Forté Foundation Announces New Board Members

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New Officers Announced at Annual Sponsor Meeting and Conference

New York, NY (November 11, 2011) --- Forté Foundation announced its newest board members at its Annual Sponsor Meeting and Conference in June in New York.  Forté board members are nominated by their peer sponsors based on their demonstrated commitment to the Forté organization and mission and their tenure and seniority within their current organization.  Forté board members serve a two-year term before being eligible for re-election to a second term.   Forté board members provide governance and oversight for the organization in addition to insight and guidance on strategy and overall direction. They are integrally involved in all aspects of growing Forté, from sponsorship and partnership development to advocacy on behalf of Forté in their industry or on their campus. When identifying candidates for the Forté Board, the nominating committee looks for diversity, commitment to the Forté organization, as well as tenure and seniority within their industry or institution.   “The new directors chosen to serve on Forté’s board represent the very best from our sponsorship and I know their participation will have an impressive impact on Forté’s advancement and success,” said Elissa Sangster, Executive Director, Forté Foundation.  “This diverse and powerful group of men and women brings with them an amazing range of backgrounds and experiences that will enable Forté to reach a broader audience of women and influence them in a more significant way.”  The 2011-2012 slate of officers is:  

Newly-Elected Officers

 Alice Davison Vice President, Senior Manager, Talent Group – The Capital Group Companies Melissa Evers-Hood Software and Services Group, Enabling Finance Controller – Intel   Elizabeth M. Philipp Executive Vice President and Account Manager – PIMCO   Marc Stapley Senior Vice President – Pfizer’s Global Financial Solutions   Soojin Kwon Koh Director of Admissions (FTMBA, PTMBA, EMBA, BBA), Ross School of Business – University of Michigan Rebekah Lewin Executive Director of Admissions & Administration, University of Rochester – Simon School   Libby Livingston Director of Full-time MBA Admissions, Goizueta Business School – Emory University Deborah Merrill-Sands Dean – Mills College  

Re-elected and Returning Officers

Pepe Carerras Vice President, Marketing Operations, GMAC   Julie DeWitt, Chair Emeritus Director, Business Recruiting - Eli Lilly and Company   Suni Harford Managing Director and Citigroup's Regional Head of Markets for North America, Citi   Elizabeth Riley Hargrove Associate Dean for Admissions, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University   Roxanne Hori, Chair Assistant Dean and Director of Career Management - Kellogg School of Management Sandra Hurse, Treasurer Global Head of Securities Campus Recruiting, Goldman, Sachs & Co.   Kristina Liphardt, Secretary Americas Campus Recruiting Leader for MBA Recruiting and Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young   Adrienne Martinez, Forté Fellow Alumnae Representative DB Advisors/Consultant Relations, Deutsche Bank   Diane Morgan, Vice Chair Associate Dean of Degree Programmes and Career Services, London Business School   Forté Sponsor Companies: AIG, AT&T, Bain, Barclays Capital, BlackRock, , The Capital Group Companies, Capital One, Chevron, Citi, Citizens Financial Group, Credit Suisse, Cummins, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, Eli Lilly and Company, Ernst & Young, ExxonMobil, Fidelity Investments, Goldman, Sachs & Co., The Hartford, IBM, Intel, Liberty Mutual, New York Life, Pfizer, PIMCO, The PNC Financial Services Group, UBS   Forté Sponsor Business Schools:  Babson Graduate School of Business, Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, Chicago Booth, Columbia Business School, Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at Virginia, The Fuqua School of Business at Duke, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, Goizueta Business School at Emory, Harvard Business School, HEC-Paris, INSEAD, The Johnson School of Management at Cornell, Kelley School of Business at Indiana, The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern, London Business School, McCombs School of Business at Texas, Mills College Lorrey I. Lokey Graduate School of Business, MIT Sloan School of Management, Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, Queen’s School of Business, Ross School of Business at Michigan, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Simmons School of Management, Stern School of Business at NYU, Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, UCLA Anderson School of Management, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Rochester, Simon Graduate School of Business, USC Marshall School of Business, Wake Forest University Schools of Business,  The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Yale School of Management, IE Business School, Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, and the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame University. Non-Profits: The Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) ABOUT FORTÉ Forté is a nonprofit organization with the goal of achieving gender parity at all levels of business. Forté works closely with business schools, corporations, and universities to ensure women have access to opportunities at every stage in their careers. Forté offers a wide variety of resources, including MBA prep, professional development, leadership education, and a diverse community of successful women. For more information, visit fortefoundation.org. Media contacts: Michele Vana, BCW Global, michele.vana@bcw-global.com; Katie Stanfield, Forté Foundation, katies@fortefoundation.org Download the PDF