In a post to her director’s blog yesterday, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Admissions Director Rose Martinelli shared insights from the recent annual conference of the Forté Foundation, an organization devoted to growing the number of women business leaders by increasing female representation in educational and business networks.
The conference, which was held on June 18th and 19th in Chicago, featured an impressive roster of successful women business leaders sharing their experiences and insights on topics ranging from work/life integration to changing careers to building a supportive network.
Among the conference events Martinelli found most rewarding was a panel discussion moderated by Fortune’s Editor-at-Large Patricia Sellers in which panel participants Deborah Doyle McWhinney, president of Citi Personal Wealth Management, and Caitlin Pappas, president of Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Businesses, talked about the challenges they faced over the course of their careers and what they look for in potential hires. “Both emphasized that it’s important to be comfortable with change and to possess the ability to ask good questions,” Martinelli noted.
Chicago Booth was well represented at the recent Forté conference, Martinelli wrote. Nineteen current students attended, and seven alumnae spoke as part of scheduled conference sessions. Chicago Booth has been a founding sponsor of the Forté Foundation since 2001 as part of an effort to increase the number of women MBA students at Booth, Martinelli wrote. Booth’s sponsorship includes awarding scholarships of up to $20,000 to three or four Forté Fellows each year. In addition to scholarship aid, Forté Fellows also enjoy membership in a strong international network of other female students.
To learn more about the Forté Foundation, click here. For more on Chicago Booth’s Forté Fellows scholarships, click here.
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