WELLESLEY, Mass., Oct. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The annual National Conference and Career Fair of the National Association of Women MBA's (NAWMBA) will be held November 4 and 5 at the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson, bringing together more than 600 NAWMBA members with business leaders to discuss the benefits of an entrepreneurial spirit in the corporate world.
STAND OUT: Making Your Entrepreneurial Spirit Work in a Corporate Environment includes messages from Keynote Speakers:
-- Kathleen A. Corbet (http://www3.babson.edu/nawmba/kathleencorbetfullbio.htm), President, Standard & Poor's, the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk evaluation, investment research, data and valuations.
-- Andrea Silbert (http://www3.babson.edu/nawmba/Andrea percent20Silbert percent20Full percent20Bio.htm), co-founder and former CEO of the Center for Women & Enterprise, the largest non-profit entrepreneurial training center in New England; and 2006 candidate for Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor.
-- Nancy Thomas (http://www3.babson.edu/nawmba/Nancy percent20Thomas percent20Full percent20bio.htm), IBM Financial Management, Global and Americas Leader, has more than 15 years of global consulting experience has also involved ERP implementations of Oracle, PeopleSoft and SAP, merger and acquisition integration, strategic profit improvement initiatives and business transformation outsourcing.
-- Dina Chu (http://www3.babson.edu/nawmba/DinaChubio.htm), President, CEO, and co-founder of New Basics, Inc. Chu is described as the company's chief visionary, strategist, and marketer. Chu is a former Senior Vice President at Fidelity Investments, and is acknowledged for her versatility; moving easily between the retail and institutional sides of business.
This is the first time the NAWMBA conference is being held in the northeast. Women from MBA programs in twenty states and from three countries are already registered for the two days of session panels, industry career panels, and workshops, that will address working women's concerns, including recruitment/retention, mentoring, succeeding in a male-dominated industry, creativity, networking, work/life balance, and giving back, to name just a few.
The career fair, with 40 blue chip companies, will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, followed by the first keynote speech at 5:30 p.m. Visit http://www3.babson.edu/nawmba for more information and the conference schedule of events. Register online at the Website.
The organization formerly known as Graduate Women In Business (GWIB) for twenty-seven years, has a history of promoting opportunities for women MBAs.
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CONTACT: Nancy Sullivan, Babson Public Relations, 781-239-4623, sullivann@babson.edu
ABOUT BABSON: Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit http://www.babson.edu/.
Media Contact: Nancy Sullivan, 781-239-4623, sullivann@babson.edu
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