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COUNTDOWN TO 2020

FIFTH NATIONAL CONGRESS OCTOBER 26-28, 2015 NASHVILLE

TENNESSEE

HONORING THE PAST

ENRICHING THE PRESENT

SHAPING THE FUTURE

NASHVILLE AIRPORT MARRIOTT, 600 MARRIOTT DRIVE, NASHVILLE, TN 37214

WELCOMEFIFTH NATIONAL CONGRESSThe opening and closing speakers of the Fifth National Vision 2020 Congress are Ellen Goodman and

Justice Connie Clark — two women with encouraging messages for women everywhere.

In the hours between their appearances, this Vision 2020 Congress will stimulate an exchange of

ideas about what’s ahead in our “Countdown to 2020.”

The milestone year of 2020 doesn’t seem so distant now, and that should provide the motivation to

turn up the volume on reaching our goals for American women and girls.

We have assembled in Nashville a gathering of stunningly talented people, united in the belief that

we can all see a better day for women, and we can all see Vision 2020 as a way to achieve it.

Our time together is precious. That’s why nothing less than a full-participation approach will work.

We want to know what you’re thinking, how you define equality and what your ideas are as to how we

can help each other.

WELCOME! THIS IS THE “VOLUNTEER” STATE. AND HERE YOU ARE!

Lynn H. Yeakel, MSM Director and Betty A. Cohen Chair in Women’s Health

Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership

Founder and Chair, Vision 2020

A VISION 2020 OVATION TO TENNESSEEA “must” chapter in any history on the long campaign for equality for women would have to include

what happened in Tennessee in August 1920.

With 35 states having ratified the constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote, one

more state was needed. Tennessee took care of that and, in doing so, propped open doors of opportunity

previously closed to women.

State Representative Harry Burn cast the deciding vote, at the urging of his mother, Febb Burn. This all

happened only because the absolutely refuse-to-lose Tennessee suffragists demonstrated extraordinary

perseverance in delivering the message, carrying out the mission.

Proud monuments honoring what they did in their time remind us of what we must be doing in ours.

Frances Hannah Tranum wrote the words to the song “My Tennessee.”

“ AH, LET MY HEART BEAT TRUE TO THEE, AND SWELL WITH PRIDE FOR TENNESSEE.”

TO THE

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TABLE OF CONTENTSABOUT OUR COALITION

SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-5

SPEAKERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-8

NATIONAL ADVISORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

DELEGATE LIAISON TEAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

DELEGATE DIRECTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-18

SPONSORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

19TH AMENDMENT CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE . . . . . . . . . . 20

AWARD RECIPIENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Emily Beckman, Tomorrow Award

Justice Cornelia A. Clark, Pioneer Award

Ellen Goodman, Visionary Award

Busra Gungor, Tomorrow Award

DECLARATION OF EQUALITY

VISION 2020 IS A NATIONAL COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WORKING TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL EQUALITY FOR WOMEN.

VISION AND GOALS

SHARED LEADERSHIP

Men and women are equally represented in senior leadership positions.

ECONOMIC PARITY

Equal pay and benefits make women and families more economically secure.

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Women are engaging in civic issues, voting and running for office.

YOUTH EDUCATION

Boys and girls value gender equality, shared leadership and civic engagement.

THE COALITIONVision 2020 actively collaborates with national and regional organizations and individuals to raise awareness, advocate

and act in support of our shared goals.

ALLIES

A growing list of organizations, representing over 20 million women and girls across the nation.

DELEGATES

Women leaders in all 50 states who implement state and local projects that advance Vision 2020 goals.

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

Women and men who provide ongoing strategies direction.

NATIONAL ADVISORS

Outstanding women leaders who lend their stature to the equality cause.

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CONGRESS SCHEDULE

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2611:00 a.m. Registration Opens

3:00 p.m. “Who Will Carry the Baton Across the Finish Line?”

Location: Cumberland Ballroom

Ellen Goodman, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, speaks about the status of women in America.

This presentation is in collaboration with the Tennessee Economic Summit for Women.

Vision 2020 presents the Visionary Award to Ellen Goodman

5:00 p.m. “Countdown to 2020” Reception

6:00 p.m. Welcome Dinner

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 277:15 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Report from the Chair

Lynn Yeakel, Founder and Chair of Vision 2020, reviews the past 18 months and plans for

the next 1,536 days until the year 2020.

Leadership Circle members provide updates on four goals.

Introduction

Susan Butler, Founder & CEO, Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of

Women Leaders

Shared Leadership

Deborah Brittain, former president of the Association of Junior Leagues International, and

Bill Glick, Dean and H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management, Jesse H. Jones Graduate

School of Business, Rice University

Economic Security

Roberta Liebenberg, Partner, Fine, Kaplan and Black, and Lisa Passante, Past President,

National Association of Women Lawyers Executive Board

Youth Education

Connie Lindsey, Executive Vice President, Northern Trust, and immediate Past President,

Girl Scouts USA, and Joanne Murray, Director, Legacy Center, Drexel University College of

Medicine, and historian, Vision 2020

Civic Engagement

Karen Kaplowitz, Founder, The New Ellis Group; Barbara Roberts, Former Governor of

Oregon; and Erin Vilardi, Founder and President of VoteRunLead

Planning for the Year 2020

Dianne L. Semingson, Chair, 19th Amendment Centennial Celebration Committee

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Delegate Deliberations – Enriching the Present

Nathalie Bartle, Chair, Delegate Liaison Team, and Ali Gathers, Program Coordinator, Vision

2020, report on 2015 survey results and facilitate discussion.

12:15 p.m. Luncheon – Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future

“The Perfect 36” presentation by Vision 2020 Delegates Yvonne Wood and Patricia Pierce,

and Paula Casey, President of the Board, Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument, Inc.

Vision 2020 presents the Tomorrow Award to Busra Gungor and Emily Beckman

2:00 p.m. Vision 2020 National Allies Lead Discussions on the Vision 2020 Goals

Shared Leadership

Jan Combopiano, Senior Vice President and Research & Chief Knowledge Officer,

Catalyst, and Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane, Executive Director, Thirty Percent Coalition

Economic Security

Cindy Hounsell, President, Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER) and

Rebecca Krasnegor, Immediate Past President of the Northern Seaboard Region, Hadassah

Civic Engagement

Jenny Flanagan, Vice President for State Operations, and Debbie Walsh, Director, Rutgers

University Center for American Women and Politics

Youth Education

Mariandl Hufford, Director, Center for the Advancement of Girls; Anthony Stevenson,

Director of Secondary Education at Radnor Township School District; and Jill Tietjen,

CEO, National Women’s Hall of Fame

4:15 p.m. Buses start departing the Airport Marriott for LeQuire Gallery

4:45 p.m. Special preview of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument

Location: LeQuire Gallery, 4304 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209

6:15 p.m. Buses start departing for downtown Nashville and dinner

Dinner on your own (reserved restaurants to be announced)

8:30 p.m. Buses start departing for the Marriott Hotel

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 287:15 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Collaborations to Advance Vision 2020 Issues/Goals

Proposal for Regional Structure/Conferences, Campus Chapters, Future Congresses,

Replicable Models. Speakers include Renee White, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences,

Simmons College, and Sara Terheggen, Corporate Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate,

Meagher & Flom LLP

10:15 a.m. Break

10:30 a.m. Countdown to 2020: Town Meeting on Tomorrow

12:00 p.m. Luncheon

Justice Cornelia A. Clark, Tennessee Supreme Court, presents “Things That Matter.”

Introduction by Nashville Public Television President and CEO Beth Curley.

Vision 2020 presents the Pioneer Award to Justice Clark

2:00 p.m. Congress is adjourned

Lynn Yeakel delivers closing remarks


CONGRESS SPEAKERS

Nathalie Bartle, EdDEducation, health, and communication figure

prominently in her career. She served as an

associate professor, professor and associate

dean for student affairs at Drexel University’s

School of Public Health from 1994-2012. She

is also the author of “Venus in Blue Jeans: Why

Mothers and Daughters Need to Talk about Sex.”

Mariandl HuffordWith degrees from Penn, Harvard and Bryn

Mawr, this educator leads the Center for the

Advancement of Girls at the Agnes Irwin

School, which spotlights leadership, wellness,

teaching and learning as a four-part foundation

that best serves girls.

Jan CombopianoSenior vice president at Catalyst, she specializes

in research and knowledge management,

working with national and international clients.

Connie LindseyExecutive vice president of Northern Trust

in Chicago, she has a global reputation on

business responsibility for social change.

Former president of the Girl Scouts of the

USA, Connie is a recognized authority on

personal empowerment.

Deborah BrittainWith a distinguished career of leadership in

education, child welfare, social justice, the

arts and women’s issues, she is a trustee of

Simmons College, an advisor to the Salvation

Army, and a dedicated leader in Vision 2020.

Melinda JohnsonAs associate director of Vision 2020, she

oversees the fiscal and general administration of

the initiative. Melinda’s career and training in

higher education cover almost every aspect of

university life.

Jenny FlanaganA Common Cause superstar, she has guided

election protection actions that monitored

voting in 23 states. Her work for ethics and

transparency in government while leading

Colorado’s Common Cause is considered to

be a landmark model.

Joanne MurrayHistorian and leading chronicler of the history

of women in medicine, she is director of the

Legacy Center at Drexel University College of

Medicine and the principal author of Vision

2020’s Declaration of Equality.

Susan ButlerFormer managing partner of Accenture, she is

the CEO of The Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute

for the Development of Women Leaders, a

strong advocate and member of the Thirty

Percent Coalition and Vision 2020.

Karen KaplowitzShe followed up an outstanding career as

a trial lawyer with the establishment of the

New Ellis Group, a business development

consulting firm. She is deeply committed

to equality for women.

Ali GathersProgram coordinator for Vision 2020, she is the

first point of contact for Delegates. Ali tracks

state activities and facilitates Delegate

collaborations.

Lisa PassanteHolding key legal positions at DuPont and

Thomson Reuters provided the credentials

for her to become president of the National

Association of Women Lawyers. She combines

her legal skills with management know-how to

advance women’s issues.

Paula CaseyPresident of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage

Monument, Paula is a champion of voting

rights. Her work in calling attention to the

72-year pursuit of the vote for women has been

acclaimed both in Tennessee and throughout

the nation.

Rebecca KrasnegorA five-generation Hadassah Life Member, she

owns her own business, Redmont Associates,

an art gallery and consulting firm, and has

served as a researcher and consultant for the

U.S. Departments of Education and Labor.

William (Bill) Glick, PhDDean of the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School

of Business at Rice University, he is one of

America’s top experts on organizational strategy

and was named one of the top 100 authors in

management issues, with emphasis on diversity

and inclusion.

Patricia PierceWith a global reputation for her work on

diversity, sexual harassment, and affirmative

action, Patricia is a member of 34 community-

minded groups. She is the former director of

the Opportunity Development Center at

Vanderbilt University.

Justice Cornelia A. ClarkAppointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court

nearly 10 years ago, she previously practiced

law, was a circuit judge, and taught high school

history. She has received numerous judicial

honors and now is being honored with Vision

2020’s Pioneer Award.

Charlotte Laurent-OttomaneExecutive director of the Thirty Percent

Coalition, with a mission of sharply increasing

the gender diversity in corporate boardrooms,

she has a global career spanning strategic

planning, finance and corporate governance.

Ellen GoodmanPulitzer Prize-winning author of a nationally

syndicated column, she awakened America to

the productive potential of equality for women.

Her perceptive writing led to her popularity as a

public speaker on social change.

Barbara RobertsAuthor and speaker, she capped a quarter-

century career in public service by becoming

Oregon’s first woman governor. She has earned

national recognition for her leadership in

human rights.

Beth CurleyUnder her guidance as President and CEO,

Nashville Public Television’s documentary and

public affairs programs have earned national

recognition in the areas of children’s health,

immigrant communities, and issues of senior

citizens.

Roberta (Bobbi) LiebenbergHonored as one of the “50 Most Influential

Women Lawyers in America,” she tackles

complex cases involving class actions and

antitrust litigation. Her versatile career includes

national expertise in pay equity matters.

Cindy HounsellPresident of WISER (Women’s Institute for

a Secure Retirement), she is recognized for

her work in helping improve the financial

well-being of women and men. She has

received acclaim for her work in women’s

economic security.

Dianne L. SemingsonChair of Vision 2020’s Centennial Celebration

of the 19th Amendment, she runs her own

company, DLS International. She has filled

executive positions at federal, state and local

levels while also providing leadership in the

arts, health, and marketing fields.


Anthony Stevenson, EdDBringing more than 20 years of private and

public school experience as a teacher and

administrator, he views secondary education as

an ideal setting for blending the interests of all

stakeholders in the instructional and social

climate.

Yvonne WoodSpearheading the drive to bring gender balance

to state boards and commissions in Tennessee,

Yvonne was cited for spending her life “making

the world a better place” through her work in

education, business, and human rights.

Sara TerheggenA corporate attorney in a leading global law

firm, she has been repeatedly recognized for her

pro bono work, including the development of

programs to increase the number of women and

minorities in science and technology.

Lynn YeakelVision 2020 founder and chair, Lynn is a

life-long advocate for women and girls. She is

the director of Drexel University’s Institute for

Women’s Health and Leadership, where she

holds the Betty A. Cohen Chair in Women’s

Health.

Jill TietjenNow the first CEO in the history of the National

Women’s Hall of Fame (Seneca Falls, NY), this

Colorado engineer is a board member of

two companies and co-author of the book,

“Her Story: A Timeline of the Women Who

Changed America.”

Erin VilardiShe developed VoteRunLead, which has

trained 12,000 women for civic life, and she

frequently appears as a television spokesperson

for women and civic engagement.

Debbie WalshDirector of the Center for American Women

and Politics at Rutgers University, she guides

innovative programs that connect leaders to

enhance their influence in the public sector and

that train women to enhance their influence on

public life, with emphasis on what it takes to

run for office.

Renee White, PhDDean of the College of Arts and Sciences at

Simmons College, where she co-founded the

first Vision 2020 college chapter, Renee is an

internationally ranked leader on diversity and

the editor of three books.

CONGRESS SPEAKERS NATIONAL ADVISORS

DELEGATE LIAISON TEAM

Laurel G. Bellows, Esq.Managing Partner

The Bellows Law Group

Past President

American Bar Association

Johnnetta B. Cole, PhDPresident Emerita

Spelman College and Bennett College for Women

Lynn Laverty ElsenhansFormer Chairman & CEO

Sunoco Inc.

Cary GracePresident, Client Solutions & Strategies

Aon Hewitt

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, PhDDirector

Annenberg Public Policy Center

at the University of Pennsylvania

Gillian R. HowellManaging Director, Philanthropic Solutions

U.S. Trust, Private Wealth Management

Eileen C. McDonnellChairman, President & CEO

The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company

Mary Patterson McPherson, PhDExecutive Officer Emeritus

The American Philosophical Society

Anna QuindlenPulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author

Cokie RobertsAuthor and political commentator

Dawn M. StaleyOlympic gold medalist

Head coach

University of South Carolina Women’s Basketball

CHAIRNathalie Bartle, EdDDelegate Liaison Team

Retired faculty

Drexel School of Public Health

Kay ArmstrongFormer Director of Research

Family Planning Council

Lori SchraderBacharPublic Service Manager

Iowa Professional Licensing & Regulation Bureau

Former Vice President

National Association of Commissions for Women

Shelby SchwartzAssociate

Promontory Financial Group, LLC

Wendy VoetFormer Executive Director

Women’s Way


Lynn H. Yeakel, ChairDirector and Betty A. Cohen Chair in Women’s Health

Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership

Subha Barry Vice President and General Manager

Working Mother Media

Deborah BrittainFormer President

Association of Junior Leagues International

Susan ButlerFounder & CEO

Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development

of Women Leaders

Ruth Ann GillisFormer Executive Vice President

and Chief Diversity Officer and President

Exelon Business Services Company

William Glick, PhDDean and H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business

Rice University

Rosemarie Morrissey GrecoExecutive Advisor

Vision 2020

Karen KaplowitzPresident

The New Ellis Group

Roberta LiebenbergPartner

Fine, Kaplan and Black

Connie Lindsey Executive Vice President

Northern Trust

Former National President and Chair, Board of Directors

Girl Scouts of the USA

Barbara Roberts Former Governor

State of Oregon

Sidney RosenblattChief Financial Officer

Universal Display Corporation

Lori SchraderBacher Public Service Manager

Iowa Professional Licensing & Regulation Bureau

Former Vice President

National Association of Commissions for Women

Dianne L. SemingsonPresident & CEO

DLS International, Inc.

Erin VilardiFounder and CEO

VoteRunLead

Carmen Delgado VotawFormer President

National Conference of Puerto Rican Women

Renee White, PhD Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Simmons College

2020 Women on Boards

Alice Paul Institute

American Bar Association

American Medical Women’s

Association

American Society of Civil Engineers

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the

Univ. of Pennsylvania

Anita Borg Institute

Association of Women in Science

Association of Junior Leagues

International Inc.

Athena Center for Leadership

at Barnard College

Athena International

Black Women’s Health Imperative

Business and Professional Women’s

Foundation

Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women

and Politics at Iowa State Univ.

Catalyst Inc.*

Center for American Women and Politics,

unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics

at Rutgers Univ.

Center for Talent Innovation

Center for the Advancement of Girls

Center for Women in Law, Univ.

of Texas School of Law

Center for Women, Politics and Policy,

Portland State Univ.

CFO Roundtable

Circle 200

Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues

Committee of Seventy

Common Cause Education Fund

Connecticut Permanent Commission on

the Status of Women

Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame

ERA Education Foundation, Inc.

Forum of Executive Women

General Federation of Women’s Clubs

Girls Inc.

Girls on the Run

Girl Scouts of the USA

Golden Gate Univ. School of Law

Grace After Fire

Great Dames, Inc

Greater Philadelphia Chamber

of Commerce

Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of

Commerce

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist

Organization of America

Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association

International Center for Executive

Leadership in Academics, Drexel

University College of Medicine

ION

Jesse H. Jones Graduate School

of Business at Rice Univ.

League of Women Voters

Legacy Center at Drexel Univ. College

of Medicine

Legal Momentum

Living Beyond Breast Cancer

Main Line Society of Professional Women

MBA Women International

Ms. Foundation for Women

National Association of Commissions

for Women

National Association of Women

Business Owners

National Association of Women

Lawyers and the National Association

of Women Lawyers Foundation

National Association of Women MBAs

National Center for Women

& Information Technology

National Coalition of 100 Black Women

National Conference of Puerto

Rican Women

National Constitution Center*

National Council of Negro Women

National Council of Women’s

Organizations

National PanHellenic Conference

National Women’s Hall of Fame

National Women’s Law Center

Pennsylvania Center for Women and

Politics at Chatham Univ.

Political Parity

Professional Women’s Roundtable

Re:Gender

Rock the Vote

School Girls Unite with the Youth

Activism Project

Sewall-Belmont House and Museum

Simmons College

Society of Women Engineers

Sue Shear Institute at University

of Missouri-St. Louis

Take the Lead

The Representation Project

Temple Univ. Beasley School of Law

Thirty Percent Coalition

VoteRunLead

Voter Participation Center

Wellesley Centers for Women

WIL of Greater Philadelphia

Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement

Women’s Campaign Forum

Women’s College Coalition

Women Donors Network

Women’s Funding Network

Women’s Intercultural Exchange

Women’s Law Project

Women’s Leadership Institute

at Cedar Crest College

Women’s Media Center

Women’s Resource Center

Women’s Way

ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS

*Program Partner

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE


Alicia AllenFlorida

Diversity and Inclusion

Program Manager,

NASA

Maria Cristina CaballeroVirginia

President and Founder,

Dialogue on Diversity

Samira Beckwith Florida

President and CEO,

Hope Healthcare

Services

Stephanie Chamberlin Rhode Island

Director of Human

Resources, Ximedica

Marilyn Bombac, PhD Nebraska

State President,

American Association

of University Women

Carolyn CookWashington, DC

Founder/CEO,

United for Equality, LLC

Renee AloisioRhode Island

Chief Operating Officer,

LGC+D LLP

Linnie Carter, PhDVirginia

Vice President, College

Advancement at HACC,

Central Pennsylvania’s

Community College

Barbara BelknapAlaska

Regional Coordinator,

Gather the Women

Eliza Chin, MDCalifornia

Executive Director,

American Medical

Women’s Association

Denise Britigan Nebraska

Assistant Professor,

University of Nebraska

Medical Center

Jaya DarganNew Jersey

Director, Non Linear

Collaborations

Barbara BakerAlabama

Executive Director,

Women’s Leadership

Institute, Auburn

University

Gale CastilloOregon

Vice President, Hispanic

Metropolitan Chamber

Joan BeugenIllinois

Owner and Creative

Director, Cresta

Communications, Inc.

Vilma ColomIllinois

Former National

President, National

Conference of Puerto

Rican Woman

Pam BucyMontana

Commissioner,

Montana Department

of Labor and Industry

Amiee DeCamillo Maryland

Head of Retirement

Plan Services,

T. Rowe Price

Sheryl AllenUtah

President, Utah

Women’s Forum

Caroline Calder Connecticut

Financial Advisor,

Merrill Lynch Wealth

Management

Susan BelinPennsylvania

Former President,

Northeast Regional

Cancer Institute

Suj Chandrasekhar Washington, DC

Principal,

Strategic Insights Inc.

Mary Boyd, MDWest Virginia

Pediatrician/President,

WV-American Academy

of Pediatrics, AAP/AAU

Stephanie Coronado Arizona

Special Staff Assistant

to the County Attorney,

Pima County Attorney’s

Office

Susan Astley, PhDWashington

Professor of Epidemiology,

University of Washington;

Director, Washington

State FAS Diagnostic &

Prevention Network

Janet CaseyMassachusetts

President, Professional

Women’s Chamber

Janon BerryPennsylvania

Psychotherapist

Sharon ClagettWest Virginia

Speech Language

Pathologist, Harrison

County Schools

Dana BrownPennsylvania

Executive Director,

Pennsylvania Center for

Women and Politics,

Chatham University

Sheila Davis, MDColorado

Assistant Research

Professor and Adjunct

Professor, University

College at University

of Denver

Lucienne “Lucy” Beard New Jersey

Executive Director,


Michele CentenoNew York

Director, Immigration

Outreach Bureau,

NYC Comptroller

Tonya Bolden-Ball Louisiana

CEO, Renewed

Perspectives, LLC

Anaida Colon-Muniz, EdD California

Associate Professor,

Chapman University

Jacqueline “Jackie” BurkeNew Jersey

Development Associate,


Elizabeth Dineen Massachusetts

Attorney, Egan

Flanagan and Cohen, PC

VISION 2020 DELEGATES


Jennifer Dotson Hawaii

Regional Chief

Development Officer,

American Red Cross

Donna HaghighatConnecticut

Chief Engagement

and Advocacy Officer,

YWCA Hartford Region

Cindy FelstenIndiana

Assistant Director

of Development

and Director of Alumni

Relations, Indiana

University

Joey JayneMontana

Attorney/Owner, Joey

Jayne Law Office PLLC

Patricia Gillette California

Partner, Orrick,

Herrington & Sutcliffe

Pascale Lane, MDOklahoma

Professor of Pediatrics

Oklahoma University

Health Sciences

Center, Pediatric

Nephrology

Marcia “Marcy” Eason Tennessee

Attorney, Miller

& Martin PLLC

Rosemary Harris Lytle Colorado

President, NAACP

Colorado Montana

Wyoming State Area

Conference

Betty FolliardMinnesota

Founder, ERA Minnesota

Saniah Johnson Pennsylvania

Region III Volunteer

Representative

and Board Member,

Girls Inc.

Julie Graber Ohio

Managing Director and

Research Chair, ION

Juanita LewisNew York

Community Organizer,

Community Voices

Heard

Beth FarokhiGeorgia

Education/Leadership

Consultant

Asenath HortonUtah

Principal,

The City Launch PR

Donna FraicheLouisiana

Shareholder, Baker

Donelson Bearman

Caldwell & Berkowitz

Richelle Keinath Wyoming

Executive Director,

Laramie Reproductive

Health

Robin Guadagnini Arizona

Vice President,

Hall & Hall, Inc.

Lorelie Masters District of Columbia

Partner, Perkins Cole

Theresa Dozier-Daniel New Jersey

President and Founder,

Kingdom Ambassador

Outreach Ministries/

Women of Essence, Inc.

Roberta HarperNorth Carolina

CEO, Women’s Inter-

Cultural Exchange

Jenny Flanagan Colorado

Vice President for

State Operations,

Common Cause

Rebecca Johnson Wyoming

Speech/Language

Pathologist, Child

Development Center

of Natrona County

Wanda GordilsIndiana

Medical Assistant,

St. Catherine Hospital

Roxanne LaraNew Mexico

Lawyer/Owner,

Lara Law Firm;

County Commissioner,

Eddy County

Mildred Edwards, PhD Kansas

Manager of Training

and Development,

Westar Energy

Pamelya HerndonNew Mexico

Executive Director,

Southwest Women’s

Law Center

Linda ForemanNorth Carolina

Administrative

Specialist,

Durham Public Schools

TaLeayah Johnson North Carolina

Independent Research

Consultant

Danna Grear, MDArizona

Physician, The Breast

Center of Northwest

Arkansas

Jody MahoneyCalifornia

Vice President

Business Development,

The Anita Borg

Institute

Fran FattahPennsylvania

Attorney

Nikki JacksonKentucky

Vice President &

Regional Executive,

Federal Reserve Bank

of St. Louis

Roberta GebhardNew York

Physician,

Family Health

Medical Services

Jennifer Kmiec Delaware

Founder and Co-Chair,

Inspiring Women in

STEM

Farzanna Haffizulla, MDFlorida

National President,

American Medical

Women’s Association

Rebecca MilesIdaho

Executive Director,

Nez Perce Tribe



Susan MostekPennsylvania

Executive Director,

Chester County Fund

for Women and Girls

Rebecca Richardson Missouri

Owner, Axis

Architecture; Training

Director, Missouri

Women’s Leadership

Coalition

Carla OleskaMassachusetts

Vice President for

Institutional

Advancement,

Elms College

Janet ScottMissouri

Co-President,

American Association

of University Women

St. Louis Branch

Julie PogueKentucky

Owner and Managing

Broker, Julie Pogue

Properties

Dayna Stock, PhDMissouri

Vice President, Regions

and Special Initiatives,

United Way

M. Kathleen Murphy Minnesota

Communications/Social

Justice Advocacy,

MK Murphy Design

& Consulting

Jennet Robinson AltermanSouth Carolina

President and CEO, J.

Robinson Alterman LLC

Sarah OwenFlorida

President and Chief

Executive Officer,

Southwest Florida

Community Foundation

Samantha Smithingell Washington

Exec. Assistant to the

CSD Director, Economic

Services Administration,

Washington State

Department of Social

and Health Services

Phyllis Qualls-Brooks, EdD Tennessee

Executive Director,

Tennessee Economic

Council on Women

Florine SwansonIowa

President, Swanson

& Associates

Georgia Narsavage, PhD West Virginia

Director,

InterProfessional

Education

Mary SaundersTexas

Executive Director,

Leadership Institute,

Texas Women’s

University

Desiree Peterkin-Bell Pennsylvania

Communications and

Strategy, Office

of the Mayor,

City of Philadelphia

Monique Stamps North Carolina

Founder, Charlotte

Chapter, Women

Embracing Abilities Now

Barbara Ramirez Spencer, EdDOregon

Co-President, American

Association of University

Women Portland Branch

Juanyce TaylorMississippi

Program Director and

Chair, Health Sciences

Program, University

of Mississippi Medical

Center

Cynde MunzerIllinois

Partner, Aronberg

Goldgehn Davis

and Garmisa

Lauren Rikleen Massachusetts

President, Rikleen

Institute for Strategic

Leadership

Kimberly OlsonTexas

Former President and

CEO, Grace After Fire

Julianne Siegfriedt New Hampshire

PhD student,

Department of Sociology,

UMass Boston

Eugenia Potter Kentucky

Independent Researcher,

Kentucky Women’s

History

Renee StrommeNorth Dakota

Executive Director,

North Dakota Women’s

Network

Cheryl MyersOregon

Chief of Staff,

Oregon Higher

Education Coordinating

Commission

Mamie Salzar Harper Texas

Owner, M Rentals Inc.

Sadhana Pasricha Delaware

President/Founder,

Social Capital Network

Kendra “Ken” SnipeSouth Carolina

Founder/CEO, Ken

Snipe Enterprises, LLC

Kirsten Rambo Georgia

Team Lead of the Sexual

Violence and Intimate

Partner Violence Team,

CDC, Division of

Violence Prevention

Tejal TarroRhode Island

Partner, Centered

Change LLC

Shauntay Nelson Minnesota

Assistant Facility

Manager, Jones Lang

Stephanie Scharf, PhD Illinois

Managing Partner,

Scharf Banks

Marmor LLC

Patricia “Pat” Pierce Tennessee

Chair, Board of

Commissioners,

Tennessee Human

Rights Commission

Stephanie Stilson District of Columbia

NASA Deep Dive

Team Lead, Technical

Capability Assessment

Team

Diane RamseyIowa

CEO, Iowa Women’s

Leadership Conference

Sara Terheggen, PhD California

Corporate Attorney,

Skadden, Arps, Slate,

Meagher & Flom LLP



Teri TibbettAlaska

Advocacy Coordinator,

Alaska Mental Health

Board/Advisory Board

on Alcoholism & Drug

Abuse

Whitni WertzNorth Carolina

Past President, Junior

League of Charlotte

Teresa “Ty” YoungerConnecticut

President and CEO,

Ms. Foundation

Erin VilardiNew York

Executive Director,

VoteRunLead

Marla WoodColorado

Owner, Botticelli’s

Women Media

Nichole Tillman Owens Illinois

Manager of Technical

Services, ComEd

Kimberly Williams Texas

Volunteer Development

Director, Rescue

Houston

Lindsay ZizumboUtah

Associate Director of

the Policy Innovation

Lab, Sorenson Global

Impact Investing

Center

Melinda WeisburgNew York

Assistant Professor,

Marist College

Yvonne WoodTennessee

Owner & CEO,

Wood Conference

& Event Planning

SPONSORS

LEADERS

2015 CONGRESS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

VISIONARY SPONSORS

Paul M. Yeakel

FOUNDING SUPPORTER OF THE VISION 2020 EDUCATION INITIATIVE


IN MEMORIAMVision 2020 is saddened by the

loss of two Vision 2020 Delegates

over the past year.

Dana Wood Chaney, Illinois, author

of “Regarding the Suffragists,”

brought her creative energy to the

Vision 2020 goals.

Deedee Corradini, Utah, was the

former Mayor of Salt Lake City and

a distinguished professional who

founded the Vision 2020 project

Utah Real Women Run.

All of us at Vision 2020 express

our sorrow at the passing of

our colleagues and we thank

their families for sharing their

commitment with us.

Deborah Brittain

D. Walter Cohen, DDS

Dawn-Marie Driscoll & Norman Marcus

JoAnne Epps

Ruth Ann Gillis

Rosemarie Morrissey Greco

Roberta Liebenberg

The Leader’s Edge/ Leaders By Design

The Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Foundation

Marlene Rackson, MD

Sidney Rosenblatt

RoseAnn Rosenthal

United Bank of Philadelphia

Lynn H. Yeakel

FOUNDING SPONSORS OF THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONFULL BIOGRAPHIES CAN BE FOUND AT DREXEL.EDU/VISION2020/WHO/NATIONAL_DELEGATES


Dianne L. Semingson, ChairPresident & CEO, DLS International, Inc.

Naomi L. Adler, Esq.CEO, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia

M. Brian Blake, PhDProvost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs,

Drexel University

David L. Cohen, JDSenior Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation

Anne EwersPresident and CEO, The Kimmel Center for the

Performing Arts

Cecelia Fitzgibbon President, Moore College of Art & Design

John A. FryPresident, Drexel University

Bill Glick, PhD Dean, Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business,

Rice University

Rev. Bill GoldererConvening Minister/President, Broad Street Ministry

Juliet GoodfriendExecutive Director, Bryn Mawr Film Institute

Janet Haas, MDChair, William Penn Foundation

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, PhDDirector, Annenberg Public Policy Center,

University of Pennsylvania

Meryl LevitzPresident and CEO, Visit Philadelphia

Connie L. LindseyExecutive Vice President, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility

and Global Diversity and Inclusion, Northern Trust

Cynthia MacLeodSuperintendent, Independence National Historical Park

William J. MarrazzoPresident and CEO, WHYY Inc.

Eileen McDonnellChairman, CEO and President, The Penn Mutual Life

Insurance Company

Jami Wintz McKeonPartner and Chair of the Firm, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Rosalyn J. McPhersonPresident and CEO, Urban League of Philadelphia

The Hon. Michael A. NutterMayor of Philadelphia

Siobhan ReardonPresident and Director, Free Library of Philadelphia

Barbara RobertsFormer Governor, Oregon

Jeffrey RosenPresident and CEO, National Constitution Center

Zach StalbergFormer President and CEO, Committee of Seventy

Vince StangoCOO, National Constitution Center

Andrew SwinneyFormer President, The Philadelphia Foundation

David ThornburghPresident and CEO, Committee of Seventy

Rob WonderlingPresident and CEO, The Greater Philadelphia Chamber

of Commerce

Yvonne WoodChair, Tennessee Economic Council on Women

Eric A. Zillmer, PsyDDirector of Athletics, Drexel University

19TH AMENDMENT CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

AWARD RECIPIENTS

TOMORROW AWARDEmily Beckman Emily Beckman is an outstanding

student at the University of Tennessee.

Her interest in science led her to focus

on aerospace engineering. Emily is

an active member of the university

community. She is a member of the

Society of Women Engineers and

conducts hands-on research in

computational structural mechanics.

This summer, she was awarded an

internship with the University of Tennessee Space Institute,

where she designed a flat plate model for a Mach 1.8 wind

tunnel to study boundary layer transition. Emily’s passion

for science and community was evident in 2014 when she

participated in an engineering outreach service trip in Costa

Rica. There she helped to build a septic tank system for

a local family. Emily will graduate from college in 2017.

VISIONARY AWARDEllen Goodman Ellen Goodman has spent most of her

life chronicling social change and its

impact on American life. She was one

of the first women to write for newspaper

op-ed pages, where she became,

according to Media Watch, the most

widely syndicated progressive columnist

in the country. After Ellen began her

career as a researcher for Newsweek

magazine, she was a reporter for The

Detroit Free Press in 1965 and two years later moved to The

Boston Globe, where she began writing her column in 1974. In

1980, she won the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary.

She has won many other awards, including the Ernie Pyle Award

for Lifetime Achievement from the National Society of Newspaper

columnists. She is the author of seven books.

PIONEER AWARDJustice Cornelia A. Clark Cornelia A. (Connie) Clark was appointed

to the Tennessee Supreme Court in 2005.

For five years she chaired the Tennessee

Judicial Council. She previously served

on the Board of the Conference of State

Court Administrators. In 2004 she was

named to the ABA Commission on the

American Jury, which educates the

public about the value of jury service.

Justice Clark is a lifelong active member

at First United Methodist Church and has served as a Tennessee

Conference delegate to General Conference, the Church’s

international legislative body. She is a past Board member of the

Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County, the

Williamson County-Franklin Chamber of Commerce, and the

League of Women Voters. Justice Clark received a bachelor’s

degree from Vanderbilt University, her M.A.T. degree from

Harvard University, and a J.D. Degree from Vanderbilt University

School of Law, where she served for ten years as an adjunct

professor. She currently serves on the faculty of the American

Institute for Justice, Inc.

TOMORROW AWARDBusra GungorBusra Gungor is a student at the

University of Pennsylvania. At the

beginning of her tenure with the

university, she secured a laboratory

assistant position in the Translational

Research Center to gain hands-on

research experience. Busra is also the

executive editor and writer for Synapse,

a student-run healthcare journal. In

addition, she serves as the volunteer

chair of Phi Sigma Biological Sciences Honor Society. She

will graduate in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in biological

basis of behavior.

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VISION 2020 IS A PROJECT OF

DECLARATION OF EQUALITYThis declaration, proclaimed by American women united in purpose,

commends to this nation the wisdom and obligation of achieving equality.

This declaration, inspired by the efforts of those who have come before,

recognizes that although equality is in sight, it is not yet fully in place.

This declaration, dedicated to enabling children to reach adulthood

with full expectations of equality, advances the belief that a true sharing

of leadership and responsibility among women and men will inspire

an unprecedented dimension of American excellence.

This declaration contends that:Without equality we cannot truly claim that we the people

are fairly self-governed and free to pursue happiness.

Equality is both a measure of our democracy and its hallmark. It is the

foremost feature of justice and it is descriptive of our common humanity.

There is an urgency to this matter because equality delayed is opportunity denied.

This declaration, signed by willing hands pledged to devote their time, talent

and tenacity to the fulfillment of all that equality promises, is now submitted

to the hearts, minds and collective conscience of the American people.

With faith in humanity, we resolve to fulfill the

promise of our nation and the potential of American women.

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