Annual Business and Leadership Conference for Women in Massachusetts

2007 Keynote Speakers

	Anna Quindlen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author who writes Newsweek's popular column "The Last Word." During the past 30 years, her work has appeared in America's most influential newspapers and magazines and on fiction and nonfiction best-seller lists. Her novel, One True Thing, was made into a major motion picture; Black and Blue was a selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club. While a columnist for The New York Times, she became the third woman in the paper's history to write a regular column, Public and Private, for its influential Op-Ed page. Her latest novel, Rise and Shine, debuted on the New York Times best-seller list at #1.
	René Syler is the author of Good Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting, and most recently the anchor of CBS News' The Early Show. A television reporter and anchor for over 20 years, Ms. Syler is an active member of the National Association of Black Journalists, was named the 1997 American Women in Radio and Television Personality of the Year and received the 2004 Gracie Allen Award for Individual Achievement in the National Best Anchor category for her breast cancer series. Currently, she is a 2007-2008 ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
	Jack Welch began his career with the General Electric Company in 1960 and in 1981 became the company's eighth chairman and CEO. During his tenure, GE's market capitalization increased by $400 billion, making it the world's most valuable corporation. In 1999, Fortune named him the manager of the century, and the Financial Times recently named him one of the three most admired business leaders in the world. Upon retiring from GE in 2001, Mr. Welch published his internationally best-selling autobiography Jack: Straight from the Gut. He now teaches at MIT's Sloan School of Management and speaks to business leaders and students around the world.
	Suzy Welch is a noted business journalist, a former editor of the Harvard Business Review, and the author of numerous articles on leadership, change, creativity and organizational behavior. She is currently a contributing editor of O magazine, where she writes about workplace and career issues, and is an executive-in-residence at Babson College's Center for Women's Leadership. Together, Suzy and Jack Welch write The Welch Way for BusinessWeek magazine, and their column, through The New York Times syndicate, appears in more than 30 major newspapers around the world.

2007 Panel Speakers

	Adrianne Ahern, Ph.D. is a peak performance psychologist, speaker, and author of Snap Out of It Now! With over 15 years of research and clinical experience, she has developed specific tools and techniques to hardwire our brains to work for us, not against us. Dr. Ahern guides top-level performers, from managers to star athletes, in achieving their maximum potential by using a unique blend of performance advising, self-mastery training, and leading-edge performance feedback technology. Her process includes confronting and eliminating every obstacle. According to Dr. Ahern, there are only two options: face it or get chased by it.
	Mara Aspinall is president of Genzyme Genetics, a division of Genzyme Corporation. Genzyme Genetics is a nationwide leading provider of testing services focusing on the oncology, personalized medicine, and reproductive markets. Under Ms. Aspinall's leadership, Genzyme Genetics has expanded its range and reach in the marketplace. The team has successfully completed and integrated four acquisitions, expanded research and development programs, and initiated new programs for community outreach and education. Recently, Ms. Aspinall co-authored an article published in the Harvard Business Review titled "Realizing the Promise of Personalized Medicine." During her 11 years at Genzyme, she also served as president of Genzyme Pharmaceuticals.
	Leslie Bennetts, contributing editor at Vanity Fair since 1988, writes on subjects that have ranged from movie stars to U.S. anti-terrorism policy. Her 2005 cover story featuring Jennifer Aniston was the best-selling issue in the magazine's history. Prior to joining Vanity Fair, Ms. Bennetts spent ten years as a reporter at The New York Times where she covered national politics, metropolitan and cultural news, and style. She was the first woman to cover a presidential campaign for the publication. Ms. Bennetts has also written for many other magazines, including Town & Country, Vogue, The Nation, and Women's Day.
	Genevieve Bos is the co-founder and publisher of the wildly successful entity known as Pink, the nation's only magazine, website, and events firm designed exclusively for professional women. Prior to founding Pink, she was a technology entrepreneur for seventeen years during which time she started and sold multiple companies. Ms. Bos is an advisory board member with the Georgia State University Center for Global Business Leadership and a member of the Board of Directors Network, which promotes women to public company boards.
	Beth A. Brooke is global vice chair of strategy, communications, and regulatory affairs of Ernst & Young, a leading global professional services organization providing audit, tax, transaction, and risk advisory services. She has spearheaded the creation of the Ernst & Young Corporate Social Responsibility group, including its Fellows Program. She also has been a long-time advocate of women's initiatives, diversity, inclusiveness, and workplace flexibility; these initiatives have contributed to Ernst & Young consistently being recognized by FORTUNE as one of the"100 Best Companies to Work For." Ms. Brooke has been named as one of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" and by Accounting Today as one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting."
	Ginger Burr is an image consultant and make-up artist who has built a remarkable career as an expert personal image coach. She has helped thousands of women enhance their appearance and, as a result, enhance their presence. In 1987, Ms. Burr launched her own company, Total Image Consultants, with the simple creed that a dynamic personal and professional image could be created without having to relinquish individual style or comfort. A notable speaker and leader in the field of fashion and style, her understanding of beauty trends and fashion image has been celebrated by The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Elegant Wedding, Fox News, and WHDH Television's Chronicle.
	Heather P. Campion is the former group executive vice president and director of corporate affairs at Citizens Financial Group, Inc. Ms. Campion came to Citizens from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. From 1990 to 1998, she was associate director of the Institute of Politics and director of the Public Affairs FORUM. At the Kennedy School, she also served as director of the Public Liaison Office, assistant director of the Center for Business and Government, and administrator of the Public Policy and Corporate Management program. She is active in many community organizations and sits on a number of boards, including those of AAA Southern New England, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, the New England Council and MassINC.
	Linda Carlson is the vice president of medical operations at EMD Serono, Inc. She has over 15 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Ms. Carlson is responsible for overseeing and managing medical operations within Medical Affairs at EMD Serono, Inc. under the chief medical officer, Dr. Paul Lammers. Ms. Carlson and her team provide support for EMD Serono's products by providing scientific information and education to customers and industry opinion leaders. Her team is also responsible for the implementation of Phase IIIB/IV clinical trials and the process for independent medical education and research grants.
	Gerald Chertavian is an accomplished entrepreneur who decided to dedicate his expertise toward a greater good by combining it with his passion for working with disadvantaged youths. In 2000, he founded Year Up, a year-long program that teaches low-income youths skills they need to transition to careers or higher education. His program will serve over 500 students in 2007 and creates a cost effective way for companies to recruit employees. Mr. Chertavian co-founded Conduit Communications in 1993 and brought the company to $20 million in annual revenues before selling it and dedicating his attention to helping others. He has been featured in numerous publications such as Time, Business Week, and The Boston Globe and has won many awards for his philanthropic efforts.
	Nancy Clark, M.S., R.D. is an internationally known sports nutritionist who counsels both competitive athletes and casual exercisers. Ms. Clark is a dietician who specializes in nutrition, exercise, wellness, and the management of eating disorders. Her successful private practice is located at Healthworks, the premier fitness center in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and her beneficial advice has adorned the back of the famed Wheaties box. Her clients have included team members from the Red Sox, the Bruins, and the Celtics, as well as several Olympians. Ms. Clark has authored four books, including her best-selling Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook.
	Carol Fishman Cohen is a sought-after expert and consultant on the topic of career re-entry. She is the co-author of Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work. Ms. Cohen is also the co-founder of iRelaunch, a company connecting mid-career professionals in all stages of career break with each other, with resources, and with employers. Her alma mater, the Harvard Business School, made Ms. Cohen the subject of a case study about a professional woman who resumed her career after an extended leave at home.
	Dr. Debra Condren is author of amBITCHous, a woman's guide to redefining ambition as a virtue, not a dirty word, earning her worth, and achieving her dreams. Dr. Condren is a psychologist, business and executive coach, and career adviser, and is the founder and executive director of the Women's Business Alliance. Her client roster includes a diverse list of Fortune 500 companies and a wide array of entrepreneurs, executives, professionals, and students between the ages of 16 and 60. Her advice has been featured in major media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, BusinessWeek, CNN's Paula Zahn Now, ABC's Nightline, Fox national news, and NPR's Morning Edition.
	Renee Connolly joined EMD Serono, Inc. in June 2004 as vice president of U.S. Corporate Communications, where she is responsible for all external and internal communications, including public relations and community affairs. Prior to joining EMD Serono, Ms. Connolly was general manager for the Euro-RSCG public relations firm, where she led the lifesciences practice. Ms. Connolly sits on the board of the United Way's Math, Science, and Technology Initiative. She is a member of the Healthcare Businesswoman's Association, and is active in PhRMA, BIO, and the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council. She received her undergraduate degree from Ithaca College in New York.
	Pam Cope is the co-founder of Touch A Life Ministries, an organization she and her husband started in order to help desperate children in faraway places. The organization began when the Copes decided to use the memorial fund established for their son, who died of a heart defect, to finance shelters for children who were abused, handicapped, living on the street, or orphaned by AIDS in Cambodia and Vietnam. Most recently, Ms. Cope's mission of rescuing children, who had been working as indentured servants on fishing boats in Ghana, was featured on Oprah and in The New York Times.
	Vicki Donlan is the former publisher and founder of Women's Business Boston, a 25,000 controlled-circulation newspaper devoted to women in business in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Her new book, Her Turn: Why It's Time for Women to Lead in America, is due to be released in fall 2007. She was the first executive director of The Commonwealth Institute, a nonprofit organization founded to assist women entrepreneurs in the growth of their businesses. Having spent the first 12 years of her career in the newspaper business, Ms. Donlan is currently fulfilling her dream of circulating a newspaper that empowers women and changes the face of business news.
	Sharon Epperson, a correspondent at CNBC since 1996, covers personal finance, the energy markets, and other business and financial news. She is also a personal finance columnist for USA Weekend magazine, a contributor to Essence and Time magazines, and author of The Big Payoff: 8 Steps For Couples To Make The Most Of Their Money — And Live Richly Ever After. Ms. Epperson also teaches a course on professional development for graduate students interested in careers in international media and communications at Columbia University's School of International Public Affairs.
	Donna Fenn is the author of Alpha Dogs: How Your Small Business Can Become a Leader of the Pack. A business journalist for more than 20 years, Ms. Fenn is an expert in entrepreneurial growth strategies and small business trends. She is a contributing editor at Inc. magazine and a community leader at Work.com. Her work has appeared in Inc., The New York Times, Newsweek, The Associated Press, The Washington Monthly, Working Woman, Working Mother, CFO, and Corporate Finance. From 1988 to 1992, she lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she was a correspondent for The Associated Press. She now lives in Pelham, New York.
	Carmen Fields is director of community relations and corporate giving for National Grid. Formerly director of media relations and corporate giving for KeySpan (now a part of National Grid), she has been a fixture in Boston's journalism community for over 25 years. A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, she earned a B.A. in journalism from Lincoln University (Missouri) and an M.S. in broadcast journalism from Boston University. She worked at the Boston Globe as a reporter, assistant city editor, and columnist, and was a part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Boston's school desegregation. Ms. Fields has also served as a television reporter/anchor and as assistant professor of journalism at Northeastern University.
	Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA is president of Francis Financial, Inc., a successful fee-only financial planning firm located in New York, and formerly served as director of investment relations and investment banking analyst at other New York firms. Ms. Francis has appeared on NBC's Today show, CNBC, and Fine Living and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, CNN, Dow Jones and Money magazine. She graduated cum laude from Middlebury College with a B.A. in international economics and also attended the NYU Center for Finance, Law and Taxation. Ms. Francis is founder of Savvy Ladies®, a non-profit organization educating and empowering women to take control of their finances.
	Carol Fulp, vice president, community relations at John Hancock Financial Services oversees the company's $11 million giving program focusing on Boston youth and families. Under Ms. Fulp's direction, John Hancock received the Points of Light Award for Excellence in Corporate Community Outreach. She has received awards for leadership from the Chamber of Commerce, YWCA, and YMCA as well as from Boston Mayor Menino. Ms. Fulp serves as a director of Delta Dental Services of Massachusetts and is a board member of Sail Boston 2009, JFK Library, BSO, and WGBH.
	Judy George is founder and CEO of Domain Home, a Boston-based specialty home furnishings retail chain with 27 locations throughout the Northeast. Ms. George is a shining example of the entrepreneurial spirit and of the evolution of women within the world of business and has been acknowledged for her contributions to the retail industry, women in business, and the community. Ms. George has co-authored two books, The Domain Book of Intuitive Home Design and The Intuitive Businesswoman, and has been praised for her unique entrepreneurial journey. With countless appearances in television, radio, and print as well as speaking engagements, Ms. George has proven herself as an exemplary female entrepreneur.
	Maia Germain is a vice president within State Street Global Advisors' Interactive Division. Prior to SSgA, Ms. Germain was the vice president of college relations and diversity staffing for State Street Corporation, responsible for the implementation of initiatives related to the diversification of the workforce and global branding on university campuses. Before State Street, she was the assistant director of employer relations at Suffolk University, where she cultivated employment opportunities for students. Supporting her work was her prior experience as founder/managing partner of Fenton McGreal Associates, a referral based recruitment agency. Ms. Germain graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Lehigh University
	Cynthia Geyer, M.D. is the medical director of Canyon Ranch, where she has been a member of its medical staff since 1998. She continues to advance the health resort's tradition of excellence in the areas of medicine, wellness, and prevention. Dr. Geyer is also part of the core faculty of the annual Food as Medicine Conference, which focuses on teaching nutrition-based medicine to healthcare providers and medical schools. As a physician, wife, and mother of twin boys, Dr. Geyer understands firsthand the challenges of trying to balance a busy life and the impact it can have on health and well-being.
	Robyn Gilmartin is the regional sales manager for Continental Airlines. She leads a team responsible for the airline's travel management and distribution strategy throughout Upstate New York, New England, and Canada. She was an undergraduate at Simmons College and received her MBA from the University of Buffalo. She currently sits on the board of directors for the New York State Business Travel Association and the National Business Travel Association's Corporate Social Responsibility Committee. She spends her time trying to minimize the environmental impact of business travel and maximize her personal impact with her husband and three children.
	Donna Latson Gittens is the founder and principal of causemedia, inc., which serves socially conscious corporations and nonprofits. The agency is partner with industry leaders including the Boston Red Sox, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, AIDS Action of Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Prior to launching causemedia in 1997, Ms. Latson Gittens had a 20-year career as a corporate executive at WCVB-TV and won numerous awards, including a Gabriel, an Emmy Award, and the National Education Association Award. She recently received the first annual Jackie Robinson Award for Most Valuable Diverse Business Partner from the Boston Red Sox and Major League Baseball.
	Susan Hackley is managing director of the Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School. PON is a world-renowned university consortium dedicated to developing rigorous scholarship and a deep understanding of negotiation practice. She also serves as publisher of the monthly Negotiation Newsletter. Before joining PON, she worked in communications, public service, and politics. She also co-founded an Internet company, an e-philanthropy site dedicated to raising money for nonprofit enterprises and helping people connect to causes they care about. Ms. Hackley has a Master of Public Administration degree from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and she serves as chair of the board of directors of the Alliance for Peacebuilding.
	Hilda Haddock is director of Corporate Human Resources for Raytheon Company. She was appointed to this position in 2007. Raytheon Company, with 2006 sales of $20.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security, and other government markets throughout the world. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide. Ms. Haddock joined Raytheon in 2002 and served as human resources director for Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems business, Future Naval Capability, Surveillance and Sensors Systems programs, and Corporate Finance. She has a proven track record of leading successful human resources teams, building effective business partner relationships, and looking forward strategically in a results based environment.
	Denise Hajjar is a designer and owner of Denise Hajjar Design. With over 25 years of experience she has established herself as a top designer, having sold her creations nationally to department stores, specialty boutiques, and individual clients. Ms. Hajjar has designed costumes for television, theatre, commercials, and movies. She recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Fashion, and has been recognized with numerous other awards including Vision Leader Award, Exceptional Women Award, The Distinguished Alumni Award, and Rising Star of the Year Award. She is also the creator and founder of the "Big Dreams Start Small" event to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
	Dr. Kathleen Hall, internationally renowned stress and work-life balance expert, is CEO of The Stress Institute, author, columnist, and radio show host. During times of stress and crisis, the media seeks the authoritative knowledge and direction of Dr. Hall. She is highly sought after by international media on how to live a healthy lifestyle by reducing stress and creating balance. Her appearances include NBC's Today, CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, Martha Stewart Radio, Fortune, Forbes, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Parents, Cosmopolitan, and Glamour. She authored A Life in Balance and Alter Your Life.
	Arar Han is the coeditor of Asian American X: An Intersection of 21st Century Asian American Voices. She is a frequent lecturer and media guest on identity issues and consults for organizations on building culturally inclusive practices. Ms. Han is currently co-authoring a book on fostering the career development needs of young Asian Americans. She is a special assistant to the CEO of Panera Bread, one of the nation's leading, fast-casual chain concepts. Prior to joining Panera, she was a case writer at Harvard Business School specializing in retail marketing.
	Jan Hargrave, CEO of Jan Hargrave & Associates, is the author of Let Me See Your Body Talk, Freeway of Love, Judge The Jury, and Strictly Business Body Language, all describing the "hidden messages" you use in your everyday life and showing you how to stop the lies and uncover the truth—in any conversation or situation. Ms. Hargrave received her bachelor's, master's, and specialist degrees in business/psychology from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She presently serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston.
	Heather Hatfield is director of corporate and scientific communications at EMD Serono, Inc. in Rockland, Massachusetts. In her role, she is responsible for driving the visibility of the organization's research and clinical development expertise as a leader in the U.S. biopharmaceutical arena. Ms. Hatfield has her master's degree in health communication from Emerson College and Tufts University School of Medicine. In addition, she is a contributing writer to WebMD and other leading health publications, having authored more than 100 consumer health articles. Her stories have also been featured on CBS.com, FoxNews.com, GoodHousekeeping.com, and MSNBC.
	Robin Hauck is founder and editor in chief of the online magazine Misstropolis. An interactive networking and information portal for women, Misstropolis addresses issues of life balance, wellness, guilt, and stress, providing a safe space for sharing stories and learning ways to lead less chaotic lives. By empowering her readers, Ms. Hauck hopes to help combat the stress inherent in modern life. She received her master's degree in new media from MIT and has worked in commercial production in New York and L.A. with Pixar, Spike Jones, Simon West, Marc Forster, and others. She writes about film for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and has appeared on television and radio as a guest expert on new media. She lives outside Boston with her husband and three children.
	Marian Heard is president and CEO of Oxen Hill Partners, leadership development specialists. She is former president and CEO of the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and CEO of the United Ways of New England, and she led the Boston United Way from #87 to #1 in America for major gifts. She is founding president, CEO, board member, and two-term national chairperson of the Points of Light Foundation and a founding member of MENTOR. She received the international Warren Bennis Leadership Award, was named Massachusetts and National Public Citizen of the Year, and has received 16 honorary degrees. She serves on the boards of several corporations and is a trustee of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
	Deborah Hicks is vice president of human resources of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., recognized as the number one health plan in the country by U.S. News &World Report. Ms. Hicks has over 20 years of experience in human resources, organizational development, operations, and training leadership. She joined Harvard Community Health Plan in 1988, progressing through several HR roles before her current appointment in 1999. She holds an M.A. in counseling psychology/organizational management from Antioch University and a B.A. in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Among other memberships, Ms. Hicks is on the Board of Directors of the New England Human Resources Association NEHRA and is the group's incoming president 2008.
	Lindsay Hyde founded Strong Women, Strong Girls (SWSG) during her freshman year at Harvard University. The mission of SWSG is to utilize the lessons learned from strong women throughout history to encourage girls and young women to become strong women themselves. Currently, SWSG engages over 400 at-risk girls annually. Based on the program's success, in 2007 SWSG was recognized as a "Social Innovator" by the Social Innovation Forum. Ms. Hyde graduated magna cum laude in 2004, and her leadership of SWSG has been widely recognized, most recently with a National Jefferson Award for the Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 or Younger.
	Anna Ivey, J.D. decided the fates of thousands of applicants as former dean of admissions at a top-ten law school and now works with high school students and twenty-somethings to help them make smart choices in school, at work, and in life. She has appeared on CNN and Fox News Channel, and has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Boston Business Journal, Fortune.com, Smart Money, and Marie Claire. She speaks at colleges around the country and publishes The Ivey Files, a blog for twenty-somethings, the parents who love them, and the bosses who manage them.
	Catherine Kaputa is a 20-year veteran of branding—from Madison Avenue to Wall Street to the halls of academia—and the founder of SelfBrand, a New York City–based brand-strategy firm that works with people and companies. She is the author of U R A BRAND! How Smart People Brand Themselves for Business Success and winner of the Ben Franklin award for Best Career book, 2007 and a bronze IPPY award. Ms. Kaputa was senior vice president, director of advertising at Citi Smith Barney for 15 years. She supervised the "I Love New York" campaign at Wells Rich Greene, worked at Trout & Ries Advertising, and taught at NYU Stern School of Business.
	Trish Karter is the CEO and co-founder of Dancing Deer Baking Co., which is lauded as one of the nation's most innovative natural food companies. The company partners in a philanthropic venture called the Sweet Home Project, with the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Foundation. Dancing Deer donates 35 percent of the retail price from the Sweet Home product line to direct action programs to end family homelessness. Ms. Karter is active in the local community and works with the City of Boston's efforts to promote economic well-being in otherwise overlooked areas. She received a master's degree in public and private management from Yale University and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, for her accomplishments as a mother, entrepreneur, activist, and artist.
	Kim Khazei returns to 7NEWS as the co-anchor of the 4:00pm, 4:30pm and 5:30pm newscasts with Matt Lorch, after taking a six-year break to focus on her family. An inspiration to working and stay-at-home moms, Ms. Khazei was thrilled to come back to a career she loves, covering news. She has reported on major national and international news for nearly two decades and quickly earned a reputation as a commanding anchor, especially during breaking news coverage. Outside the newsroom, she has been active in community projects such as Big Sister and Hospice.
	Alice Korngold consults corporations, nonprofits, foundations, universities, and healthcare institutions on corporate social responsibility, nonprofit governance, and philanthropy. Ms. Korngold authored Leveraging Good Will: Strengthening Nonprofits by Engaging Businesses and has been published in Directors & Boards and in Leader to Leader. From 1993 to 2005, Ms. Korngold was the president/CEO of Business Volunteers Unlimited; during her tenure, BVU placed 1,000 business executives on 275 nonprofit boards. Her work was featured in a front-page article of The Wall Street Journal. She is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania.
	Gloria Cordes Larson, Esq. was appointed the seventh president of Bentley College in July of 2007. Ranked first among Boston Magazine's "100 Most Powerful Women in Boston," Ms. Larson was co-chair of the government practices group for Foley Hoag LLP. Widely influential in economic policy, Ms. Larson recently led a business advisory cabinet for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and served as co-chair of his transition team. She was secretary of economic affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1993 to 1996 and secretary of consumer affairs from 1991 to 1993. Before joining the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, she was deputy director of consumer protection for the Federal Trade Commission and an attorney in private practice.
	Dee Lee is a certified financial planner and a financial educator as well as the author of many finance books. Women & Money was written to give women no-nonsense financial planning advice and discusses the financial roles women take on during their lifetimes. The Complete Idiot's Guide to 401(k) Plans is the resource book for retirement planning. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Retiring Early is all about catching the golden ring before age 65 and Let's Talk Money and Money were written to guide readers through the maze of personal finance. She also offers her common sense advice every afternoon on Boston radio (WBZ 1030 am).
	Shirley Leung is the assistant managing editor of business news at The Boston Globe. She oversees the daily business section, as well as the Real Estate, Careers, and Autos sections. Previously, Ms. Leung was a senior assistant business editor, overseeing the Sunday Business & Money section. Prior to coming to the Globe, she spent nearly six years at The Wall Street Journal as a reporter and began her career as a metro reporter at The Baltimore Sun and the Globe. She is a 1994 graduate of Princeton University and is a proficient speaker of Mandarin.
	Ronna Lichtenberg is the president of Clear Peak Communications, a management consulting firm founded in 1997. The firm has a proven track record in strategy development, business development, and relationship management training for field and sales leadership. Prior to founding Clear Peak, Ms. Lichtenberg was a senior vice president with Prudential Securities, where she was the first woman in the firm's history named to its top management group, the Operating Council. These days, Ms. Lichtenberg is best known for her book, Pitch Like A Girl: How A Woman Can Be Herself And Still Succeed, and as a dynamic motivational speaker.
	Lori K. Long, Ph.D., author of The Parent's Guide to Family Friendly Work, is a career-planning guide for parents. Ms. Long is the president of LK Consulting, LLC, and also an adjunct professor of management at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio. With more than 15 years of human resource management and career counseling experience, she provides realistic advice on how to create a work arrangement that works with your family.
	Liz Lynch is a sought-after speaker and business networking expert whose products, programs, and seminars help entrepreneurs and professionals get clients, build their businesses, and accelerate their careers through networking. She is founder of the Center for Networking Excellence and author of 102 Secrets to Smarter Networking. Ms. Lynch also runs a successful strategy and business development consulting firm, Liz Lynch Ltd. which she has grown exclusively through networking, no cold calling required! She holds an engineering degree from UC Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford University.
	JoAnn E. Manson, M.D., Dr.P.H. is professor of medicine and the Elizabeth Fay Brigham professor of women’s health at Harvard Medical School, chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), and co-director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at BWH. She is also Principal Investigator of the Women's Health Initiative in Boston. Author of Hot Flashes, Hormones & Your Health and The 30-Minute Fitness Solution and an endocrinologist and epidemiologist, Dr. Manson is actively involved in women’s health research, including several large-scale studies of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and osteoporosis. Her research has focused on the role of reproductive and hormonal factors and novel plasma and genetic markers as predictors of CVD and diabetes.
	Barbara A. Margolies is the founder of the volunteer International Organization for Women and Development (IOWD). While teaching in a State Department international information program in Niger, she was introduced to a specific female problem called obstetric fistula. Determined to help women afflicted by this horrific problem, she founded IOWD. Ms. Margolies leads surgeons and nurses to Niger four times a year; over the past four years, her teams have performed over 650 surgeries and examined more than 1,200 women. Her passion to restore health and dignity to these women has sparked a quiet social revolution against the deeply embedded tradition of early marriage and teenage motherhood. Ms. Margolies is also an educator, author, and photographer of children's books, and an international lecturer.
	Courtney E. Martin is an award-winning author of Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body. She is also a widely read freelance journalist and blogger whose focus is on gender, politics, feminism, and work-life balance. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Christian Science Monitor, Metro, Alternet, The Huffington Post, and The Village Voice, among others. Ms. Martin is currently an adjunct professor of gender studies at Hunter College.
	Anne McCaffrey, M.D., M.P.H. is an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School, in the Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medicine, and is director of research and education at the Marino Center for Progressive Health, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her research publications have focused on how patients view complementary medicine as a component of their approach to wellness, and to a quantitative characterization of the determinants patients use in seeking complementary and integrative care.
	Debra B. Miller, senior vice president and director of corporate affairs in New England for Citizens Bank, oversees public and community relations, media, internal communications, charitable contributions, and government affairs. She also oversees the bank's CRA activities company-wide. She began her banking career in 1978, and has been at Citizens since 1993. In 1999 and 2003, she led Citizens Bank New Hampshire's effort to obtain an Outstanding CRA rating from the FDIC. She was appointed by Governor Jeanne Shaheen to serve as a trustee for the University System of New Hampshire. In 2003, Ms. Miller was named one of New Hampshire's "Remarkable Women" by New Hampshire Magazine.
	Elissa Montani is an impassioned relief worker who was inspired to start the Global Medical Relief Fund in 1996 after encountering a young child-amputee from war-ravaged Bosnia. The Global Relief Fund provides shelter, food, and clothes and secures medical treatment in the U.S. and abroad for child victims of war and natural disasters and their families. Her efforts have helped children in countries all over the world, including Bosnia, El Salvador, Pakistan, Liberia, Mexico City, Niger, Sierra Leone, Iraq, and tsunami-ravaged Indonesia. People magazine named her "The Saint of Staten Island" and a documentary of her charity, To Walk Without Fear, premiered at The United Nations in 2006.
	Cooper Munroe is an award-winning blogger, writer, social activist, and web entrepreneur. Most recently she launched a social network for mothers called TheMotherhood.com. A member of the executive committee of MomsRising.org, Ms. Munroe works to mobilize mothers across the country around issues that affect families. A contributing writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ms. Munroe can also be found writing at the HuffingtonPost.com and is a contributing editor at BlogHer.com. Her personal blog, Been There, won an award for Most Inspirational Blog in 2005 for the work she and her partner did after Hurricane Katrina.
	Andrea Nierenberg has a background of 25 years in sales and marketing and heads The Nierenberg Group, a business consulting firm based in New York. Her company works with the world's leading businesses, such as Citigroup, Time Inc., Food Network, Lehman Brothers, Omnicom, Coach, and Douglas Elliman Real Estate. She has written several books on networking including her most recent one, Savvy Networking: 118 Fast and Effective Tips for Business Success, due out in the fall of 2007. As a respected author and quoted expert, she has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneur, and Training & Development. Ms. Nierenberg frequently appears on Bloomberg Business Television, Time-Warner's Fortune Business Report, Fox News Chicago, and Wall Street Journal Weekend.
	Shannon O'Brien was appointed CEO of the Girl Scouts, Patriots' Trail Council in January 2005, bringing to Girls Scouts her characteristic entrepreneurial spirit and desire to make organizations she touches stronger and better. Since her appointment, Ms. O'Brien has led efforts to create innovative programs for girls (including expanded offerings in science math and engineering), launched a Mother & Daughter Financial Literacy Conference, and created Career Zone for girls in Boston. She began her career in politics serving as a state representative and senator, and she was the first woman elected as state treasurer and receiver general of Massachusetts.
	Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale, entrepreneur and founder of Barnes, O'Neale & Associates, is an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, educator, and consultant. Her knowledgeable, thought-provoking, and charismatic style has captivated audiences from around the world. Her most recent international invitation was a keynote in Bangalore, India to over 400 women from top technology companies. After a prestigious two-year appointment as the executive vice president of diversity initiatives for MTV Networks, Ms. O'Neale returned to her two passions: engaging and electrifying audiences and sharing her premier workshop topics, Building Leadership, Strategies for Powerful Women, and Global Diversity & Inclusion.
	Candy O'Terry of Magic 106.7 is the creator and co-host of Exceptional Women, the winner of 25 local and national awards for excellence in women's radio programming. Ms. O'Terry serves as president of the American Women in Radio & Television/New England. A singer since childhood, she recorded and released Jim Brickman's "The Gift" and "Valentine" in 2005. In 2006, she performed "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" with the Boston Pops. Ms. O'Terry has been honored by the Gilda Radner Foundation for her work on behalf of women's cancers and is the spokesperson for the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.
	Pamela Paton is a senior vice president of State Street, the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors. During her 25-year career with the company, Ms. Paton has worked in a variety of business, technology, customer-support, and sales organizations. She was named senior vice president in 2002, and currently heads up the Global Sales and Relationship Management Support group. She chaired two of the most successful State Street United Way Campaigns, which raised over $2.4 million each year. She is also chair of State Street's Professional Women's Network and is actively mentoring other women colleagues.
	Amy Paige Perry is the Massachusetts director of education for consumer credit counseling service of Southern New England, a division of Money Management International. Reaching over 5,600 individuals last year, she develops and delivers financial skills training to audiences ranging from people in crisis to first time homebuyers. She is an ongoing student of the Spanish language and has used this skill both locally and internationally to further her personal mission to educate others. She holds a B.S. in business administration from Bryant University and is currently pursuing a certificate in financial planning at Boston University.
	Alison A. Quirk is executive vice president and chief talent officer of State Street Corporation, Global Human Resources. In this role, she is responsible for the Global Staffing, Global Learning & Development, Global Inclusion/Work Life Benefits, and the HR Business Partner organization. Ms. Quirk is currently a board member of the Ellis Memorial House in Boston and co-chair of the Foundation and Corporations Committee of the Ellis Capital Campaign. She is also a member of The Boston Club and vice char of the United Way Women's Leadership Campaign, and she has presented on topics related to career management, work/life balance, and talent management.
	Marcel V. Quiroga is a multilingual private wealth specialist at the Private Banking and Investment Group of Merrill Lynch, with 12 years of financial services experience, including Latin American banking. She serves the investment and wealth management needs of individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofits. Ms. Quiroga held key positions at Morgan Stanley, FUNDES-Bolivia, Fondo de la Comunidad, and Banco Mercantil, one of the largest banks in South America. She is a member of the board of the Association of Latin American Professionals in Finance and Accounting and of the Committee of Women of Harvard Club.
	Kathleen Rafiee is principal consultant for Microsoft’s Enterprise and Partner Services Business. She is mainly responsible for delivering solutions to customers, allowing them to maximize their investment in Microsoft technology. She also works with many of Microsoft’s largest partners to assist in the development of new service offerings. Prior to Microsoft, Ms. Rafiee worked at Digital Equipment Corporation for 13 years in various district and regional management positions. Ms. Rafiee holds a B.A. in business administration from Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut. She serves as the chair for Center for Women in Enterprise (CWE) Corporate Advisory Council and is a key driver for Microsoft New England District’s diversity initiatives
	Geetha Ramamurthy is the executive director of The Indus Entrepreneurs in Boston, also known as TiE. TiE is a leading, non-profit organization whose members include entrepreneurs, corporate executives, and senior professionals with roots or interest in the Indus region. Ms. Ramamurthy is also president of American Pipette Services, Inc. Since she joined the company in 2000, she has played a key role in increasing American Pipette's revenues by 50%. She began her career as a medical technologist at Children's Hospital in Boston, where she held numerous leadership roles. She serves on the board of two nonprofit organizations and she serves as an advisor to several startup companies.
	Jana L. Reed is director of talent and business development for Commongood Careers, a national nonprofit search firm dedicated to helping social entrepreneurs hire the best talent. With over 14 years of experience in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors, Ms. Reed has led business development for Building Excellent Schools, a national training program for aspiring charter school founders. She was also regional vice president of Advantage Schools, Inc., an education management company where she worked with educators, parents, local governance, and political leaders to launch urban schools across the country. In the public sector Ms. Reed worked for Governor William F. Weld.
	Marcy Reed, senior vice president of National Grid, is responsible for government relations in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. She also participates in the management of federal affairs, media relations, and other external roles. Ms. Reed joined National Grid in 1988 and spent three years living in London as the head of investor relations. She is the global executive sponsor for National Grid's Women in Networks affinity group and is a champion for developing and mentoring women in a male-dominated industry. She is also active in the community and was the 2005 Campaign Chair for the United Way of Central Massachusetts.
	Ellen Richards, the youngest daughter of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, is chair of the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, a public school in Austin, Texas. As chair of the school's advisory board, Ms. Richards guides a group of community leaders in advocating for the school and its students in the community, with the school district, and in state and national forums. Ms. Richards' professional background includes positions with city and county government and political campaigns in project management, strategic planning, fundraising, and grassroots organizing. She earned a Master of Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
	Mel Robbins, America's Life Coach, hosts the call-in advice show Make It Happen With Mel Robbins, airing weekday mornings on Sirius Satellite Radio and the filmed talk show Borders Presents: Advice for Living, where she weaves coaching into interviews with celebrities such as Donald Trump, Mandy Moore, Robin Roberts and Bill Cosby. Ms. Robbins is also an advice columnist for The Metro and an expert for GMA Now, ABC News Now and Fox Business. She has appeared on or in Oprah, HGTV, INC magazine, The New York Times, Boston Magazine, and MAXIM. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Boston College Law School.
	Jeffrey Rossman, Ph.D. has been director of behavioral health at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts, since 1993. He works with individuals, families, and businesses from around the world to enhance their health and emotional well-being, and to cultivate constructive, heart-centered relationships. He specializes in helping people to recognize and build upon their own strengths, while providing them with practical skills and strategies for managing stress, working creatively, and improving relationships. As a lecturer and facilitator in the Families in Business Program at Harvard Business School, Dr. Rossman has taught families to communicate effectively to maximize long-term business success and family harmony.
	Victoria Rowell is an actress, advocate, and author who is well-known for her role on The Young and the Restless. Ms. Rowell recently published her best-selling memoir The Woman Who Raised Me and is currently writing and producing its subsequent documentary, The Mentor. Ms. Rowell is a fervent advocate for foster children and founded The Rowell Foster Children's Positive Plan in 1990.She has been nominated twice for a Daytime Emmy and awarded eleven NAACP Image Awards.
	Maura Rudolph is the market development director for Accenture in Boston. In this role, she is primarily responsible for market development, strategically positioning Accenture in the New England business community, and helping to improve engagement of the 750 employees based in Boston. She is a frequent speaker on the power of networking in business and is a member of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Women’s Network Advisory Board, Boston’s Future Leaders Program, and Board of Trustees of the Walpole Public Library. Ms. Rudolph resides in Walpole, Massachusetts with her husband and two children
	Andrew Savitz is an internationally known expert on corporate social responsibility and sustainability and the author of The Triple Bottom Line: How the Best Run Companies are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success - and How You Can Too. Mr. Savitz was formerly a lead partner in PricewaterhouseCooper's global Sustainability Business Services practice, and was PwC's liaison delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and represented the firm on environmental and sustainability related matters at the Conference Board. He graduated from Georgetown University Law and New College Oxford and was a Phi Beta Kappa at Johns Hopkins University. Mr. Savitz lives in Brookline, Massachusetts with his wife and three children.
	Hannah Seligson is the author of New Girl on the Job: Advice from the Trenches, a career guide for young women based on over 100 interviews she conducted. A career expert and journalist based in New York City, Ms. Seligson's work has appeared in The New York Post, The Boston Globe, The Daily News, Marie Claire, The Village Voice, and The Huffington Post. She has also been a guest on numerous television and radio shows and media outlets, including The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, To the Contrary (PBS), NPR, Oprah & Friends XM radio, and Life's Work with Lisa Belkin, columnist for The New York Times.
	Julie Silver, MD is a Harvard physician and breast cancer survivor who specializes in rehabilitation medicine with a focus on physical recovery from injury and illness. She is on the medical staff of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and is the author of After Cancer Treatment: Heal Faster, Better, Stronger and Super Healing. Her work has been featured on many national media outlets including The Today Show, The Early Show, ABC News Now, AARP Radio, and NPR. Dr. Silver's three children were recently featured on The Today Show for publishing two children's books with the American Cancer Society called Our Mom is Getting Better and Our Dad is Getting Better.
	Kristen Skelton is vice president, communications, clinical sciences at Boston Scientific. She is responsible for the company's global clinical science communications and its medical education and content creation function that disseminates scientific data to the medical device community. She also oversees the company's investigator initiated trial policies and procedures and Thought Leader Program. Ms. Skelton worked in the interventional cardiology market for 11 years as vice president of sales and vice president of peripheral marketing at Arterial Vascular Engineering, now a part of Medtronic. Previously, she worked at Guidant Corporation and Eli Lilly.
	Nancy M. Smith is vice president, investment services of AARP Financial Inc., where she oversees Compliance and Investment Advisory Services, a wholly owned taxable subsidiary of AARP dedicated to helping Americans achieve their goal of a secure financial future. Ms. Smith is a 20-year veteran of the securities industry and was the director of the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Assistance, where she led the SEC's plain English initiative. Prior roles include: co-founder RestoreTheTrust.com; vice president of FOLIOfn; director of securities for the State of New Mexico; and the senior finance counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives' Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance.
	Dr. Betty Spence is an author, speaker, and expert on women's leadership and serves as president of the National Association for Female Executives. At Catalyst, she wrote Be Your Own Mentor, an advice book published by Random House. In 2006, Dr. Spence founded EQUAL VOICE to educate about what women contribute to public office and why this matters to the health and safety of our nation. Founder of the NAFE Roundtable, she works with senior executives on leadership and frequently appears on network news. Dr. Spence holds a Ph.D. in English and serves on the boards of the Girl Scout Council of NYC and Girls Learn International.
	Bonnie St. John is one of the nation's leading inspirational speakers and has been featured on the Today Show, CNN, Good Morning America, and a variety of other national media. Despite the amputation of her leg at age five, she became a silver and bronze medalist in the 1984 Paralympics, making history as the first African-American to win Olympic medals in ski racing. She is an honors graduate of Harvard, a Rhodes Scholar, and a former White House official. Currently, Ms. St. John hosts the Live Your Joy Web-based, TV, and radio shows, and is promoting her fourth book, How Strong Women Pray.
	Pamela Stone is professor of sociology at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. Professor Stone just completed an in-depth study of working mothers who have left their careers in high-level professional jobs to become full-time, at-home mothers. This research, supported by the Sloan Foundation, is the basis for her book entitled Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home. She received her B.A. with honors from Duke University and her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, both in sociology. Her research centers around issues related to women in the workforce, with a focus on work and family, careers and occupations, sex segregation, pay discrimination, and gender equity.
	Julia Sutherland is a managing director of Public Strategies Inc. and works in the firm's Washington, D.C. office as a public affairs and communications strategist. An accomplished public affairs team leader on issues including financial services regulation, intellectual property protection, and labor and employment issues, Ms. Sutherland has handled clients such as Disney, Food Lion, Associates First Capital, and Avondale Industries. She oversaw media relations for Firestone during its 2000 tire recall. Previously, Ms. Sutherland was press secretary to U.S. Senator Chuck Robb. She also held several public affairs posts in Virginia government, including four years as deputy press secretary in the Governor's office. Sutherland received her bachelor's degree from Sweet Briar College.
	Karen Swensen has been at NECN since February 2006 and anchors Good Morning Live, New England Midday, and NECN Healthweek. She previously worked at WWL in New Orleans where she earned national, regional, and local awards for investigative and feature reporting. She and her colleagues also won the prestigious Peabody, duPont, and Murrow Awards for their continuous coverage of Hurricane Katrina. At NECN, Ms. Swensen wrote and produced a one-hour documentary called Katrina: A Flood of Tears and is currently working on another documentary to be released later this year.
	Eve Tahmincioglu is a renowned writer and author of the popular MSNBC online column, Your Career, and the book From the Sandbox to the Corner Office: Lessons Learned on the Journey to the Top. One of her highly visited blogs, CareerDiva.net, covers a broad range of career and labor issues; her MSNBC blog, YourBiz, focuses on entrepreneurship and small businesses. Ms. Tahmincioglu is a regular contributor to The New York Times, BusinessWeek's SmallBiz magazine, and USA Today. Her stories have also appeared in Black Enterprise, Time, Working Mother, Kiplingers, Good Housekeeping, and Salon.
	Meg Vaillancourt is senior vice president of corporate affairs for the Boston Red Sox and executive director of the Red Sox Foundation, which is focused on children's health, educational, recreational and social service programs. A New Hampshire native, Ms. Vaillancourt was raised in the Manchester Children's Home. An honors graduate of Harvard College, she was a Rhodes Scholar and studied politics at Oxford University. A longtime journalist, she was a reporter for The Ten O'Clock News on WGBH-TV, an associate documentary producer, and a business and state house reporter for The Boston Globe. Before joining the Red Sox, Ms. Vaillancourt served as senior vice president for community affairs for the New England Patriots, reporting to owner and chairman Robert Kraft.
	Diana Wainrib is the chief counsel of Reebok International Ltd. In this position, she is responsible for overseeing the delivery of legal services for Reebok and its subsidiaries. Prior to becoming chief counsel, Ms. Wainrib was senior counsel for the Reebok brand. She first joined the Reebok family in 1990 as corporate counsel for Reebok's wholly-owned subsidiary, The Rockport Company. Ms. Wainrib began her legal career as a corporate associate in the Boston office of the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. She also worked at the Boston-based law firm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault. Diana has her J.D. from Boston University Law School and her B.A. from Cornell University.
	Carole Waite is the senior vice president of service and operations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Ms. Waite has a passion and reputation for service excellence. In her leadership role she executed a service strategy, Concierge Service Delivery, that embodies the health plan's corporate promise to always put its members' health first. Issues of specific relevance to people with different abilities are of great importance to Ms. Waite. In this spirit, she serves as board chair of the Resource Partnership, a non-profit organization working with the business community to facilitate employment of individuals with disabilities.
	Christina Wallace is a senior reporter and editor at Metro Boston newspaper. During her six years at Metro, Ms. Wallace has covered many newsworthy events in New England; the Democratic National Convention and the Rhode Island nightclub fire. She has interviewed dignitaries such as former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, and Oprah Winfrey. A Georgetown University graduate, Ms. Wallace has worked in journalism for over 10 years and won the New England Press Association Rookie Journalist of the Year in 1999.
	Jessica Weiner is the author of Life Doesn't Begin Five Pounds from Now and is the official self-esteem expert for The Tyra Banks Show. Ms. Weiner is also a regular, on-air contributor for women's lifestyle topics on The TODAY Show and CNN Showbiz Tonight. She frequently writes about body image and self-esteem issues for CosmoGirl! magazine and recently was named the Global Ambassador for the Dove Self-Esteem Fund (DSEF). Ms. Weiner will play a vital role in the upcoming 2007 DSEF global campaigns in the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, U.S., and Canada.
	Karen Weintraub is the deputy editor of The Boston Globe's health and science coverage, responsible for a dedicated weekly section, as well as daily coverage. She has worked at the Globe for seven years, previously editing State House and Boston City Hall stories as well as obituaries. Before moving to editing, she worked as a reporter at The Virginian-Pilot for six years, covering city hall, regional issues, and business; The Houston Post (may it rest in peace), covering transportation and urban issues; and The Philadelphia Inquirer, as a stringer in the New Jersey suburbs. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in art history and urban studies, and she has a master's degree in political science from the University of Houston.
	Lynn Wiatrowski is executive vice president and market executive, leading Bank of America's Northeast Healthcare & Institutions practice. The business delivers broad-based financial services solutions to healthcare, education, and not-for-profit clients from Maine to Pennsylvania, including $8.5 billion in credit commitments. A NASD registered principal with Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses, she also serves on the Bank's Trust Distribution and Massachusetts Charitable Contributions Committees. Ms. Wiatrowski's philanthropic pursuits include: the University of New Hampshire Foundation, the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center, Goddard House, and the Urban Ring Committee. A Healthcare Financial Management Association past president, she was honored with the Frances Hernan Award for outstanding contributions to the field of healthcare.