Women in the Americas: Empowerment and Leadership :Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami

Women in the Americas:
Empowerment and Leadership
Friday, September 16, 2011


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Location:

Hyatt Regency Coral Gables Hall of Ambassadors 50 Alhambra Plaza

7:45 – 8:15 a.m. – Registration 8:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Program Reception to Follow

Featured Speaker

 

Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami

Panel I – Women Advancing Political Leadership

   ·        María de los Angeles Fernández-Ramil, Executive Director, Chile 21  Foundation,  Santiago, Chile
  ·        María Isabel Rueda, Columnist, El Tiempo, Bogotá; Former Congresswoman of Colombia
  ·        Danielle Saint-Lot, Founder, Femmes en Democratie, Global Network Affiliate Chapter of Vital Voices in Haiti; Former Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Haiti
  ·        Anel Townsend, Dean of Social Responsibility, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Lima; Former Minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Development of Peru
  ·        Vivian Roza, Coordinator, Program for the Support of Women’s Leadership and Representation (PROLEAD), Gender and Diversity Unit, Social Sector, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.

Panel II – Women Participating in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology

  ·        Angela Camacho, Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Latin America, Fort Lauderdale
  ·        Isabel Noboa Pontón, CEO, Nobis Consortium, Guayaquil, Ecuador
  ·        Silvia de Torres Carbonell, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship (IAE), Austral University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Panel III – Women Influencing the Economic and Development Agendas

 
·        Mayra Buvinic, Consultant and Former Sector Director of the Gender and Development Group, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (PREM) Network, World Bank, Washington, D.C.
  ·       María Claudia Méndez, President, Orígenes Bolivia SRL, and Vital Voices – FORTUNE/U.S. State Department Global Women’s Mentoring Partnership Alumni, La Paz, Bolivia
  ·        Karen Poniachik, Visiting Fellow, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Former Minister of Mining of Chile
   

Supporting Organizations:  

Argentine-Florida Chamber of Commerce, The Beacon Council, British-American Chamber of Commerce USA, CAMACOL, Chile-US Chamber of Commerce, Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, Georgetown University Club of Miami, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida, Miami Council for International Visitors, Nicaraguan American Chamber of Commerce, Office of Economic Development & International Trade, Oxford University Society, Peru-USA Chamber of Commerce and United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce

For more information, please call Patricia Salinas at (305) 284-3707, or visit our website at

www.miami.edu/chp