Registration:
Registration is required. Registration for the 2012 conference will be available in February 2012. Please check back then for more detail and to confirm your attendance. If you plan to attend the event on both campuses, please register for both events separately by completing one registration form, then return here to complete the registration process for the other campus. If you have any questions about the registration process, please call the Women's Center at 305-348-1506 for assistance.
Biscayne Bay Campus Event – Wednesday March 7, 2012
- Online registration will be available in February
Modesto Maidique Campus Event – Thursday March 29, 2012
- Online registration will be available in February
Purpose:
Women Who Lead is a daylong conference designed to further enhance the leadership development of female students at FIU. To accomplish this, the conference has four goals:
- To enhance students’ understanding and awareness about the scope of women in leadership in our society today
- To provide students with an opportunity to interact with and learn from women leaders in their chosen field of interest
- To develop a greater understanding of the diversity of careers available in their chosen field of interest
- To assist female students in developing their personal leadership plan
The conference is sponsored by SGA and free to students. The lunch with women leaders session is offered at a cost of $7 for students. The cost of the entire conference for FIU alumni is $20 and other community members is $25.
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Students engaged in the ”Women in Technology, Sports and the Environment” panel with Gail Birks, President & CEO of CMA Enterprise Incorporated, Gema Vides,
Tax and Compliance Director for UPS Americas and Daniela Tomic, Head Coach Women’s Volleyball, FIU |
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"I learned to not always listen to the limits that the world sets."
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panelists from the BBC conference, Paula Delpeche, DNP and professor in Nursing, Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar, Celebrity Chef Michelle Bernstein, Hospitality instructor Diann Newman, Cassandra Andrade, Senior Associate, Public Affairs at Balsera Communications and the youngest candidate to ever seek office in the City of Weston when she campaigned for Commissioner in 2005, Luisa Sztern, MD, and Emmy Winning Journalist, Pamela Silvia. |
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“I learned how to get involved in politics as a woman and how to have a voice, lead and fight for what I believe in.”
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WWL 2012 Conference Dates:
Biscayne Bay Campus
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 |
Modesto Maidique Campus
Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
Keynote Speakers 2011:
- BBC - Wendy Kallergis, President and CEO of Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association. Formerly the President of the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce, Wendy is experienced in the tourism industry in Miami and considers Miami, “a very exciting town to be in right now."
- MMC – Cristine O’Hara has been recognized as Miami-Dade’s top Teacher Of The Year for 2011. An alumna of Florida International University, she is utilizing her education and passion for teaching to change our local community every day.
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FIU students and professionals mingle during the networking breakfast at the 2010 conference |
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Keynote Speakers 2010:
- BBC - Dawn Walzak, First Vice President of Tishman Hotel Corporation (THC) in Orlando, Florida. In October 2002 Dawn completed the opening of the new $330 million Westin New York at Times Square and this year Dawn was named one of Travel Weekly’s Forty under Forty – the leaders who represent the "next generation" of travel
- MMC – Beth Sobol, President Sobol Fashion Productions and founder of International Fashion Week, Miami. Beth works with the fashion industry’s most influential designers and producers worldwide and was presented with the 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
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Beth Sobol, President & CEO of Sobol Fashion Productions addresses the conference participants after lunch for the 2010 conference |
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Keynote Speakers 2009 :
- Lindsay Hyde: founder and executive director of Strong Women, Strong Girls, Inc. (SWSG), a Massachusetts-based not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk girls in grades 3-5 build positive self-esteem and skills
- Chef Michelle Bernstein, winner of the 2008 James Beard Award for “Best Chef: South” and the Glass Ceiling Award from the Jewish Federation
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FIU Women's Center staff celebrate together at the end of the 5th annual Women Who Lead Conference which featured the theme, Our Journey to Worlds Ahead. |
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