Where Our Strength Lies...Stephen R. Covey

“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”  --Stephen R. Covey

Every other Tuesday, WOMEN AT LIBERTY provides a platform for a variety of voices and resources to develop, encourage, and strengthen women leaders. Today, we continue the discussion looking at the why women are not seeking advance degrees in business at the same rate as they get other professional degrees. Also the discussion seeks to answer why women are not proportionately represented in senior leadership positions in business. This is Part II of "Are We There Yet? My Climb and Journey" by V. Nona Ogunsula.
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I remember driving to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in January 1996 like it was yesterday. I braved a wintry mix praying for at least two of the approximately five hours that it took to drive to Pittsburgh because my Toyota Camry ran out of windshield wiper fluid halfway through the trip. You see, driving was a last minute decision. Although snow had been in the forecast, I wasn't sure if we’d really get any snow. U.S. Air was the only airline who flew non-stop into Pittsburgh from the Washington, D.C. area and well, let’s just say, given the number of winter airplane accidents that had occurred at that time, I felt driving would be less stressful and safer. Nothing short of a blizzard was going to keep me from arriving in Pittsburgh for my orientation as a student in the Executive Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program at the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business.

I was so excited to be beginning my MBA program. Months earlier I had been accepted into this program that was fully supported by my company, AT&T. An Executive MBA program meant that I could attend school full-time and yet remain employed full-time. I had ambition and I wanted...

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2012 Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA--HONORABLE MENTIONS...Yes You Can!

"You can't be what you can't see." But you can be what you can dream and what you can see.  --Miss-Representation Documentary, A Film by Jennifer Siebel Newsom 

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WOMEN AT LIBERTY &
Women History Makers-DC, MD & VA

announces the

2012 Honorable Mentions 

recognizing the following pioneering and trailblazing women:

• Mariann E. Budde is the Bishop of the Washington Diocese of the Episcopal Church and the first female to be consecrated to this office in Washington, DC. She is the Spiritual Leader for over 85 congregations and their 40,500 members.
• Linda R. Gooden is Executive Vice President of Information Systems & Global Solutions and an officer of Lockheed Martin, a leading defense industry contractor. With a Science, Technology and Engineering (STEM) background, she is the first woman to lead this business unit.
• JC Hayward is Vice President for Media Outreach at WUSA TV9 in Washington DC. With over 40 years at WUSA TV9, she holds the distinction of being the first female anchor in the Washington DC media market.
• Sheila C. Johnson is the Vice Chairman of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, President, and Managing Partner of the Washington Mystics. She is also the CEO & Founder of Salamander Hospitality, LLC. She was also the co-founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET).
• Sharon R. Pinder is the President and CEO of the Pinder Group and the founder of the Annual  Top 100 Minority Business Enterprises Awards Ceremony in Maryland. She also served as the Special Secretary of the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs.
• Natalie Randolph is in her 2nd year as the Head Coach of Calvin Coolidge High School Football Team in Washington, D.C. The only female football head coach currently coaching in the U.S., she finished the 2011 Season with a 7-2 record and went to the school district's playoffs.