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Spirit of Women in Business Annual Conference
For nearly a decade, the College of Business
Administration has offered the Spirit of Women
in Business conference in early March, either on or near
International Women’s Day. The event offers a high-profile
keynote speaker, a lunch keynote speaker, and three sets
of breakout sessions led by local leaders/experts. Typically,
attendees span corporate professionals, nonprofit and
university professionals, and students; although the audience
is primarily women, every year this high-quality event attracts
a growing number of men.
The 2017 conference keynote speaker was Rita Gunther
McGrath, professor at Columbia University and author of The
End of Competitive Advantage: How to Keep Your Strategy
Moving as Fast as Your Business. The 2018 conference keynote
was Liza Mundy, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Code Girls,
Michelle, The Richer Sex among others. The 2018 program
featured our Responsible Leadership Initiative and faculty
research addressing the SDGs. Attendees had the opportunity
to sign our RLI SDG banner, as well as have their photo taken
with their favorite SDG squares and shared via social media.
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