Wellesley Business Leadership Council
Upcoming Events
Spring Retreat
We are heading to Savannah, GA for our Spring Retreat March 22-25, 2012. These dates have been chosen because many private historic homes will be open for touring and the music festival is the same weekend. With the azaleas blooming, it is the perfect time of year to explore a southern city full of charm. Learn more about Savannah!
Welcome to our New Members
Click here to see bios of our new members.
Stephanie Comfort '85
Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Development, CenturyLink
Lisa Dennison '75
Chairman of Sotheby's North and South America
Rebecca Harrington '76
Co-Founder and Executive Director at The Leadership Institute
Carol Herring '61
President of the Rutgers University Foundation and Executive Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations for Rutgers
Melissa King '92
Executive Director, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Denise Martin '85
Senior Vice President/Partner, NERA Economic Consulting
Mary McBride '77
Chief Banking Officer, CoBank, ACB
Kristin Pearson '85
Executive Vice President, Content Publishing and Corporate Communications, Krames Staywell
Bettina (Betsy) Plevan '67
Partner, Labor and Employment Law Department, Proskauer, Rose LLP
Rini Mariani Soemarno '81
President & Commissioner, Darma Henwa Tbk
Karen Twitchell '77
Executive Vice President and CFO, Landmark Aviation
Click here to see bios of our new members.
Past Events
Plenary 2011: "Reconnecting with Wellesley"
This year's Plenary offered participants a view of Wellesley today through conversations with administrators, professors, and students. There were visits to unique spots on campus and a chance to hear how Wellesley women are leading, exploring, and innovating. BLC members discussed how they could become Wellesley Ambassadors and enjoyed spending time with BLC friends—old and new. More details and photos.
Many thanks to Kelvy Bird for her graphic facilitation of the Plenary.
BLC Initiatives
Board Initiative
Want to join a for profit board? Know of an open board position on a for profit board or advisory board? Learn about the BLC Board Initiative.
Get Connected
Connect to other BLC members online. Join our LinkedIn group, Facebook group, or follow other BLC members on Twitter. Learn more.
News
Want to reconnect with a BLC Member? Attend a Regional Event
Feeling Nostalgic for Wellesley?
Watch this 5 minute video.
Read the Wellesley Magazine online!
Read the BLC Newsletter.
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Campus News
Madeleine Albright Gets a
Sandwich Named After Her
The Women in Public Service Project—a collaboration initiated by the U.S. State Department with Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley—kicked off Thursday, December 15 in Washington, D.C. The inaugural colloquium featured Secretary of State Hillary Clinton '69 and a global representation of government leaders, policy makers, public officials, scholars, students, researchers, and leaders in public service.
View the video of the colloquium at the Project's website as well as at the State Department website. To read a blog of one of the attendees, click here.
In response to current volatility in the global financial markets, the Wellesley College Department of Economics presented a two-part symposium on the economic issues facing our world today. Watch Part 1. Watch Part 2.
Members in the News
Henrietta Fore has been elected to the board of directors of Exxon Mobil Corporation. Learn more.
Denise K Fletcher was recently honored with membership in the Council on Foreign Relations, where she joins business, government and academic leaders.
Denise Brosseau has been named as a recipient of the Forever Green Award, to be given in honor of the 100th Anniversary of the Girl Scouts of Northern California. Learn more.
Sallie Bailey has been appointed CFO of Louisiana Pacific and will start her new role in Nashville, Tennessee on December 5. Learn more.
Our own Lucy Marcus was recently ranked 19th on the Reuters and Klout Top 50 list of 'Most Influential Executives on the Web." Learn more. Read her blog on Reuters.
Wellesley's past and present Presidents spoke on a panel entitled, "Wellesley and Me" at the June 2011 Reunion. They shared their reflections on Wellesley and their personal paths to becoming President. Watch the video here.
Lise Buyer shares her advice with Fortune Magazine about when/how to do a successful IPO. Lise runs Class V Group, guiding IPO-bound companies.
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New Website
Many thanks to our website team, Denise Brosseau and Nancy Richard Murphy, both BLC members; Linda Guild, BLC staff and our vendors, Rob Portil of Orbital Web and Patrice Baron Parent of System Resources.