Forté Foundation is led by a dynamic team of professionals—from distinguished board members to energetic partners, volunteers and staff—who believe in the value of women in the workplace.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Founded in 1889, The Wall Street Journal, the flagship publication of Dow Jones & Company, is the world's leading business publication. The Journal reaches the nation's top business and political leaders, as well as investors across the country. Holding 33 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, the Journal seeks to help its readers succeed by providing essential and relevant information, presented fairly and accurately, from a dependable and trusted source. The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com is the flagship product of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, which comprises unique, award-winning Web sites that provide vital business news and information, opinion and commentary, career guidance, and much more. It is the largest paid subscription news site on the Web, with than 1 million subscribers world-wide. Founded in 1995, it has been the winner of dozens of online awards, and is considered a must-read for top business executives, opinion leaders and other professionals.

CFA Institute

CFA Institute is a global, not-for-profit organization comprised of the world’s largest association of investment professionals, and is dedicated to developing and promoting the highest educational, ethical, and professional standards in the investment industry. CFA Institute offers a range of educational and career resources, including the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM) designations, and is a leading voice on global issues of fairness, market efficiency, and investor protection.

Ivy Exec

Ivy Exec is a highly selective, pre-screened career network for over 120,000 highly qualified professionals globally. We unite exceptional talent with the most sought-after employers globally. Founded in 2006, this trusted recruiting tool is used by leading companies such as CapGemini, Barclays, Merrill Lynch, Google, Yahoo, LVMH, and others looking to hire high-caliber professionals. Other partners include leading schools and programs such as Cornell, Kellogg, Berkeley, Oxford, McGill, HEC, and Indian School of Business.

You are invited to join Ivy Exec, the most exclusive, invitation-only, network of high-caliber professionals globally. As a member of Forté, you are eligible to receive complimentary All-Access membership for 3 months. As an All-Access member, you will have access to thousands of premium jobs, be able to receive industry intelligence reports, and build a profile searchable by leading companies around the world.

Universum

UNIVERSUM is The Global Employer Branding Leader. As thought leaders, we drive the industry forward having focused exclusively on Employer Branding (EB) for 20 years. We are a trusted partner to Schools and Universities, and over 500 clients worldwide including many Fortune 100 companies. We use our research to understand student attitudes and trends, and help leading employers attract and retain current and future ideal employees. Clients utilize our experience, knowledge and services from the research, strategic consulting and media solutions.

QS TOPMBA

QS is the leading international network for top careers and education. We link graduate, MBA and executive communities around the world with recruiters and education providers through websites, publications, selection services and events, both physical and virtual. The QS World MBA Tour will be visiting 20 cities around North America in fall 2011. At our events, MBA candidates can meet face-to-face with some of the world’s top b-schools, including Cornell, UCLA, London Business School, Michigan Ross (EMBA) and NYU-Stern, win over $1.2M of exclusive scholarships, sit free GMAT seminars and speak to alumni and admissions officers. Other brands of the company are: QS TopGraduate, QS TopUniversities, QS TopMBA, QS TopExecEd and QS GlobalWorkplace. Together they support individuals throughout their career paths.

Women For Hire

Women For Hire offers a comprehensive array of recruitment services for women, including signature career expos, inspiring speeches and seminars, a popular career-focused magazine, customized marketing programs, and an online job board that helps leading employers connect with top-notch professional women in all fields.

PINK

pinkmagazine.com delivers proven strategies to women for greater professional and personal achievement. Informative and inspiring articles bring to life real stories of how key women across the nation encounter and work through business and personal challenges. For a list of resources from PINK magazine on our site, check out the PINK magazine lists.

The Robert Toigo Foundation

The Robert Toigo Foundation is a national organization committed to preparing exceptional minority pre-MBA and MBA students to enter the field of finance and leverage their academic and professional roles into future positions of leadership in the global economy.  To ensure that developing finance professionals receive access to the resources that will help them succeed, the Foundation created ToigoTalks™, an undergraduate initiative that cultivates talent at an early stage by providing active outreach, knowledge-building support, and guidance through a series of on-campus presentations, educational networking events, sponsor-hosted webinars, and a resource-rich website (http://www.ready-for-finance.com)./

 Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT)

MLT is the premier career development institution that equips African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans with the key ingredients—skills, coaching and door-opening relationships—that unlock their potential. We deliver our content via key programs to help minorities at each stage of their career to put them on the fast track to success—at the College, MBA and Executive level. For more information, go to: http://www.ml4t.org/ 
 

 The MBA Tour

The MBA Tour is an international business education recruitment platform with emphasis on personal interaction between prospective MBA students, business school admission representatives, alumni and other like-minded education enthusiasts. To promote our business philosophy, the MBA Tour offers high quality education fairs that include individual school presentations and interactive panel discussions with leading industry experts as well as personalized round table events. The MBA Tour was established in 1993 and has built its reputation on representing top business schools from Asia, Latin America, Europe and North America. For more information visit http://www.thembatour.com/ 

Harvard University Women in Business

HUWIB is currently the largest undergraduate business organization on campus at Harvard, reaching over 300 members. The organization seeks to empower a dynamic group of enterprising young women by uniting them through business education and experience. Through panels, conferences, outreach initiatives, skill-building workshops, leadership projects, and mentorship programs, HUWIB seeks to expose undergraduate women to a variety of business careers.

The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management

Since its inception in 1966, The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management has secured $225 million to advance their mission of promoting diversity and inclusion in American business. The Consortium annually awards over 300 full-tuition scholarships for students to attend one of its 17 top-tier member schools. The Consortium’s vast network includes these universities, more than 500 current students, nearly 6,000 alumni and 75 corporate partners consisting of Fortune 100 and 500 companies. For more information visit www.cgsm.org

The PhD Project

The PhD Project’s mission is to increase the diversity of corporate America by increasing the diversity of business school faculty. We attract African Americans, Hispanic Americans and
Native Americans to business Ph.D. programs, and provide a network of peer support on their journey to becoming professors. As faculty, they serve as role models attracting and mentoring minority students while improving the preparation of all students for our diverse workplace and society. Since 1994, we’ve increased minority business faculty in the U.S. from 294 to over 1,100. We are an alliance of foundations, corporations, universities and academic organizations dedicated to increasing minority representation in the business world.  The PhD Project model is an effective resource in providing information to all individuals interested in pursuing business doctoral degrees.  Visit www.phdproject.org.

ACCESS MBA

Accredited and highly ranked business schools are coming soon to a city near you to meet qualified MBA candidates. The Access MBA Tour brings together MBA candidates and international business schools in over 40 cities around the world. More than just a fair, Access MBA gives business professionals the opportunity to meet with admissions directors on a One-to-One basis.  Meet top-ranked MBA program representatives, career counselors and GMAT instructors on the Access MBA Tour in New York City and other international destinations. Places are limited for One-to-One meetings and early registration is recommended. Visit www.AccessMBA.com for the full tour schedule. More information about how to find the right MBA program for you as well as GMAT resources can also be found on our website.

Accepted.com

Accepted.com is an admissions consultancy that helps business school applicants gain acceptance to top MBA programs around the world. Accepted.com offers applicants a wide range of MBA admissions services (pre-application consulting, comprehensive school packages, MBA essay editing, interview prep, resume guidance, etc.), as well as a never-ending selection of free resources (blog posts, special reports, webinars, etc.). Led by admissions expert Linda Abraham, the team at Accepted.com is eager to guide women and men through the MBA admissions process, from choosing where to apply to selecting from multiple acceptances…and everything in between!