New Chair For The National Women’s Business Council

By: Heather Cassell

The National Women’s Business Council announced President George W. Bush intends to appoint Carole Jean Jordan as chair.

“I look forward to continuing to work with the other members of the Council to advance the state of women’s business ownership in this country,” says Jordan in a June 17 news release. “I hope to build upon the valuable contributions to female business owners.”

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Brokering Change: A Wall Street Multicultural Women’s Exchange

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Last Tuesday, June 24, 2008, Goldman Sachs held a half-day conference for women from multicultural backgrounds who work at Wall Street’s top firms. Aynesh Johnson, Vice President and Global Head of the Office of Global Leadership and Diversity at Goldman Sachs described the event.

“Our Brokering Change program is a pivotal element of the Goldman Sachs Multicultural Women’s Initiative, which aims to enhance workplace experience, promote career development and advancement, and facilitate relationship building among Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American women. As a firm, we are excited about being able to champion and support opportunities that promote broader inclusion on Wall Street.”

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CAADA Summer Party!

CAADA is a charity established to encourage the use of independent advocacy as a way to increase the safety of survivors.

We are working to create a consistent, professional and effective response for all survivors of domestic violence and in particular those at high risk. We do this through delivering services directly to advocacy projects, their local multi-agency partners and also through our work with funders, policy advisers and government.

Please join us for drinks as we celebrate three years of helping victims
of domestic abuse find a way out.

For more information on CAADA

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How to Find A Job In A Difficult Market

FREE* TELECLASS

Should your job search strategy be different in a tough economy? Is a career change unthinkable right now? Should you focus on hanging on at your current company or start looking just in case?

Join this free* 45-minute teleclass to explore your job search options in a difficult market.

Hear from Caroline Ceniza-Levine, co-founder of SixFigureStart and former executive search and corporate recruiter. Learn how the hiring process really works.

Space is limited. Email info@sixfigurestart.com to register and get the call-in details.

*For free teleclasses there is no charge for the class, but you are responsible for any long-distance phone charges incurred to access the conference phone line.

Caroline Ceniza-Levine

212-372-0277

Life Coach www.thinkasinc.com

Career Coach www.sixfigurestart.com

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35 Women Under 35: Lisa Ditlefsen, Head of Search at Base One

By: Elizabeth Harrin

The same week that Lisa Ditlefsen turned 30, she collected her prize at the BlackBerry Women & Technology Awards for the best use of technology by a woman under 30. She received the award for the work she has done creating an SEO (search engine optimization) department at Base One. Not bad for someone who three years ago admitted she knew nothing about online marketing.

Lisa came to London from Norway in 1999 on a gap year and fell into B2B marketing more or less by chance, after a stint working on a travel magazine. After a break to have her daughter, she returned to Base One and was offered the chance to do something the company had never done before – search engine marketing.
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“Challenges for an Incoming CFO: Managing Your Organization Through a Credit Crisis”

Please join 100 Women in Hedge Funds for Lehman’s Annual Risk event, featuring Erin Callan, CFO of Lehman Brothers, as she discusses challenges she has faced in helping navigate Lehman through the credit turmoil in her recently appointed role as CFO. She will offer her insights on both the mitigation of risk during volatile market conditions as well as the outlook for Lehman and in the industry.

Speaker: Erin Callan, Chief Financial Officer, Lehman Brothers

Networking and cocktails following session.

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Senior Techleaders: Leadership, the Final Frontier

A two day workshop for senior level women to increase their networking and leadership skills.

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Voices of Experience: Julia Kaufmann-Yu, Vice President at Goldman Sachs

Julia Kaufmann-Yu has been going full speed ahead since she on-ramped back into a career in financial services about four months ago. Julia is currently a Vice President at Goldman Sachs, within the Strategic and Technology Initiatives group. At the New Directions: Next Steps in Your Career, a conference about on-ramping sponsored by Goldman Sachs, Julia spoke on a panel about her experiences re-entering the job market after taking some time off to raise her three young children. The Glass Hammer sat down with Julia in an interview recently, where she shared more of her insight and advice about how to re-enter the job market after taking a break.

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2008 MBA Women’s Conference

Join the Forté Foundation for the one women’s conference that brings together everything you need to conquer your world and packs it into one exhilarating weekend. Marshalling an international network of progressive companies, world-class business schools, and phenomenal women leaders, Forté’s MBA Women’s Conference brings you an unrivaled agenda of speakers and sessions that compel you to find your purpose, pursue your passion, and project your power.

Deadline to Register: June 16

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Movers and Shakers: West Coast Round-Up

By: Heather Cassell

Women are on the move in May and June into the executive suites of top industries.

Biotech

Pamela Cohen was hired as senior vice president and chief medical officer of Kosan Biosciences Inc. She was formerly the global oncology therapeutic head for GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics. Jane Moffitt became vice president of Nile Therapeutics Inc. in San Francisco. She formerly was the West Coast director of operations for SciLucent before joining the cardiovascular therapy biopharma. Mary Bolton was hired as vice president, clinical development of Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc. Judith Fox was promoted to vice president, product and preclinical development of the oncology therapeutics biopharma.

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