Past Events

Past events hosted by members of the WLA include:

March 8, 2013: 4th Annual Women & Leadership Workshop. The keynote speaker was Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, author and President of Berkhemer Clayton, Inc. – Retained Executive Search. The networking lunch and reception included a roundtable with female leaders in consulting, education, government, media, science, and more. Co-sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, the Kravis Leadership Institute, and the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, and members of the Women and Leadership Alliance. This event took place in McKenna Auditorium.

April 27, 2012:  Negotiation Workshop.  Sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, the Kravis Leadership Institute, the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, and the CMC Office of Development.


April 26, 2012: Linnea Conrad Roberts, "Lunch with a Leader" at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, the Kravis Leadership Institute, the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, and the Center for Writing and Public Discourse.


April 26, 2012: Internships in Microfinance: Grameen Foundation by Dr. Jane Ives, Director of Global Internship and Leadership Programs. Sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute.


April 11, 2012: How to Grow Opportunities in Washington, D.C. by Pamela O’Leary, the Executive Director of the Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN). Sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute.


Spring 2012: “Women • Leadership • Peace – Transforming the Future,” A series of four workshops led by Gayle Anne Kelley, Cultural and Community Development Specialist and Documentary Filmmaker. Hosted by the Humanities Institute, Scripps College.


March 22-25, 2012:   The 4th International Conference on Adoption and Culture,  Mapping Adoption: Histories, Geographies, Literatures, Politics.  Sponsored by  Intercollegiate Women's Studies of the Claremont Colleges and the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children.


February 22, 2012:  Meg Wolitzer in the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.  Author of The Ten-Year Nap and The Uncoupling. Sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, and the Center for Writing and Public Discourse.


February 10, 2012:   Women and Leadership Workshop. The keynote speaker was Jennifer Waggoner (CMC '95), President of the League of Women Voters of California, whose talk was titled "Nobody Wants to Be A Leaderette." Co-sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, the Kravis Leadership Institute, and the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, and members of the Women and Leadership Alliance. This event took place in the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.


October 26, 2011:   A lunch (12pm) panel discussion held in the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum: A Career in Government: Can You Achieve Work/Life Satisfaction?  Panelists included Hilary Appel (Podlich Family Professor of Government and Associate Dean of the Faculty, CMC), Lisa Minshew Pitney, CMC '88 (Government Relations, Disney Co.),  Aleta Wenger (Executive Director for International Programs, CMC).  Moderated by William Ascher (Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics, CMC). Sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children.


October 20, 2011:   Leadership Conversations, sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute.

October 13, 2011: The Applied Women's Studies Program of CGU and the National Council for Research on Women is hosting a forum on the Stalled Pipeline of Women Across Sectors. Albrecht Auditorium, CGU at 7:30pm.

September 9, 2011:   Women's Forum Welcome BBQ  at 12pm outside of Collins Dining Hall.  For more information and to RSVP, click here.

March 21, 2011:  Ellen Galinsky, President and Co-Founder of Families and Work Institute (FWI), helped establish the field of work and family life at Bank Street College of Education, where she was on the faculty for twenty-five years. Her more than forty books and reports include the highly acclaimed Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs, Ask The Children and the now classic The Six Stages of Parenthood. She has published over 100 articles in academic journals, books and magazines.  Co-sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, the Kravis Leadership Institute, the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, and the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.

March 8, 2011:  Angela Oh, Executive Director of the Western Justice Center Foundation, and capstone speaker for the centennial celebration of International Women's Day, at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.  Sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute.

March 2, 2011:  "Women in Finance: Can You Achieve Work/Life Satisfaction?"  At the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children and the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance.  Panel members: Heidi Cruz (CMC '94), M.B.A., Tiffany Kosch, M.B.A., and Jill Mullen (CMC P'12).  Click here for more information on our panel members.

February 25,  2011:  Women and Leadership Workshop. They keynote speaker was Dr. Lois Frankel, President of Corporate Coaching International, whose talk was titled "See Jane Lead." Sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute, the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, and the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance. This event took place in the Founders Room (Bauer Center North) from 9 - 11:30am followed by lunch in the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.

February 16, 2011:  Gloria Feldt, former CEO and President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (1996-2005); author, No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think about Power (2010) and co-author, Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles (2007); "Riding the Leadership Wave: Embracing Controversy." At the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, the Kravis Leadership Institute, and the Center for Writing and Public Discourse.

February 5, 2011: Conversation with CMC President Pamela Gann and Jean Lipman-Bluman.  Sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute.

October 21, 2010: Dana Dakin and Gertrude Ankrah of Women's Trust, at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.

September 29, 2010: Maria Contreras-Sweet, founder of Promerica, at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Sponsored by the Kravis Leadership Institute.

September 23, 2010:  Mike and Claudia von der Ohe McKay '99, at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.

September 22, 2010:  "Women in Science and Medicine: Can You Achieve Work/Life Satisfaction?"  A lunch panel discussion, 11:45am - 1:15pm at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum.  Panel members: Stephanie Cropper, M.D., Jean Doble, M.B.S., Nina Karnovsky, Ph.D., and Angelika Niemz, Ph.D. Sponsored by the Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children, the Joint Science Department and the 5 College Women in Science Club. Click here for more information on our panel members.