The National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) announces sponsors and speakers for the 2011 Conference and Career Fair, Sept. 15-17 at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas. Wal-Mart returns as a fourth year conference sponsor committing an additional $10,000 towards the Women MBAs Scholarship program. Additional sponsors include Intel, Ernst & Young, Northwestern Mutual, Dell and Ford Motor Company.
This year’s speakers will address the conference theme, “Are You Ready?”
- Margaret Heffernan – Entrepreneur, CEO, and writer will discuss her motto, "Let's not play the game, let's change it." Beginning an impressive career as a writer for the BBC and producing documentaries and dramatic films, Heffernan also authored three books, “Willful Blindness,” “Women on Top” and “The Naked Truth.” Later she developed interactive multimedia products leading to buying and selling internet businesses, serving as chief executive officer for InfoMation Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and iCAST Corporation. Heffernan blogs for the Huffington Post and BNET, and writes for Fast Company, Real Business, MORE, and other magazines around the world.
- Ali Brown – Known as the voice for women’s entrepreneurial success and named "The Entrepreneurial Guru for Women" by Business News Daily. Since starting her first business 11 years ago in her tiny NYC apartment, she has grown the enterprise into millions and wants to share her expertise with NAWMBA members on how to develop a profitable business. As founder and CEO of Ali International LLC, Brown created a dynamic enterprise devoted to empowering women entrepreneurs around the world, and now connects more than 50,000 members throughout her online and offline programs.
- Ginger Hardage – Senior vice president of culture & communications for Southwest Airlines, presents leadership as "Communicating the Mission, supporting your team with the necessary resources and getting out of their way so they can achieve great things." PRWeek named Hardage one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Public Relations, and she was distinguished as one of Texas' Most Powerful and Influential Women in 2010. Hardage received the National Public Relations Achievement Award in 2009; was named "Legendary Communicator" by Southern Methodist University in 2007; and was selected for the James C. Bowling Executive-In-Residence Lecture Series at the University of Kentucky in 2005.
The 2011 NAWMBA conference and career fair is designed to assist women, both students and professionals, as they continue along the journey of developing and enhancing their leadership skills. Online conference registration is available at http://www.mbawomen.org/conference.
About NAWMBA
The National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering women MBAs in order to propel more women into leadership positions and to enhance the diversity of the nation's workforce. In order to accomplish its mission, NAWMBA focuses its efforts in four key areas: Education, Professional Development, Networking, and Collaboration. Visit mbawomen.org or facebook.com/nawmba for more information.
About Irving, Texas
Located immediately adjacent to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and between Dallas and Fort Worth, Irving, Texas, boasts more than 75 hotels and nearly 12,000 rooms. Las Colinas, a 12,000-acre master-planned community within the city of Irving, is known worldwide for its quality and uniqueness. The city is home to 10,000+ companies, 50 Fortune 500 companies, and the world headquarters of six Fortune 500 companies. For more information, visit irvingtexas.com or facebook.com/IrvingTexasCVB .
