Women s Mentorship Network 2 nd Annual National Symposium October 10 th -12 th, 2015 Cultivating The Conversation: Winning Together In A Complex World
Team WMN & Friends: We re so excited you are joining us for our second annual WMN National Symposium this weekend and I hope you are ready to be energized and encouraged by the wide variety of speakers, panels and opportunities to meet some of our force s real movers and shakers as we discuss Cultivating the Conversation: Winning Together in a Complex World. This year we ve added another day symposium and inclusion at the AUSA National Meeting with some world-class subject matter experts in the defense and corporate world all focused on the conversation to become a more gender intelligent force and inspire leaders, women and men, to reach their full potential in military service by cultivating strong mentorship networks. With the repeal of the Direct Ground Combat Assignment Rule and the Secretary of Defense's upcoming decision on whether to open previously closed military combat specialties, the need to amplify the discussion on changing cultural roles in our force is more important now than ever. The prospect of increased broadening opportunities for women in the military, to include some of our most demanding jobs in the inventory, will require our most talented leaders to take those reins and face the future threats head on. In order to adapt to a complex and sometimes ambiguous environment we need instruments such as mentorship to help transition junior leaders into strategic leaders capable of protecting our national interest. Mentoring offers the chance to educate both women and men on how better to respond to new roles, develop future capabilities, and produce optimal outputs needed for the future fight. Events like these don t happen by accident and we owe a debt of gratitude to our partners IBM, Johnson & Johnson, The Girls Lounge, Service Women s Action Network (SWAN), Deloitte, Women in Military Service for America Memorial, Women in International Security (WIIS), and Blue Star Families for their sustaining efforts to help us make this year s event a success. Again, thank you for joining us on this journey and lively conversation along the way! Learn. Leverage. Lead. Angie Holbrook WMN National President
Women s Mentorship Network Overview MISSION To empower women in the Armed Forces to reach their full potential in military service by cultivating strong mentorship networks and communities inclusive of all military and civilian service, gender, rank and affiliations. VISION To enrich our Armed Forces with a generation of strong, resilient, and adaptive leaders. WHY Today, women only make up 15% of the military active duty component, which creates a challenge for initiating and maintaining effective mentoring relationships and community to support the development of strong women leaders in the Armed Forces. WMN BOARD OF DIRECTORS Kim Azzarelli, Chair and Co-founder of Cornell Law School s Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, and Partner at Seneca Point Global Dianne Del Rosso, Army Reserves and IBM Integration Executive Robin Kane, Senior Manager, Deloitte MG (Ret) Robert Shadley, Author Sanyin Siang, Executive Director of the Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics at Duke University's Business School Tamara Sorrell, USA (Ret), Deputy Executive Officer for the Sergeant Major of the Army Shelley Zalis, Founder, The Girl s Lounge WMN CADRE Angie Holbrook, President Robin Johnson, Vice President, Programs & Development Ali Pruitt, Vice President, Admin & Finance Erika Laos, Finance Director Kelly Brown, Symposium Chair *There are many volunteer WMN cadre positions unfilled, contact us at cadre@womensmentorshipnetwork.com to find out how you can be on Team WMN! **WMN is a not-for-profit private organization. All of our board members and cadre are uncompensated volunteers. We are not a DoD official program nor does participation at this event by any of our cadre, panelists or special guests imply endorsement from DoD. For more information or to make a donation, go www.womensmentorshipnetwork.com
Cultivating the Conversation: Winning Together In A Complex World Saturday, 10 October 15 Venue: Women in Military Service for America Memorial (Arlington, VA) 0930-1030 Registration / Networking Opportunity 1030-1045 Welcome --Kelly Brown, WMN Symposium Chair 1045-1100 President s Remarks / WMN Overview / Program Orientation --Angie Holbrook, WMN President 1100-1200 Timeless Professional Mentorship --BG(R) Myrna Williamson, US Army 1200-1300 Networking Lunch Sponsored by Johnson and Johnson 1300-1345 Establishing New Circles: How To Best Practices --Ali Pruitt, WMN Vice President, Finance and Administration --Nicole Woodyard, Fort Lee WMN Circle Cadre 1345-1430 Circle Technique Demonstration --Ali Pruitt, WMN Vice President, Finance and Administration --Nicole Woodyard, WMN Senior Facilitator/Advisor --Tamara DaSilva, WMN Senior Facilitator 1430-1500 Facilitator Training --Heather Gunther, WMN Co-Founder, Senior Facilitator/Advisor --Robin Johnson, WMN Co-Founder / Vice President, Programs and Development 1500-1515 Break 1515-1545 Women in the Military: WWII-Present --Therese Hughes, Author/Photographer 1545-1600 Closing Remarks --Angie Holbrook, WMN President 1600-1700 Networking Opportunity 1700 Memorial Closes
Cultivating the Conversation: Winning Together In A Complex World Sunday, 11 October 15 Venues: Army Ten-Miler / Soul Cycle Studio 0800-UTC Army Ten-Miler NCR, Fort Hood, Fort Lee and Fort Bragg WMN Circles have teams running to raise money for Fisher House Link up point before and after race: outside of Fisher House HooahTent! 1400-1530 Soul Cycle Sponsored by Shelley Zalis and The Girls Lounge 601 Massachusetts Ave NW Washington, DC 20037 1800-2000 Board of Directors / National WMN Leadership Meeting (By Invitation Only) Monday, 12 October 15 Venue: AUSA (Room 150A, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC) Mount Vernon Metro Stop 0800-0900 Registration 0900-0910 Welcome --Kelly Brown, WMN Symposium Chair 0910-0930 Opening Video / Remarks --Angie Holbrook, WMN President 0930-1030 The Power of Diversity: Lessons Learned from Corporate America --Dianne Del Rosso (Moderator), WMN Board of Directors, IBM Integration Executive, USAR Bde Commander --Shelley Zalis, Founder, The Girls Lounge --Joanna Pena Bickley, Global Chief Creative Officer, IBM Interactive Experience --Robin Kane, Senior Manager, Deloitte 1030-1115 Combat Exclusion Update --Ellen Haring, Women in International Securities Annie Yea, Military Legislative Assistant to Representative Loretta Sanchez
Cultivating the Conversation: Winning Together In A Complex World Monday, 12 October 15 (Continued) 1115-1130 Presentation Therese Hughes, Author 1130-1145 Transition to LunchMove to Room 201 1145-1300 Networking Lunch Presentations by: Service Women s Action Network (SWAN) Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Author of Ashley s War Sponsored by IBM 1300-1415 Leveraging Lessons Learned to Become a More Gender Intelligent Force Discussion I - Tactical Perspective --The Honorable Patrick Murphy (Moderator), MSNBC Anchor -- Gila Klifi Amir, Israeli Female Soldier --LtCol Kate Germano, US Marine Corps --MAJ Ligeia Zeruto, Ranger Training Brigade Participant, US Army --CW4 Raquel Patrick, Cultural Support Team Member, US Army --SFC Meghan Malloy, Cultural Support Team Member, US Army 1415-1500 Exceptional Army Women --MG (R) Dee McWilliams, President, Army Women s Foundation 1500-1515 Break 1515-1630 Leveraging Lessons Learned to Become a More Gender Intelligent Force Discussion II - Joint Perspective --Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (Moderator), Author of Ashley s War --Dr. (CDR) Crystine Lee, US Navy --MG (R) Robert Bob Shadley, US Army --COL Andrea Themely, US Air Force --CSM Billie Boersma, US Army 1630-1645 Keynote Address: Professional Development and Mentorship --GEN Mark Milley, 39th Chief of Staff of the Army 1645-1700 Closing Remarks --Angie Holbrook, WMN President
Kim Azzarelli Chair and Co-founder of Cornell Law School s Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, and Partner at Seneca Point Global, WMN Board of Directors. Billie Boersma Sergeant Major Kelly Brown Lieutenant Colonel (P) WMN Symposium Event Chair Tamara DaSilva Captain WMN Senior Facilitator & Trainer Dianne Del Rosso Colonel US Army Reserves 1394th Trans Bde Cdr IBM Integration Executive Kate Germano Lieutenant Colonel United States Marine Corps Heather Gunther Major Co-Founder, WMN Senior Facilitator Trainer Ellen Haring Colonel (Retired) Senior Fellow with Women in International Security Angie Holbrook Colonel WMN, President
Therese Hughes Author, Photographer Gila Klifi Amir Israeli Defense Forces Representative Robin Johnson Lieutenant Colonel WMN, Co-Founder WMN Vice President, Programs and Development Robin Kane USNA Alumni, Former P3 Pilot, Senior Manager at Deloitte, WMN Board of Directors Erika Laos US Army Reserves WMN Finance Director Dr. Crystine Lee Commander United States Navy Gayle Tzmech Lemmon Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Author of The New York Times best seller Ashley's War Meghan Malloy Sergeant First Class Dee McWilliams Major General (Ret)
General Mark Milley Chief of Staff of the Army The Honorable Patrick Murphy Former Congressman MSNBC Anchor: Taking the Hill Raquel Patrick Chief Warrant Officer 4 Judy Patterson CEO, Service Women s Action Network (SWAN) Joanna Pena Bickley IBM Executive Ali Pruitt Major WMN Vice President, Admin & Finance Sanyin Siang Executive Director of the Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics at Duke University's Business School Robert Shadley Major General (Ret) Author WMN Board of Directors Tamara Sorrell (Retired) Deputy Executive Officer for the Sergeant Major of the Army
Andrea Themely Colonel United States Air Force Myrna Williamson Brigadier General (Ret) Nicole Woodyard Chief Warrant Officer 5 WMN Senior Facilitator and Advisor Shelley Zalis Chairwoman TFQ Ventures and Founder, The Girls Lounge, WMN Board of Directors Ligeia Zeruto Major US Army Reserves Director of Training and Workforce Development at IronNet Cybersecurity If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together! https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/wmn.l3/ Twi er: #WMN2015
This Symposium would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors! Thank you to:
Establish a circle at your installation today! For more information, go to www.womensmentorshipnetwork.com See you next year! 3 rd Annual National Symposium 8-10 Oct 2016