BGSU, UT presenting women’s leadership conference focusing on promotion

Bonnie Marcus (Photo Jhn Abbott/provided)

From BGSU OFFICE OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Bowling Green State University and The University of Toledo will co-present the Women in Leadership conference, Creating and Pursuing Pathways for Promotion,Friday, Oct. 21 at the Hilton Garden Inn at Levis Commons.

BGSU President Mary Ellen Mazey and University of Toledo President Sharon L. Gaber will begin the sold-out conference by sharing opportunities and obstacles faced throughout their career journeys. Christine Brennan, USA Today writer and author of several books, will serve as moderator.

Bonnie Marcus, certified executive coach, speaker, writer and self-promotion expert, will serve as keynote presenter. Marcus is an award-winning entrepreneur and Forbes and Business Insider contributing writer. As president of Women’s Success Coaching, she assists professional women to successfully position and promote themselves to advance their careers.

Breakout sessions include Identifying Pathways to Promotion and Creating and Supporting Pathways to Promotion. Breakout session speakers include Brennan; Andrew Faas, speaker and author; and Sam Horn, the Intrigue Expert and author.

A panel of female business leaders from the region will share how they forged paths within their organizations and how their organizations created and supported pathways for women. Panel members include Dana Ullom-Vucelich, chief human resources and ethics officer, Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services; Sheri Caldwell, human resource director, The Grain Group, The Andersons; Meg Ressner, principal, Meg Ressner and Associates, LLC; and Paula Russell, vice president of human resources, Composite Solutions Business, Owens Corning. Christine Seiler, BGSU College of Business faculty member, will moderate this panel.

A live stream option is available for this conference. More information is available at http://www.bgsu.edu/business/women-in-leadership.