Diversity is variety -- different ethnicities, races and genders represented within a workforce at every level, from the mailroom to the boardroom. Experts say that representation is the backbone of a strong corporate diversity program. Once diversity is tied to business needs, adds Nancy DiTomaso, a professor of management and global business at Rutgers Business School in New Brunswick and Newark, N.J., it needs to be "sufficiently inclusive to build alliances and bridges, rather than create disruption and discord." [1]

At the 11th Annual Women, Power & Peace: Leadership for a New Tomorrow conference, these key issues will be the central focus for speakers and panelists offering poignant perspectives for corporate and professional women with over 1000 attendees expected to attend this year's event.

Just as the report suggests, diversity is tied to business needs and is a topic that should be addressed candidly amongst business leaders in order to build alliances and prepare for change. This year's focus on transparency and diversity in Leadership brings out phenomenal speakers in the greater Atlanta-Metro area. You will hear presentations by:

Celeste Jonson, Nationally Syndicated Radio Host of "Focus on Women", will discuss the art of networking in "Is Your 'Net' Working"

Marsha Sampson Johnson, Senior Vice President of HR and Chief Diversity Office for the Southern Company will introduce luncheon keynote, Elizabeth Edwards

Emma S. Allen, of Emma Allen Enterprises will share her winning strategies for living your best life through Financial Freedom in "Start Now, Finish Rich"

Deardra Green-Campbell, Tracee Sapp and Brenda Muhammad will help lead the panel discussion at the Women's Entrepreneurial Resource Panel - "How to Start and Run a Successful Business"

Chandra Moran, Business Banking Director at Wachovia will help facilitate the forum, "Women, Wealth & Power - The Key to Financial Freedom"

Conference attendees will have an opportunity for candid dialogue and discussions that will help prepare leaders for a change, no matter their career levels, in how we view global business relations, employee relations, global economic relations as well as diversity in the workplace.

Linda Wind, CEO of Wind Enterprises adds, "Wind Enterprises has always supported diversity in all areas - race, color, religion, age and gender to name a few - not just because it's a good thing to do, but it's the right thing to do. Our leadership conferences mirror that same diversity; we have hosted wonderful keynote speakers such as Della Reese, Ray Anderson, Judge Glenda Hatchett, Dr. Nicholas Perricone, Myrlie Evers Williams, Chin Ning Chu, Dr. Johnnetta Cole, and the list goes on. Our attendees mirror that same microcosm of equality and diversity every year. We will continue to support diversity in the workplace, in our homes, and in the global world we live in."

An exciting first for the conference is a Plenary Keynote panel of some of the most powerful women leaders in the United States - "Women, Power and Peace: Leadership for a New Tomorrow" panel includes: Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel; Presiding Justice Carol Hunstein, Supreme Court of Georgia; Mayor Shirley Franklin, City of Atlanta (invited); Chief Judge Anne Elizabeth Barnes, Georgia Court of Appeals and moderated by The Honorable Liane Levetan, Former CEO DeKalb County, Georgia and State Senator.

The conference attendees will be welcomed by The Honorable Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, State of Georgia, making this a must attend conference for corporate women professionals as well as women business owners. A fabulous line-up of workshop leaders complements the internationally acclaimed keynotes to make this the event of the year for female professionals.

About Possible Woman Leadership Conferences
With the reputation of offering world-class leadership conferences and events that target Fortune 500 companies, professional corporate women, and women business owners, the Possible Woman Leadership Conference is quickly becoming the premier regional women's leadership conference in the Southeast. Many corporations send their high potential employees and management personnel to this one-day conference as a cost-effective vehicle for corporate leadership development.

About Wind Enterprises
Founded in 1996, Wind Enterprises is a corporation committed to the personal and professional development of the business executive and career woman. The company offers one day leadership development conferences and business weekend retreats on land and at sea, as well as customized leadership development programs for corporations. Wind Enterprises has offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Dallas, Texas. A portion of all proceeds will benefit the Possible Woman Foundation International, founded by Linda Wind, to award non-traditional academic scholarships to women returning to the workplace.

To get more information about workshops and sessions tailored to corporate women and women business owners, please visit http://www.possiblewoman.com for more details

[1] Knowledge@Wharton, "Diversity in Corporate America: Still a Work in Progress"


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