Engagement Committee

Engagement Committee

The overall purpose of the Engagement Committee is to introduce new members to the extraordinary opportunities associated with belonging to a global network of female leaders. Committee members will provide welcome, onboarding, orientation and support for new members, and identify diverse membership needs, including membership engagement, benefits and services. Responsibilities include sending welcome emails and/or placing calls to new members, and seeking out inactive members to re-involve them.

 

Engagement Committee Chair

Kate Markin Coleman
Principal
ias advising
Engagement Committee Chair Elect

Pamela Forbes Lieberman
Corporate Director, Former CEO
PFL Inc.
Engagement Committee Member

Jennifer Alter Warden
COO, EVP Baird & Warner Real Estate
Baird & Warner Real Estate
Engagement Committee Member

Adela Cepeda
Managing Director
PFM Financial Advisors LLC
Engagement Committee Member

Emilia DiMenco
President and Chief Executive Officer
Women's Business Development Center
Engagement Committee Member

Vicki Dudley
VP, CFO & Treasurer
TTX Company
Engagement Committee Member
Edith H. Falk
Principal
Falk Consulting LLC
Engagement Committee Member

Evelyn Kuo Fitzgerald
Executive Director
Social Venture Partners Chicago
Engagement Committee Member
Joan Louise Hannant
President
The Soma Institute
Engagement Committee Member

Jessica Herrala
Owner
Pilates ProWorks Chicago West Loop
Engagement Committee Member

Mary Sullivan Josephs
Founder and CEO
Verit Advisors LLC
Engagement Committee Member

Sherren Leigh
Founder, Today's Chicago Woman (TCW)
Leigh Consulting, LLC
Engagement Committee Member

Bets Lillo
Vice President, Purchasing Systems and Compliance
AbbVie, Inc.
Engagement Committee Member

Marilyn I Lissner
Executive Director
Cushman and Wakefield
Engagement Committee Member

Alice M. Peterson
Executive Vice President of Operations
Fluresh LLC
Engagement Committee Member

Susan Poser
Provost/Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs
University of Illinois at Chicago
Engagement Committee Member

Susan Sentell
CEO
The Sentell Group
Engagement Committee Member

Sara Sirotzky
Managing Director
Marsh
Engagement Committee Member

Michelle Smead
Managing Director
Mack International, LLC

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