Wharton Women in Business Conference Celebrates Watershed Year in Women’s Admissions
The Wharton Women in Business Conference announces that it will celebrate its 11th anniversary Friday, October 9, 2009 at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia. The student-run conference will feature highly accomplished women including keynote speakers Sallie L. Krawcheck, President, Global Wealth & Investment Management, Bank of America and Shelly Lazarus, Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. The Conference will also feature mentoring sessions and recognition of this year’s Kathleen McDonald Distinguished Alumna Award. Registration is available to the public at http://whartonwomen.org/conf2009/.
As a recent CNN.com report recently noted, the percentage of business school female students who has remained flat for roughly two decades at about 30%. Yet this year’s conference occurs at a time when Wharton has reached a new milestone: the largest percentage of female incoming MBA students in the school’s history, 40%. The Wharton Women in Business (WWIB) club, one of Wharton’s most active student organizations, supports Wharton’s large and diverse female population by providing numerous programs that enhance the experience for all women enrolled in the MBA program.
Women have long come to Wharton to advance knowledge of business issues and thereby make a difference in the world. Notable Wharton alumnae include Goldman Sachs’ first female trading partner Connie K. Duckworth, former Travelocity CEO, Michelle Peluso and legendary U.S. Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, who was appointed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, becoming the first female presidential cabinet member and the longest-serving Labor Dept. chief ever. Today Wharton’s outreach and support of women includes:
- Founding member of the Forté Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to developing women business leaders
- WWIB Career Fair connecting Wharton women with career opportunities
- Wharton MBA Admissions presentations in major cities targeted specifically to women
- Vast alumni network, within Wharton and via the Trustees Council of Penn Women
- Academic Partner, “10,000 Women,” a Goldman Sachs initiative aimed at affording women entrepreneurs in emerging global markets management education
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