By Shannon Nail, Managing Director, Member Engagment
The 2011 Women’s Business Conference is Tuesday, November 8th at the Sheraton Dallas (400 N. Olive Street, Dallas, TX 75201. 8 AM – 2:00 PM). It is a day-long professional development conference and networking opportunity for businesswomen and men – professional, corporate and entrepreneurial – at all levels in their careers, created to enlighten, educate, inform and inspire attendees.
This year’s conference will open with breakfast keynote speaker, Charlotte Jones Anderson, Executive Vice President of the Dallas Cowboys Football Club. As one of the National Football League’s most innovative and versatile front office executives, Anderson’s 20+years of experience with the Dallas Cowboys have enabled her to assume a leadership position among women in American professional sports. As the organization’s primary brand management executive, Anderson oversees all strategies and applications surrounding the identity of the Dallas Cowboys as they are presented to a global fan-base.
The luncheon keynote, Jean Chatzky, Financial Editor for NBC’s Today Show and Best-Selling Author, started her career in 1986 at Working Woman, rising from editorial assistant to assistant editor. In 1989 she left journalism and joined the equity research department of Dean Witter Reynolds, returning to journalism two years later as a reporter/researcher at Forbes. She moved to the Dow Jones/Hearst start-up SmartMoney in 1992, rising from staff writer to senior editor. After a five-year run, Chatzky joined Money Magazine in 1998. Chatzky has appeared on Oprah, Live With Regis and Kelly, The View and other programs. She has written for Parents, Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, was a staff writer for SmartMoney and a fact checker for Forbes. Continue reading →
Written By: Lane Sorgen, General Manager, South Central District, Microsoft Corp.
