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	Erika Alexander is Regional Vice President for Select and Extended Stay Brands at Marriott International. In this role, Alexander oversees nearly 200 Courtyard, Residence Inn, SpringHill Suites and TownePlace Suites hotels that are managed by Marriott International and located throughout the Midwest and Southeast. During her 18 years with Marriott International, Alexander has held a variety of positions in hotel sales and operations including Account Manager, Director of Sales, and General Manager of Residence Inn hotels in Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. She also spent five years in Brand Management at Marriott International headquarters in Bethesda , Maryland . As a Brand Director for Residence Inn by Marriott, Alexander was involved in the launch of TownePlace Suites by Marriott, the company's newest extended stay brand. She subsequently held the positions of Brand Director and Brand Vice President for TownePlace Suites prior to transitioning back into market operations as Director of Operations at the J.W. Marriott Hotel Lenox in Atlanta, Area General Manager at the Atlanta Marriott Suites in Midtown and Area General Manager for the Memphis Marriott Downtown in Memphis , Tennessee. Alexander has a Bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and a Master's of Business Administration degree from George Mason University . She currently sits on the Board of the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau and was recently selected as the Tennessee Hotel and Lodging Association General Manager of the Year. Alexander, a Leadership Foundation fellow from the 2001-2002 class, will address the conference on Taking it to the Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Heather Becker is CEO of the Chicago Conservation Center, Inc. She is a noted artist, author, historian, educator and entrepreneur. Becker went into the field of art preservation as an extension of her painting career. Since her purchase of the Chicago Conservation Center from its founder in 2003, it has become one of the largest private art facilities in the country. Becker co-founded the largest mural preservation project in U.S. history, restoring hundreds of early twentieth century murals in Chicago . Throughout her career, Becker has educated various industries on the technological advancement of art conservation and the preservation of historical works of art throughout the country. She recently wrote a book on Chicago murals and art preservation entitled Art for the People . In 2004, Becker was awarded “Small Business Person of the Year” for the State of Illinois by the Small Business Association. In 2006, she was elected to the Board of The Chicago Network and is the youngest member in the organization. She has received merit scholarships from The International School of Art in Umbria , Italy and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she received her Bachelor's degree of Fine Arts in Painting. She will receive members at the Chicago Conservation Center and will also lead the morning yoga sessions.

	Catherine Bertini is a Professor of Practice in Public Administration at the Syracuse University Maxwell School for Public Administration. Previously, she served as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Management where she was responsible for management of the human, physical and financial resources of the United Nations Secretariat. Prior to her post at the Secretariat, Bertini served as the Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. She was named World Food Prize 2003 Laureate in recognition of her leadership role in assisting hundreds of millions of victims of wars and natural disasters throughout the world. She has been widely praised for her efforts to end famine in North Korea , averting starvation in Afghanistan by delivering enormous amounts of urgently needed food aid in 2001, ensuring the provision of food supplies during the crises in Bosnia and Kosovo and averting the mass starvation that threatened 16 million people in the Horn of Africa in 2001. In 1996, The Times of London named her one of “The World's Most Powerful Women.” The Republic of Italy honored Bertini with its Order of Merit, and the Association of African Journalists awarded her its Prize of Excellence. Bertini is currently serving on the boards of the Global Humanitarian Forum, Save the Children, and Tupperware Brands and she is a Senior Fellow, Agricultural Development, for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from The State University of New York at Albany , and has been awarded honorary degrees from seven different universities. She will facilitate the session entitled Changing the World…Leading the Future.

	Beth Brooke is Global Vice Chair of Strategy, Communications and Regulatory Affairs for Ernst & Young. She is also a member of the firm's Global Practice Management Group and its Americas Executive Board. Brooke's work focuses on developing the firm's strategic direction and shaping its position on public policy . Through her outreach, Brooke has become one of the profession's most prominent voices in the public policy arena. She has been recognized by Forbes as one of “The World's 100 Most Powerful Women” and by Accounting Today as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting.” Within Ernst & Young, she has been an innovator and force for change. She spearheaded the creation of the Ernst & Young Corporate Social Responsibility group, including its Fellows Program, which enables the firm's employees to spend three months working with aspiring local entrepreneurs in developing countries. She also has been a long-time advocate of women's initiatives, diversity, inclusiveness and workplace flexibility. Brooke is actively engaged in numerous civic and business organizations. She is a member of the inaugural class of the Henry Crown Fellows of The Aspen Institute and a member of the Committee of 200. She serves on the boards of TechnoServe, The White House Project, The Committee for Economic Development, The Atlantic Council of the United States, and The Partnership for Public Service. She also serves on the March of Dimes Public Policy Advisory Council, the Purdue Homeland Security Institute, The Advisory Council for the Open Compliance and Ethics Group, Advisory Board, Women Leaders Program of the World Economic Forum and the National Women's Leadership Hall of Fame Advisory Council. She is the recipient of numerous local awards, most recently the University of Michigan's 2006-07 Women in Leadership Award. She is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a Bachelor's degree from Purdue University. Brooke will address the conference on Women CEOs - the Face of a New Generation - Driving Change.

	Esther Bush is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh. She is nationally recognized as a strong and very vocal advocate for economic and social equality initiatives that benefit African Americans and thereby the whole community. Her advocacy impacts the traditional education, employment and housing programs of the League, as well as more contemporary programs such as the charter school, family support centers, home ownership, early childhood services and youth development. Bush's community service goes far beyond what professional obligations would require. She is a frequently sought after motivational speaker. She was a popular panelist on the weekly-televised “Eddie's Digest” talk show and hosts the bi-monthly “Urban Reality” live, call-in radio program. She was appointed by Governors to serve on the Pennsylvania Commission for Crime and Delinquency, Law Enforcement and Community Relations Task Force, the Governor's Commission on Academic Standards, and the Voting Modernization Task Force. Bush served on several committees to establish the new Home Rule Charter form of government for Allegheny County . Most recently, she was appointed to the Pennsylvania State Board of Education. She is an adjunct faculty member in the School of Social Work, University of Pittsburgh and is a member of several advisory committees at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University . Bush received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Hartford in 1997 and an Honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Carlow College in 2004. She holds a bachelors degree from Morgan State University and a graduate degree from The Johns Hopkins University. She will facilitate the session entitled Taking it to the Future - A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Silvia Sioli de Torres Carbonell is a Professor at IAE Business School in Buenos Aires , Argentina and the Founder and Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship at Austral University . Carbonell's expertise lies in leadership, entrepreneurship and new enterprise development, business planning for start-ups, management of small businesses, strategic human resource management, entrepreneurial organizational culture, and public policies to foster entrepreneurship in Latin America . She is especially interested in women entrepreneurs, female values and female contribution to public life. In her professional work, she blends theory and practice into an integrative approach to the analysis, development, and implementation of strategy for new enterprises. Carbonell has considerable experience as an entrepreneur and business manager. She was Co-Founder, President and CEO of Villa Alpina, a water cooler and water bottled company. She has been a member of the Board of multiple companies over the last 15 years, and has been very active in non-profit organizations connected with business, job creation and education. Since 1999, Carbonell has served as the Director of the Argentinean Global Entrepreneurship Monitor research team and is also serving as the Chair of the International Board of the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association. She is the former Coordinator of the International Development Bank-IAE Cooperation Regional Program for Small and Medium Sized Firms Training. Carbonell has a Bachelor's degree in Public Accountancy from the Argentinean Catholic University and a Graduate degree in the Advanced Management Executive Program. She will address the conference on Women of Thought – Shaping the Future.

	Rivka Carmi is the President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev . She is the first woman to serve as president of an Israeli University . Carmi previously served as Director of the Genetics Institute at the Soroka University Medical Center and has also held several important academic administrative positions in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev . Prior to entering the field of university administration, Carmi's career focused on research. Her research of the delineation of clinical manifestations and molecular basis of genetic diseases in the Negev Arab-Bedouin population led to the identification of 12 new genes and the delineation of 3 new syndromes, one of which is known as the Carmi Syndrome. Carmi is the author of over 100 publications in medical genetics. She serves as a member and consultant for numerous professional and public committees and organizations. She is a scientific reviewer for various international journals and funding agencies and serves on the editorial board of prestigious scientific journals. She was awarded several "best teacher" and "role model" student awards as well as the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Yated organization for children with Downs Syndrome and the Achievement in Medicine Award by the Municipality of Beer-Sheva. In 2002, she received the Award for Peace from the Canada International Scientific Exchange Program (CISEPO), to which she served as representative of the Israeli Medical Deans. She is a graduate of Hadassah Medical School of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She completed a residency in pediatrics, a fellowship in neonatology at the Soroka University Medical Center and two fellowships in medical genetics at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard University Medical School. She will speak on the panel entitled Women of Thought – Shaping the Future.

	Donna Carroll is President of Dominican University. She is the first external president of Dominican University and has experienced firsthand the challenges and satisfactions of transforming an institution. During her tenure as President, enrollment at Dominican has doubled, the operating budget has exceeded $50 million and donations to the University now average almost eight million dollars annually. Dr. Carroll brings substantial management and organizational development experience to her role as president. Before serving as President of Dominican University she served as Secretary of Fordham University. Prior to her position at Fordham, Dr. Carroll was the Senior Vice President, Dean of the College and Dean of Students at Mount Vernon College in Washington , D.C. She is currently a trustee of Fordham University and Catholic Theological Union and serves on the boards of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and the Council of Independent Colleges. In addition, she is a director of Rush Oak Park Hospital and Oak Park Development Corporation and Vice President of the Business and Civic Council of Oak Park. Dr. Carroll has been named one of the 100 Women Who Make a Difference by Today's Chicago Woman, and was listed as one of the top ten women in education by the Chicago Sun Times. She received the 1998 Woman with Vision Award from the Illinois Women's Bar Association, and just recently received the CEO Leadership Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. She received her Bachelor's degree in English from Wellesley College and her Master's and Doctoral degrees in higher education administration and counseling from the University of Cincinnati. She will facilitate the luncheon program on Women of Thought – Shaping the Future.

	Richard Christiansen is an Arts Journalist covering theater, dance, film, the visual arts and a variety of arts and entertainment subjects in Chicago, the nation and abroad. His groundbreaking book, “A Theater of Our Own: A History and a Memoir of 1,001 Nights in Chicago,” published in 2004 by Northwestern University Press, is the acclaimed and definitive work on the rich history of theater in Chicago. Christiansen began his career in 1956 as a general assignment reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago. In 1957, he was hired by the Chicago Daily News, where he worked on the city desk in the features department and in the arts and entertainment division. He was appointed the Daily News' arts and entertainment editor and editor of the paper's Panorama section in 1965. He moved to the Chicago Tribune in 1978, serving over the years as critic-at-large, arts and entertainment editor, and finally, until his retirement in 2002, chief critic and senior writer. He continues to write on occasion for several publications, including the Chicago Tribune and The Guardian of London and has received numerous awards for his writing. He has served on the drama jury of the Pulitzer Prize committee seven times, twice as its chairman. Christiansen will be receiving members and guests at Behind the Drama.

	Gay Cook is the Managing Director of the Center for Women's Health Research at the Fitzsimons Academic Medical Center at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. The Center focuses on vital research in women's health, emphasizing cardiovascular disease, and training the next generation of scientists in the study of women's health. Before joining the center, Cook was Vice President of Executive Operations and Planning at Metropolitan State College of Denver, one of the United States ' largest public urban baccalaureate institutions, and a member of the President's Cabinet. Her service in higher education was preceded by a distinguished career in the newspaper industry. Cook was Managing Editor and Executive Committee member of The Denver Post , one of the nation's major metropolitan dailies. Her journalism career included reporting stints in Washington , D.C. and Springfield , Illinois . She is the recipient of many of journalism's most prestigious local, regional and national awards for her work as a reporter and editor. Cook is a member of the Colorado Women's Forum, President of the International Women's Forum and a past director of the IWF's Leadership Foundation. She will address the conference with the Welcoming Remarks before Plenary I.

	Maggie Daley is the first lady of Chicago and one of the city's leading advocates for children and youth. In addition to her role as first lady, she is dedicated to public service. Daley became publicly involved in disability issues in 1988 when she became the President of Pathways Awareness Foundation. Now President Emeritus, Daley works to help provide teenagers in Chicago with engaging activities during the after-school hours through After School Matters, which will reach 22,000 teens this year. She also helped establish Chicago's Gallery 37, which this year merged with ASM, a cultural facility that employs arts programming to empower people of all ages with creative and vocational skills. The gallery has been replicated in several cities in the United States and abroad. Daley holds a Bachelor's degree in History from the University of Dayton and honorary degrees from Columbia College and the Catholic Theological Union. She will provide the welcoming remarks at the Opening Ceremony & Reception.

	Reema Datta is a certified yoga instructor who was born into a family of yogis. She has studied many forms of yoga including Ashtanga, the techniques of Dharma Mittra, Pranayama, Mantra and Sanskrit. Datta developed Teacher Training programs for the San Francisco based center, “It's Yoga,” and has taught worldwide with certified yoga instructor Danny Paradise. She is co-author with Leza Lowitz of “Sacred Sanskrit Words” and recently completed a CD of Sanskrit chants. Datta created the Usha Yoga Foundation which gives scholarships to current and aspiring yoga teachers to teach in places that have little or no access to yoga. This includes hospitals, nursing homes, battered women's shelters and remote regions of Africa and Asia . In addition to her yoga related activities, she also has worked for the United Nations in New York and researched women's roles in villages in North India. She holds a Master's degree in International Affairs. Datta will lead the yoga sessions each morning.

	Linda Dillman is the Executive Vice President for Risk Management, Benefits and Sustainability for Wal-Mart. At Wal-Mart, Linda has served in several key information systems management positions where her most notable accomplishments were the implementation of the perpetual inventory and store Telxon systems at Wal-Mart. In 1998, Linda was named Vice President of Applications Development, where she led the systems conversion for Wal-Mart's acquisition of ASDA in the United Kingdom . Prior to serving as Executive Vice President and CIO, Dillman served as Vice President of International Systems. In addition to memberships in professional and retail organizations, she serves on the boards of the Network of Executive Women, GS1 Global, the University of Indianapolis Advisory Board and the National Center for Women & Information Technology. She was named to Fortune's “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” list in 2003, 2004, and 2005. She received the University of Indianapolis “Distinguished Alumni” Award in May 2003, was named the “Information Systems Executive of the Year” by the David D. Lattanze Center for Executive Studies in Information Systems at Loyola College in 2004 and received the University of Michigan 's Stephen M. Ross School of Business “Women in Leadership” Award in 2005. Dillman has a degree in Business Administration from the University of Indianapolis . She will address the conference on Women CEOs – The Face of a New Generation – Driving Change.

	Barry Dolins is Deputy Director of the Mayor's Office of Special Events and the coordinator of the Chicago Blues Festival. Before starting his work at the Mayor's Office in 1984, Dolins had been presenting his own mini blues festivals as an instructor at Loyola University , learning how to garner National Endowment of the Arts funds for his vision of what a fest should be. At Loyola he developed a multi-media curriculum entitled Chicago Blues: An Urban Experience, which was supported by the Illinois Arts Council and the Carnegie Miller Foundation. Dolins used this expertise to begin coordinating the Chicago Blues Festival the following year, and has been programming the free, three-day festival that always heralds the official start of summer in Chicago ever since. Dolins has served as a governor of the Chicago Chapter of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as on advisory boards for the Blues Foundations and Blues Heaven Foundation. He will receive members and guests at Behind the Blues.

	Samar Dudin is the Founder and Director of Takween: Open Spaces For Enlightenment & Creativity and a regional specialist in creative arts and education. She has developed several innovative and multi-disciplinary initiatives that integrate education, development and the arts targeting mainly children, youth and their caretakers in local communities. She has adopted a participatory research based approach in her theater productions which are co-authored and performed by youth communities. Throughout her work, she has placed a special emphasis on the creative, social and emotional development of children and youth. Dudin is a member of The Advisory C om mittee of the Arab Education Forum, a founding member of The Creative Network Initiative, a board member of The Jordanian Children's National Museum , a founding board member of Al Balad Theater, and a member of the board of trustees of the King Abdullah Development Fund. She has a Bachelor's degree in Theatre Arts from the University of Santa Clara, California. Dudin, a Leadership Foundation fellow from the 2004-2005 class, will address the conference on Taking it to the Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Andrea Dunaif is a Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine and the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dunaif is an internationally recognized expert on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the most common endocrine disorder in pre-menopausal women. Her research has led the way in redefining PCOS as a serious metabolic disorder that affects women and their families across the lifespan and in revolutionizing its treatment with insulin sensitizing drugs. She has more than 100 scientific publications and has edited three books on PCOS. Dunaif has received many awards and honors including the Endocrine Society's Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Clinical Investigator Award in 1996 and the German Endocrine Society's highest award, the Berthold Medal, in 2006. She had faculty appointments at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine before moving to Brigham Women's Hospital in 1997 as the first Director of Women's Health and Chief of the newly established Division of Women's Health in the Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology. She also led the Harvard Medical School National Center of Excellence in Women's Health. She is Director of the Northwestern University Specialized Center of Research on Sex and Gender Factors Affecting Women's Health. Dunaif will address the conference on Shaping Prospects for Improved Health & Longevity – Into the Future.

	Elizabeth Edwards is a consultant and Director of Special Projects for Millennium Park, Inc., the non-for-profit group that raised more than $250 million for the establishment of Millennium Park, Chicago's biggest civic undertaking in more than a century. She was selected by Millennium Park, Inc. in 2003 to oversee and execute the Inaugural Gala for the Park's Grand Opening in July of 2004. She has since led the donor relations efforts of MPI, executing numerous successful events, including dedications for the Mark di Suvero Exhibition, Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate and Frank Gehry's BP Pedestrian Bridge. In her career as an event consultant she has worked with the William Wrigley Jr. Company, DDB Chicago, Vicuron Pharmaceuticals, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Taffin by James de Givenchy. Before her involvement with Millennium Park, Inc., Edwards was Vice-President, Business Development for Christie's Fine Arts Auctioneers in Chicago . and also served as the Director of Special Events and Education for Christie's in Beverly Hills . She has taken part in numerous organizations including Art Table, the National Organization for Professional Women in the Visual Arts, and the Junior Leagues of Chicago and Los Angeles . Edwards holds a degree in Communication Arts from the University of the Pacific. She will address members and guests at Behind the Design .

	Alicia Enciso is Principal Consultant leading the Mexico Office of Zyman Group, an international business consulting firm. She brings a broad Mexico business and marketing perspective to this role. Prior to joining Zyman Group, Enciso was general manager of two high growth businesses in the Media and Trading industries in Latin America and the U.S. Before that, she was with the Procter & Gamble Company where she had various roles in Brand Marketing and Customer Marketing. She was the Marketing Director for the Mexico paper category, responsible for the marketing integration of the “Loreto y Peña Pobre” tissue acquisition and the subsequent launch of the Charmin brand in Mexico . Enciso also led the expansion of the marketing function into the business development area via the leadership of the Trade Marketing function. She also worked for Estee Lauder in a regional role leading the marketing programs implemented in Mexico. She has served on the Board of the Mexico Chapter of the International “Make a Wish” Foundation and on the Mexico Chapter Board of the international “Entrepreneurs Organization.” She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from The ITAM University in Mexico City and a Graduate Certificate in Business and Administration from Harvard University where she was awarded the “Katie F. Yang” prize to the best international student. Enciso, a Leadership Foundation fellow from the 2006-2007 class, will address the conference during Taking it to the Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Barbara Gaines is the founder of Chicago Shakespeare Theater. She has directed Chicago Shakespeare's productions of Julius Caesar (2003), Love's Labor's Lost (2002), The Tempest (2002), Richard II (2001), King Lear (1993 and 2001), All's Well That Ends Well (2000), Antony and Cleopatra (1988 and 1999), Henry IV Parts 1 and 2 (1999), Henry V (1998), The Merchant of Venice (1997), The Merry Wives of Windsor (1997), Hamlet (1996), Richard III (1996), Othello (1995), Troilus and Cressida (1987 and 1995), The Winter's Tale (1994), Measure for Measure (1994), The Taming of the Shrew (1993), The Tale of Cymbeline (1989 and 1993), Pericles (1992), Much Ado About Nothing (1991), and King John (1991). Gaines' work has been honored with Jeff Awards for Best Production ( Hamlet , The Tale of Cymbeline , and King Lear , 1993) and for Best Director ( The Tale of Cymbeline and King Lear , 1993). She currently serves on the artistic directorate of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London and on Northwestern University 's board of trustees. She has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and is an editorial board member of the Chicago Reporter. She will receive members and guests at Behind the Drama.

	Ellen Heber-Katz is a Professor of Immunology at the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia . At the Wistar Institute, Heber-Katz has explored immunity to herpes simplex virus infections and created the first vaccine capable of eliciting a purely T-cell protective response against multiple viruses. In the area of autoimmunity, she redefined the T-cell populations involved in pathogenesis in the standard animal model of multiple sclerosis. It was during her studies that she made the serendipitous finding that the MRL mouse was capable of regenerating multiple organs and tissues and this opened up the field of regeneration in mammals. For centuries, the only models of regeneration available for scientific research were of the classical regenerating species, including newts, hydra and planaria. The MRL mouse allows the full power of modern molecular genetics and cell biology to be directed to the advancement of the understanding, and hopefully clinical application, of regeneration in humans. Heber-Katz developed a chemically-defined culture system which then allowed her to examine basic immune mechanisms relating to transplantation and immunity. These creative scientific studies continued at the National Institutes of Health where her work helped elucidate the central cellular and signaling events in T-cell immunology. She holds a Master's degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania . Heber-Katz will address the conference on Shaping Prospects for Improved Health & Longevity – Into the Future.

	Ed Horner is Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives for the Field Museum of Chicago. Horner's office is responsible for expanding a program for principal gifts, which will become one of the key components of the overall development efforts for The Field Museum. Prior to his appointment at The Field Museum, Horner served for more than ten years as Executive Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Executive Vice President for Development and Public Affairs at The Art Institute of Chicago, most recently having responsibility for managing the $350 million capital fundraising campaign for the Art Institute's museum and the $100 million capital campaign for the Art Institute's School. Prior to his tenure at The Art Institute of Chicago, he served in similar executive positions as Associate Dean for External Affairs at the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago; Vice President for University Advancement at DePaul University; Executive Vice President of the Children's Memorial Medical Center and President of The Children's Memorial Foundation; and Director of Development and Public Affairs at Northwestern Memorial Medical Center. Horner holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from National Louis University and a Masters in Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management of Northwestern University. He is a director of Presbyterian Homes and the Geneva Foundation. He is also a founding member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors and currently serves as a member of the Council of Retired Directors of the Osmond Foundation, the Children's Miracle Network, and the Charitable Trust Advisory Council for the Office of the Attorney General of Illinois. Horner will receive IWF members and guests at The Field Museum.

	Vivian Lau is the Chief Executive Officer of Junior Achievement Hong Kong and the Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Petrochemical Company Limited. In her role as CEO of Junior Achievement Hong Kong, Lau has helped improve the quality of life for over 29,000 young people through activities based programs engaging entrepreneurship, financial and economic literacy, career aspiration and essential life values. From 2002 to 2005, Lau also served as the Executive Committee Member and Chairperson for the Inner Mongolia Committee of Power of Love. Under her leadership, Power of Love built nine schools to serve over 1,500 children in Inner Mongolia and secured the commitment of the local district government to improve the quality of the software in the schools. With 20 years of international experience in industry spanning leadership development, petrochemical, IT, airlines, advertising, online and telecommunication industries, Lau possesses a proven track record in starting, growing, managing and restructuring companies. Lau was instrumental in the founding of Grey Interactive in Hong Kong and China. As Founder and Managing Director of Grey Interactive, she was elected one of 12 Internet Superstars of the Year in 1999 by Advertising Age International. Lau has also served as Director of Broadband and Director of Marketing for SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd., the second largest mobile communications company in Hong Kong. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Business Administration from Macquarie University . Lau, an IWF Leadership Foundation fellow from the 2006-2007 class, will address the conference during Taking it to the Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Elizabeth Loftus is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California , Irvine . She holds positions in the Departments of Psychology & Social Behavior and Criminology, Law & Society. In addition, she has appointments in the Department of Cognitive Sciences and is a Fellow of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. Loftus's research of the last twenty years has focused on human memory, eyewitness testimony and courtroom procedure. She has been an expert witness or consultant in hundreds of cases, including the McMartin Pre-School Molestation case, the Hillside Strangler, the Abscam cases, the trial of Oliver North, the trial of the officers accused in the Rodney King beating, the Menendez brothers, the Bosnian War trials in the Hague, the Oklahoma Bombing case and litigations involving Michael Jackson, Martha Stewart, Scooter Libby and the Duke University Lacrosse players. Loftus has published 20 books and over 400 scientific articles. Her work has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation. In 1983, she was invited to present her work to the Royal Society of London. She has received five honorary doctorates for her research as well as numerous awards and honors. In 1995, she received the American Academy of Forensic Psychology Distinguished Contributions to Forensic Psychology Award. In l996 she received the American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology (AAAPP) Award for Distinguished Contribution to Basic and Applied Scientific Psychology. In 1997, she received the American Psychological Society, James McKeen Cattell Fellow. She received her Doctorate in Psychology from Stanford University. Loftus will address the conference on Shaping Prospects for Improved Health & Longevity – Into the Future.

	Joan McGlockton is founder and President of JRM Consulting. Prior to starting her business in 2007, McGlockton served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs for Sodexho, Inc., a global hospitality and food services company. McGlockton was responsible for providing global leadership in the areas of ethics and compliance; corporate sustainability, citizenship and responsibility; and corporate governance. Before assuming her corporate affairs role in 2002, McGlockton served as Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel of Sodexho as it completed a major merger. Earlier, McGlockton spent eleven years at Marriott International where she was Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel. McGlockton has served in leadership positions with numerous professional, educational and civic organizations including the Duke University Council on Women Studies, the Hispanic College Fund Scholarship Selection Committee, and the Coalition of 100 Black Women, and has served on various non-profit boards. In recognition of her work in the corporate world and her contributions to civic and community causes, the National Association for Women in Education awarded her with the 1998 Women of Distinction Award. She holds a Law degree from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Duke University . McGlockton, an IWF Leadership Foundation fellow from the 2005-2006 class, will address the conference during Taking it to the Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Totsie Memela Khambule is the Managing Director of Postbank. She is responsible for steering the state-owned institution to become a bank of choice for the underserved communities in urban and rural South Africa . Memela Khambule is also a director and a co-shareholder of Memela Pratt Associates (MPA), a woman owned executive search firm that is part of one of the largest global search firms worldwide. She began her career at seventeen years of age with the African National Congress, spending several years as an underground activist in Swaziland , Botswana and Zimbabwe and thereafter in the office of the former Secretary General, Cyril Ramaphosa, who was part of the team responsible for drafting the South African constitution. Memela Khambule serves on a number of boards including the Rural Housing Loan fund and Lekana Employee Benefit Solutions, a division of the First Rand Group, Ltd. She has served as Deputy Chairperson of the World University Foundation, Commissioner of the Strauss Commission and Chairman of the Civic Education and Advisory Board. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Science from the University of Swaziland , a Master's degree in Public Administration from the University of Zimbabwe and an Advanced Diploma in Banking from Rand Afriaans University . Memela Khambule, an IWF Leadership Foundation fellow from the 2000-2001 class, will address the conference during Taking it to the Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Lynne Nellemann is a management consultant working in enterprise transformation and corporate governance for global firms. She served as a management consultant for A.T. Kearney and Accenture, and has been involved with divisional leadership at Gannett Company and International Harvester, where she was the first female corporate officer. Lynne served on the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission (a legislated four-year term) and was voted Republican Co-chair of the Subcommittee on Research and Final Report. As the Chair for her political party, Nellemann led the 20-person Federal Glass Ceiling Commission, comprised of U.S. Senators, U.S. Representatives and corporate executives, which reported to the United States Secretary of Labor under Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton. The Commission's work and recommendations sought to eliminate barriers to the advancement of women and minorities to decision-making positions in the private sector. I-Street Magazine named her to its list of 100 leaders in technology and Midwest regional development and she was named one of the top philanthropic fund-raisers in Chicago by Crain's Chicago Business . Her academic credentials include teaching positions at the Kellogg School at Northwestern University , the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University and the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University . She holds a Post-doctorate degree from the School for Management and Strategic Studies, Western Behavioral Sciences Institute, a Doctorate from Northwestern University and both a Master's and Bachelor's degrees from the University of Missouri . Nellemann is the President of the Illinois Women's Forum and will welcome IWF members and guests to Chicago with the Foundational Remarks before Plenary I.

	Malka Nir is the F18 Engineering Department Manager for Intel Electronics in Qiryat Gat , Israel. She joined Intel in 1996 after three years of service in the Israeli Defense Forces as an officer. At Intel, she began as a Lithography Process Engineer and then became an Engineering Group Leader. In order to gain broader experience in high volume manufacturing and people management, she took the role of Manufacturing Shift Manager where she led a shift of 250 technicians and direct managers. In Nir's current role, she is responsible for a team of 200 engineers and engineering group leaders. Nir holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, a Master of Science in Organic Chemistry and a Doctorate in Chemistry from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem . Nir, a Leadership Foundation fellow from the 2006-2007 class, will address the conference during Taking It To The Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Danny Paradise is a certified yoga instructor. He has been practicing Ashtanga Yoga since 1975 and teaching worldwide since 1979. Paradise initially studied with the first Western teachers of Ashtanga, David Williams and Nancy Gilgoff. He learned the beginning and advanced sequences from his teachers over five years and studied with Sri Patabbhi Jois in 1978 and 1980. He has also studied and practiced with Yoga teachers and Spiritual guides from many other lineages and traditions as well as teachers of Kung fu, Tai Chi and Karate. For over twenty-five years, Paradise has introduced all levels of the practices of Ashtanga Yoga to students and teachers worldwide. He has also introduced the Ashtanga practices to world renowned artists, musicians, dancers, Buddhist Lamas, actors and sports champions. He incorporates several indigenous spiritual traditions into the practice and philosophy of yoga, relating yoga to all Shamanic nature-based cultures. He draws from the teachings of Krishnamurti, Buddha, ancient Egypt and many indigenous cultures such as Hawaiian, Mayan, and Native American. Paradise passes on ancient traditions in a non-dogmatic, contemporary, compassionate and humorous way. He will be leading the yoga sessions each morning.

	Irene Pepperberg is a research associate and lecturer at Harvard University and an associate adjunct professor at Brandeis University . She is noted for her cognitive and communicative studies of grey parrots. The main focus of her work is to determine the cognitive and communicative abilities of these birds, and compare their abilities with those of great apes, marine mammals and young children. Pepperberg is studying the mechanisms and outcomes of parrots' learning. Over more than twenty-five years, she has shown that grey parrots have capacities comparable to nonhuman primates and young children. Her work has been highlighted on 20/20, Scientific American Frontiers, Discovery, National Geographic, the BBC Nature series, and numerous other European and Japanese television programs, as well as NPR, CBC, and BBC radio programs. Major articles have run in the Boston Globe , the New York Times and as part of a special issue of Scientific American on “Intelligence.” She has received numerous grants for her research including the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Fellowships for 1982, 1983 and 1984 and the Bunting Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for 2004. Pepperberg holds a Bachelor of Science degree fr om the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and both Master's and Doctorate degrees from Harvard University . She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Animal Behavior Society and the American Ornithologists' Union . She will address the conference on Shaping Prospects for Improved Health & Longevity – Into the Future.

	Carolyn Porco is a Senior Research Scientist at the Space Science Institute in Boulder , Colorado , an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Planetary Sciences at the University of Arizona and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder . In November 1990, she was selected as the leader of the Imaging Team for the Cassini mission to Saturn, an international mission that has successfully placed a spacecraft in orbit around Saturn and deployed an atmospheric probe to Saturn's largest satellite, Titan. She is also an imaging scientist on the Pluto/Kuiper Belt mission, New Horizons, which launched to Pluto in 2006. She has been an active participant in guiding the American planetary exploration program through membership on several important NASA advisory committees, including the Solar System Exploration Subcommittee, the Mars Observer Recovery Study Team and the Solar System Road Map Development Team. She was a member of a committee chaired by Carl Sagan in 1994 entitled “Public Communication of NASA's Science.” Her popular scientific writings have been published in the London Sunday Times, The Guardian, Astronomy Magazine and the Arizona Daily Star . Porco is the creator/editor of the team's CICLOPS website (ciclops.org) where Cassini images are posted, and writes the site's home page opening greeting to the public. Her contributions to the exploration of the outer solar system were recently recognized with the naming of Asteroid (7231) Porco: “Named in honor of Carolyn C. Porco, a pioneer in the study of planetary ring systems...and a leader in spacecraft exploration of the outer solar system.” In late 1999, she was selected by the Sunday London Times as one of 18 scientific leaders of the 21st century, and by Industrial Week as one of “50 Stars to Watch.” Porco received her Doctorate degree in 1983 from the California Institute of Technology in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, having completed her doctoral dissertation on Voyager discoveries in the rings of Saturn. She will address the conference on Shaping Prospects for Improved Health & Longevity – Into the Future.

	Mary Robinson is the founder of Realizing Rights: the Ethical Globalization Initiative, the former President of Ireland and the former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Robinson has spent most of her life as a human rights advocate and her goal at the Ethical Globalization Initiative is to bring the norms and standards of human rights into the globalization process and to support capacity building in good governance in developing countries, with an initial focus on Africa. As an academic, legislator and barrister, she has always sought to use law as an instrument for social change, arguing landmark cases before the European Court of Human Rights as well as in the Irish courts and the European Court in Luxemburg. She also served on the International Commission of Jurists, the Advisory Committee of Interights, and on expert European Community and Irish parliamentary committees. Robinson is the recipient of numerous honors and awards throughout the world. She is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and the American Philosophical Society and has been the Honorary President of Oxfam International since 2002. A founding member and Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders, she serves on many boards, including the Vaccine Fund, and chairs the Irish Chamber Orchestra. She attended the University of Dublin and was awarded a fellowship to Harvard Law School. She will address the conference on Changing the World – Leading the Future.

	Bernie Sahlins is the creator of Second City, the co-founder of the International Theater Festival, the creative adapter for the Humanities Festival and a writer, producer and comedian. For more than 25 years, he has been tireless in advancing and promoting the arts in Chicago. Mr. Sahlins fame may be tied to improvisational comedy, but his roots and passion have always been in the theater. In 1953, he became a producer of Playwrights Theatre Club, featuring such budding actors and directors as Ed Asner, Mike Nichols, Elaine May and Paul Sills. In 1956, he presented a year of plays in Chicago 's Studebaker Theatre, including the Chicago premiere of Waiting for Godot. After launching Second City, he remained a producer and served as a director until the 1990s. Among the many talents he hired were John and Jim Belushi, John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray. His years with The Second City are documented in his memoir, Days and Nights at The Second City. Sahlins was also one of the producers of the acclaimed TV show “SCTV.” He is the recipient of The Sergel prize for playwriting, The University of Chicago Professional Achievement Award, The Chicago Drama League's Professional Achievement Award, Joseph Jefferson Awards for directing and professional achievement, The Illinois Arts Alliance “Legend” award and the Improv Festival Achievement Award. He will greet members and guests at Behind the Drama.

	Tim Samuelson is a cultural historian for the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs . In his position, Samuelson plans exhibits and programs reflecting the city's diverse cultural history and serves as a public resource for historical and culturally related projects. Over the past thirty-five years, Samuelson has been involved in a wide variety of projects relating to Chicago history. One of his specialties is the field of Chicago architecture, and he previously worked as the Curator of Architecture for the Chicago Historical Society and as a historian and restoration specialist for the Commission on Chicago Landmarks. Rather than limiting his studies to bricks and mortar, Samuelson takes special interest in the human and social forces that shaped the city's buildings and neighborhoods. He has lectured and written extensively on Chicago history and architecture and has been featured in numerous internationally broadcast documentaries including Nova, Omnibus and The American Experience. His books include Unexpected Chicagoland, a documentation of overlooked aspects of Chicago 's neighborhoods, written in collaboration with MacArthur Fellow Camilo Jose Vergara, and But Wait! There's More; a history of Ronco and Popeil TV-advertised products. Samuelson will lead members and guests on the Behind the Design tour.

	Terry Savage is a nationally known expert on personal finance and a regular television commentator on issues related to investing and financial markets. Her syndicated personal finance column for the Chicago Sun-Times is read in newspapers across the country. Savage is a frequent guest on national radio and television shows ranging from PBS' Nightly Business Report to CNN and CNBC. She has appeared several times on Oprah and is a frequent substitute host of the nationally syndicated Bob Brinker radio show on ABC radio. Her financial expertise comes from experience as a stockbroker and as the founding member and first woman trader on the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Savage was also a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's International Monetary Market where she traded interest rate contracts and currency futures. She has won numerous awards including the National Press Club award for Outstanding Consumer Journalism, the Outstanding Personal Finance Columnist award given by the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and two Emmys for her television work. Savage serves on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NYSE) and previously served on the boards of McDonald's Corporation for fourteen years and Pennzoil-Quaker State Corporation for five years. She was a recipient of the Director's Choice Award honoring selected women who serve on America 's top corporate boards. She is involved in Chicago 's civic affairs, serving as a director of The Executives' Club of Chicago, Junior Achievement of Illinois and the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Foundation. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan . Savage will lead members and guests on the Financial District Walking Tour.

	Ludmila Shvetsova is First Deputy Mayor of the City of Moscow and Head of the Social Sphere of Moscow. She is one of Russia 's preeminent women politicians serving in political leadership roles since 1989. She was Head of the Awards Department of the Secretariat of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of the Family & Women's Affairs Committee of the USSR Council of Ministers and the Head of the Gender Expertise Group of the High Economic Council of the Russian Federation Supreme Soviet. In 1994, Shvetsova became a Chairman of the Committee for Public and Interregional Relations in the Moscow Government. She also serves as President of the Women's Initiative Fund and President of the Association of Children's Movement Researchers. She is Vice President of the Information Publishing Fellowship, Atlantis– 21st Century. Shvetsova has been honored with numerous awards and is the author of several publications about children, youth and women's issues, as well as international relations, social policy and development of civil society. She is President of IWF Russia and will give introductory remarks for the session entitled Taking it to the Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Gloria Scoby is senior vice president and group publisher for Crain Communications Inc. and President of Crain Communications . She works directly with the publishers of Advertising Age, BtoB, Creativity, Business Insurance, Business Insurance Europe, Crain's Chicago Business, Crain's New York Business, Modern Healthcare, Pensions & Investments, Investment News, FinancialWeek, TelevisionWeek and Workforce Management. Prior to being named publisher of Crain's Chicago Business, Scoby spent two years in New York as publisher of Crain's New York Business. Under her guidance, Crain's New York Business achieved its first profitable month, October 1988, and received the AABP award for Best Business Publication in America in 1989. Before joining Crain's, Scoby was a partner in Ruba House, a literary venture company which produced the nationally syndicated sports medicine column, Dr. Jock. Actively involved in civic and charity work, Scoby serves on the boards of Steppenwolf Theatre, Advisory Board of the Media Management Center at Northwestern and is a member of The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Economic Club of Chicago and The Chicago Network. She will moderate the session entitled Women CEOs – The Face of a New Generation – Driving Change.

	Lise Taylor is a Technical Director for Black & Veatch, a global engineering company where she specializes in project management. As a chartered civil engineer, Taylor has worked both on construction sites and in the office, and has had the pleasure of working in different parts of the U.K. and the world. Her environmental, water and information technology experience spans 20 years, and she is proud to work in a field where her efforts improve the environment and other's quality of life. Taylor is currently the National Framework Manager for the Black & Vetch's $60 million program of work for the UK Environment Agency; and she plays a leading role in the company's GIS (computerized mapping) and IT group. She is a member of the UK Institution of Civil Engineers and the UK Association for Project Management, and is a PRINCE2 Practitioner. She has published papers on risk assessment and dam failures. In 2005, the UK 's Association for Project Management named her Project Manager of the Year. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and holds a Master of Philosophy degree. Taylor, a Leadership Foundation fellow from the 2006-2007 class, will address the conference during Taking It To The Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Mina Teicher is Chief Scientist for the Israeli Government, a Professor at Bar-Ilan University and Director of the Emmy Noether Mathematical Research Institute. Her research interests include artificial vision, brain research and eco-geomorohology. She specializes in Algebraic Geometry with application to Neuro-Mathematics, Neurosurgery, Physics, Computer-Aided Design and Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Computer Vision, Cryptography, Electro Optic and Agriculture. She currently serves as the Chairman for the Education Committee of the European Mathematical Society as well as the Chairman for the National Council for the Advancement of Women in Science and Technology. Teicher has published articles in 80 refereed journals, and has written 40 manuscripts and one book. She has lectured at international conferences and colloquia all over the world from Barcelona to China , and has organized over 20 international conferences in Israel , Germany and Italy . She has served as a member of the Helsinki Group advisory board to the Executive Committee for women in Science and the Executive Committee of the European Mathematical Society. Teicher holds a Doctorate in Mathematics from Tel-Aviv University and was a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University . She is President of IWF Israel and will address the conference on Shaping Prospects for Improved Health & Longevity – Into the Future.

	Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza is Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor of Law at Makerere University . She also acts as a commissioner of the Uganda Law Reform Commission and has overseen various important projects of the Commission including the Domestic Violence Project and the Commercial Law Reform Project I. She has completed extensive research in the areas of crime, criminology, human rights, gender, women rights, children's rights and juvenile justice. Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza is widely published in journals and has written multiple books including “Women's Violent Crime in Uganda: More Sinned Against Than Sinning” (1999) and “Gender and Human Rights: A Case Study of Polygamy Among the Basoga of Uganda” (2003). In addition to her responsibilities at Makerere University, Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza served as trainer for both the Jurisprudence of Equality Program at the International Association of Women Judges and the Gender Sensitive Legislation for the Uganda Legislature. She served as member of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards, member of the academic board of Makerere University Business School and a complimentary member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. She holds a Doctorate degree from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, a Master of Laws in Commercial Law from the University of Bristol, U.K., a Bachelor of Law from Makerere University and a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, Kampala . She will address the conference on Women of Thought – Shaping the Future.

	Molly Tschang is the International Programs lead of the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG). IBSG works with many of the world's leading companies and governments to help them become more effective through changed business processes and intelligent technology deployment. Tschang's focus is on strategic thought leadership engagements with international financial and development institutions such as the World Bank, IMF, United Nations and USAID. Much of her career has been focused on building bridges and successfully collaborating across different communities. She recently completed a seventeen month assignment in Cisco's Leadership Fellows Program, serving as executive director of NetHope, an IT consortium of leading international NGOs collaborating to make best use of technology for Internet connectivity in developing parts of the world. During her tenure, she also held senior positions in Cisco's engineering organization and corporate Business Development group, where she led the global team that integrated over fifty acquisitions into the company's operations and was instrumental in ensuring Cisco's culture endured through rapid change. Prior to joining Cisco, Tschang served as Vice- President, marketing communications at United States Filter Corporation, a high-growth company that consolidated the water and wastewater treatment industry. Prior to that, she worked with Deloitte & Touche Management Consulting and IBM sales. She received a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Business Administration from UCLA with focus on entrepreneurship. Tschang, a Leadership Foundation fellow from the 2002-2003 class, will address the conference on Taking It To The Future – A New Generation Speaks Out.

	Padmasree Warrior is Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Motorola. She is responsible for the company's $4.0 billion research and development investment, and is recognized internationally as the thought leader who shaped the industry vision of “seamless mobility” for next generation communications. She is credited with crafting much of Motorola's strategy around seamless mobility - to deliver easy uninterrupted access to everything people want in a flat and mobile world. Under Warrior's leadership, Motorola was awarded the 2004 National Medal of Technology by the President of the United States . In 2001, she was one of six women nationwide selected to receive the “Women Elevating Science and Technology” award from Working Woman Magazine . In the past two years she was recognized as a role model by many organizations such as the Notre Dame Girls High School , South Asian Women Leadership Forum and as a Science Spectrum Trailblazer, among others. Warrior holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi , India . She is an external director on the Board of Corning Corporation. She will address the conference during the session on Women CEOs – The Face of a New Generation – Driving Change.

	Tom Yorton is the President of Second City, Inc. He has particular expertise at the intersection of marketing, communications, change management and corporate training. His role at Second City has been to evolve and grow the corporate division of Second City into the largest and most diverse corporate comedy and improvisational training entity in the world, serving a broad range of Fortune 500 clients and nonprofit organizations. Yorton's background includes positions as a senior marketing executive at 3COM corporation and Sears, and as a vice president in the advertising firms Hal Riney & Partners and Ogilvy & Mather. He has experience in numerous industries, including high tech, Internet, retail, automotive, airline, fitness, restaurant, lodging, financial services and healthcare categories. Yorton writes and speaks widely on his undying belief in the power of improvisation and humor to improve individual performance and to transform organizations. He will receive IWF members and guests at Second City, Inc.