The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge to Be Named Woman of the Year

The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge, Member, U.S. Representatives – 11th District, will be called “Woman of the Year” at the 4th Annual Women of Color Foundation Training and Leadership Development Institute and Awards Luncheon, “Women and Leadership…Preparing for the Future, Now!” Fudge is one of four women who will accept an accolade at the Institute which will crop abode Thursday, November 12, 2009, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at The Forum Conference Center, One Cleveland Center Building, 1375 East 9th St. in city Cleveland.

In accession to the awards, guests at the Institute will accept the different befalling to apprehend and apprentice from an “all-star” adroitness calendar - some of the a lot of able and awful admired able women in the country. Designed to leave women with a greater faculty of “empowerment,” participants in the Institute will actively participate in workshops discussing capacity apropos to leadership, career development, and able communications.

Some of Northeast Ohio’s a lot of able and affecting women will altercate their angle on the challenges and allowances of authoritative and alive for women during their careers at the morning workshop, “Women Working for Women…A Unique Leadership Dynamic”: The branch will affection Moderator, Deb Janik, Senior Vice President, Real Estate and Business Development, Greater Cleveland Partnership (Former Chief of Staff and Chief Development Officer to above Cleveland Mayor Jane L. Campbell); Gena Lovett, Plant Manager, ALCOA, Cleveland Operations; Susan Goldberg, Editor, The Plain Dealer; Viki Regan, Vice President and General Manager, WEWS-TV Newschannel 5, (Cleveland’s bounded ABC arrangement Affiliate); Louise J. Gissendaner, Akron/Canton Market President and Director of Community Development, Fifth Third Bank; and Peggy Zone Fisher, President & CEO, the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio.

Women will aswell allotment their account about the abilities and administration abilities all-important for women to advanced their careers in the future, and altercate strategies for developing those abilities now, during the afternoon workshop, “Women and Leadership…Preparing of the Future Now!” The Workshop will affection Moderator, Damaris Patterson Price, Vice President, Corporate Diversity, National City, Now a allotment of PNC; Dr. Charleyse S. Pratt, Director, Learning Communities, Cleveland State University; Pamela Noble, Senior Vice President, Talent Management, National City, Now a allotment of PNC; Lee Ann Howard, Principal, Howard & O’Brien Associates, Inc; and Patricia Ferry, Manager, Employee Relations, American Greetings Corporation.

Additional awards presentations will crop abode during the luncheon, including a presentation to Candace Campbell Jackson, Vice President and Chief of Staff, University of Akron. Jackson is the “2009 Professional Woman of the Year”, and will accept the ISIS Award. The “2009 Young Professional Woman of the Year” awardee is April Miller Boise, Partner-in-Charge, Cleveland Office, Thompson Hine, LLP. She will accept the STAR Award.

Two years ago, the Women of Color Foundation started the “Stephanie Tubbs Jones Courage Award” in account of the late, admired Congresswoman. The 2009 accolade will be presented to Belva Denmark Tibbs, Vice President, Operations, Kaiser Permanente of Ohio.

Alexandria Johnson Boone, Founder/Chairwoman, The Women of Color Foundation, says her alternative of the accolade recipients was absolutely simple. “While all of these women accept fabricated amazing achievements in their able lives, it is their claimed commitment, affection and administration with added women and girls, that is appropriately important to us, and to those they accept affected in the community. We congratulate all of our honorees," she said.

Pamela Marshall Holmes, Senior Director, Community Relations and Development, Cleveland Clinic, will present the awards, alternating with Boone, and Kimberly Gill, Co-Anchor, “Good Morning Cleveland” WEWS-TV (Newschanel 5), will serve as Mistress of Ceremonies.

The Training and Leadership Development Institute and Awards Luncheon will culminate with a COLORS Networking reception. The accident is presented by National City, Now a allotment of PNC, and the Women of Color Foundation, alternating with acknowledging sponsors, the Dominion Foundation, (who is underwriting 100 accident registrations), The Nielsen Company, Cleveland Clinic, GAP Communications Group; and media sponsors, The Call & Post, WEWS-TV (Newschannel 5), and Village Television.

The Institute is just one of several Women of Color Foundation contest that crop abode during the year, including the anniversary Personal and Professional Development Retreat for Women of Color that has taken abode in Cleveland the accomplished seven years. Women of Color contest are aswell captivated in Columbus, Cincinnati, and Chicago.

For added advice on 2009 Women of Color events, including registration, scholarships and/or advocacy opportunities, amuse alarm 216-391-4300, ext. 311 or appointment the website, www.womenofcolorfoundation.com 100 scholarships are accessible for academy acceptance and women who cannot acquiesce to pay for this event. Scholarship applications are accessible on-line. Corporate registrations are $75 per person; Individual/Non-profit registrations are $50 per person, and cover the Awards Luncheon, a Networking Reception and all workshops.