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2008-2011

September 2011

Breakfast Series: “Initiative 20% by 2020”

Description: We're very excited to announce our September breakfast because Stephanie Sonnabend, the CEO and President of Sonnesta International Hotels Corporation will be joining us at the Boys and Girls Club of Boston.  Ms. Sonnabend is an active promoter of increasing the number of women on boards with her 20% by 2020 Campaign. 

We look forward to learning more about this initiative and hope to see you all there. 

When: Tuesday, September 13th , 8-9am
Where: Boys and Girls Club of Boston, 50 Congress Street, Suite 730, Boston
Who: Members-only
Cost: $10
RSVP: tomorrowswomentoday@yahoo.com
Conference Room Location: There is no security check required for this building; take the elevator to the 7th floor, exit left, and the conference room is around the corner.

A special thank you to our host, member Erika Field, for reserving the space. 

**Note: Breakfast Events are capped due to space constraints, please RSVP early

August 2011

Breakfast Series: “Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders”

Description: We will be hosting a Tomorrow’s Women Today breakfast next Wednesday, August 31st where we will screen Sheryl Sandburg’s speech titled “Why we Have Too Few Women Leaders” followed by a discussion focused on reactions and thoughts to what we hear.  Sheryl Sandburg is an economist currently serving as the COO of Facebook.  We hope to see you all there.  Details are as follows:

Click Here for a Link to the screening.


When: August 31st , 8-9am
Where: BayState Financial (John Hancock Bulding), 200 Clarendon St, 19th flr
Who: Members-only
Cost: $10
RSVP: tomorrowswomentoday@yahoo.com

A special thank you to our host, member Jen LaFrance, for reserving the space. 

**Note: Breakfast Events are capped due to space constraints, please RSVP early

July 2011

Breakfast Series: “Entrepreneurial Ventures: What Does it Take?”

Description: Have you ever wondered what it takes to start an organization?  Or considered what it would be like to seek venture capital investment to back your start up? If so, join us for our July Breakfast, “Entrepreneurial Ventures: What Does it Take?” featuring Ms. Bernadette (Bonnie) Fendrock, President and CEO of Hepregen.  Bonnie has significant experience in successfully seeking capital investment and starting organizations.  Let’s learn from Bonnie what it takes to engage in an entrepreneurial venture and how to approach getting involved in this arena.  Whether it be a small start up or a large scale entity, surely Bonnie will have lots of practical advice to share.  We look forward to seeing you there- event details are as follows:

When: July 27th, 8-9am
Where: BayState Financial (John Hancock Bulding), 200 Clarendon St, 19th flr
Who: Members-only
Cost: $10
RSVP: tomorrowswomentoday@yahoo.com

**Note: Breakfast Events are capped due to space constraints, please RSVP early

June 2011
We are pleased to announce two June events:

Breakfast Series : "Getting Your Point Across: Lessons from a Lobbyist."

Description: We're excited to announce our May breakfast featuring Alexandra Calcagno. Alex Calcagno is Director of Federal Relations and Community Relations for the Massachusetts Medical Society and is responsible for advocating the Medical Society's position before the United States Congress, White House and Executive Agencies.  She is also the primary liaison with national medical specialty and health care organizations, including the AMA and AHA, on legislative concerns. Alex develops political education programs including legislative education conferences designed to help physicians become active players in the legislative process.  Prior to joining the Medical Society, Alex served as the Assistant Director of the American Academy of Pediatrics Office of Government Liaison in Washington, D.C. a position she held for ten years.  In this role she lobbied nationally on behalf of children's health care for a national medical organization.  Her first entry into the political arena was as Assistant Press Secretary for United States Representative M. Caldwell Butler.

Join us for a glimpse into the life of a lobbyist and an interactive discussion on how to get your point across.

When: JUNE 8th, 8-9am (previosly May 25)
Where: OMAM Trust Company (John Hancock Building), 200 Clarendon Street, 53rd Floor, Fenway Room
Who: Members-only
Cost: $10/person
RSVP: tomorrowswomentoday@yahoo.com

**Note: Breakfast Events are capped due to space constraints, please RSVP early

Massachusetts State House: Member & Non-member Event

Join us for an evening with Senate President Therese Murray & Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley

Description: Thanks to the hard work of charter member Samantha Dallaire, we are excited to announce our next event!

Please join Tomorrow’s Women Today and Senate President Therese Murray for a reception and keynote address by Massachusetts Attorney General MarthaCoakley in the Senate Reading Room of the Massachusetts State House.   

We are very excited to provide our members and non-members with a rare opportunity to meet the two most powerful women in Massachusetts government.

Please feel free to invite non-member friends and colleagues as this is a great opportunity to show them how wonderfulTomorrow's Women TODAY's group is. If inviting a non-member, please tell them to let us know that you sent them.

Look forward to seeing you June 14th!

When: Tuesday, June 14th, 5:30 pm - 7:30pm
Where: Senate Reading Room of the Massachusetts State House., Boston MA
Who: Members & Non-Members
RSVP: tomorrowswomentoday@yahoo.com
Cost: $55 Members, $65 Non-Members

May 2011

Breakfast Series : "Career Solutions Peer Mentoring Pilot"

Description: Tomorrow’s Women Today would like to invite you to join us for a pilot of our “Career Solutions Peer Mentoring Brain Trust” (ok, so perhaps we can brainstorm a better name) which is structured to be an informal dialogue among members where you can bring forth workplace challenges, scenarios, etc. that may be bothering or impacting you (either positively or negatively) and in a
confidential, friendly environment, gain feedback from others in terms of what
to would do, how to would handle the situation, etc.  The goal of this forum is
to share ideas and bounce things off one another in order to arm each other with useful options and approaches to the situations that arise during our hectic
work lives.

When: May 25, 8-9am
Where: BayState Financial (John Hancock Bulding), 200 Clarendon St, 19th flr
Who: Members-only
Cost: No Charge
RSVP: tomorrowswomentoday@yahoo.com

**Note: Breakfast Events are capped due to space constraints, please RSVP early

March 2011
We are pleased to announce two March events:

Breakfast Series: "Starting, Operating and Succeeding at your own Business"

Description: For over ten years, Freya Allen Shoffner has owned and operatedher own law firm on Newbury Street – a law firm that takes care of small businesses.  Her clients run the gamut from lumber yards to artists, from neurologists to hairdressers.   Taking care of her own – and her clients’-- businesses through challenging times,good times, and tough times has given her aunique view of what it takes for a woman to start, operate, and succeed in business. 

When: March 3rd, 8 - 9 am
Where: Tufts Medical Center (Atrium 6002 conference room): 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111
Who: Members-only
Cost: $10/person
RSVP: tomorrowswomentoday@yahoo.com

**Note: Breakfast Events will be capped due to space constraints

Host Carol Fulp: Member Only evening event

Please join us for an intimate evening with Carol Fulp.

Description: This member only event will provide members with anopportunity to sit with Carol to learn about her experiences over the past year  asa  Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-fifth Session of theGeneral Assembly of the United Nations.  Carol has been an instrumental supporter of Tomorrow's Women TODAY and we are honored and excited to be provided with  this intimate opportunity.  Carol is the Senior Vice President of Brand Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility for John Hancock Financial headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to joining John Hancock, Ms. Fulp served as Director of Community Programming and Human Resources for WCVB, Boston’s ABC-TV affiliate.  She also served as Employee Relations Manager for the Gillette Company. Ms. Fulp currently serves as a trustee of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation and as a member of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Women’s Leadership Board.  Governor Deval Patrick appointed her to the board of directors of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority in 2009 and Mayor Thomas Menino appointed her as a trustee to the Boston Public Library, the oldest public library in the country, in 2010.  Recently, Governor John de Jongh of the U.S. Virgin Islands appointed her as a trustee of the University of the Virgin Islands.

When: March 23rd, 5:30 - 8:30pm (networking 5:30 - 6 pm)
Where: The event will take place and John Hancock  601 Congress Street, Boston MA
Who: Members Only
RSVP: tomorrowswomentoday@yahoo.com
Cost: More information to be announced

 

February 2011

Volunteer Opportunity: Eastern Massachusetts Girl Scouts Dream It! Believe It! Be It! Program.

Description: The Tomorrow's Women Today team is pleased to announce that we have been approached by the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts in order to partner with them on their upcoming Dream It! Believe It! Be It! Program, which is set to take place from Friday, February 11th through Sunday, February 13th at the Waltham Girl Scout campus. The program is an intense weekend where high school girls learn the key skills necessary to build a business plan for a product that they design over the course of the weekend and pitch to a panel of judges on Sunday morning.

When: February 11 - 13th
Where: Great Hall, Camp Cedar Hill, 265 Beaver St., Waltham, MA 02452
Who: Willing volunteers should contact Kerry Ann Hayon at kerryann@tomorrowswomentoday.org in advance
Cost: No associated cost

September 2010

We are pleased to announce two terrific September events:
our next breakfast series event with Dr. Paula A. Johnson and a casual members-only get-together hosted by Tomorrow’s Women TODAY member Julie Burke at her home in the Back Bay.

Dr. Paula A. Johnson Breakfast:

Dr. Paula A. Johnson is the Executive Director of the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology and Chief of the Division of Women's Health at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Johnson has brought her broad range of experience as a physician, a researcher and as an expert in public health and health policy to the Connors Center.

The Connors Center works to transform the health of women through discovering how disease is expressed differently in women and men as well as integrating leading-edge research about women's health into the delivery of care. The Center is unique in its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to women’s health, which influences health policy, addresses the health of women globally, and trains the next generation of leadership in women’s health.

When: Sept. 22, 7:30 - 8:45 am
Where: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Directions to follow.
Cost: Free (hosted by Dr. Johnson and Brigham and Women’s Hospital)

** Note: RSVP is on a first come, first served basis. This event will be capped at 16 people.

 

Get-Together in Julie’s Building:
Charter member Julie Burke is hosting a members-only networking event and get-together at her home in the Back Bay. The event will be in the residents’ lounge and the roof deck. It should be a terrific opportunity for us to get together in a more casual setting. There won’t be a speaker, just an opportunity for informal networking.

When: Sept. 29, 6 pm
Where: One Back Bay, 135 Clarendon St. (Valet parking available underneath or in the garage next to the Back Bay subway station)
Cost: $20 (to defray the cost of food & beverages)

**Note: Event will be capped at 35 people due to space constraints

July –2010


We're pleased to announce our next
Tomorrow's Women TODAY event:

"Work and Life Integration", will take place on July 27th at Foley Hoag LLP. 

We will provide more details over the next few weeks but want to get this "Save the Date" out ASAP as we are very excited about the event.  The event will be hosted by Michele Whitham, Esq. who will do a brief presentation on her recent travels/experience hiking Mount Everest. 

We will then have an open panel discussion/Q&A with Michele, Dr. Paula Johnson (Executive Director of the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology Brigham and Women's Hospital), and Diane Hessan (President and CEO of Communispace).  We are still waiting to hear back on another special guest speaker! In addition to some networking and some Tomorrow' s Women TODAY updates - we are hoping to provide you with another great evening.  This event is open to members and non-members... so, please pass this "Save the Date" along.

Provided below are a few links on each of the speakers.
It is going to be a great panel! 

Michele Whitham, Esq:
http://www.foleyhoag.com/People/Attorneys/Whitham-Michele.aspx
http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/spotlight.cfm?pageid=62625

Dr. Paula Johnson:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_173.html
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/station/3831686/detail.html
http://bigthink.com/paulajohnson

Diane Hessan
http://www.communispace.com/assets/pdf/N_Res_Diane_Hessan.pdf
http://www.imediaconnection.com/profiles/iMedia_PC_Overview.aspx?ID=5559
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2007/06/04/story5.html

 

A Special Thank You to Our Sponsor:

 

April – Members Only Breakfast Series* 2010

We are pleased to announce that Renee Loth, who recently stepped down as Editorial Page Editor of the Boston Globe and still writes an influential column for the paper, will be our next breakfast series speaker on April 27. As editorial page editor, Renee was the most senior woman on the editorial side of the Globe. She served as editorial page editor for nearly 10 years, and also has covered presidential campaigns, the Boston mayoral race, the State House, and Congressional stories. 

 The event is for members only, but we’ll reserve one or two spots for women who are interested in joining the group.

Tuesday, April 27
7:40am (The talk starts promptly at 8am)
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
601 Congress Street, Boston Seaport District
Bring Photo ID for security
Cost: $15

RSVP: First come, first served basis.
Email tomorrowswomentoday@yahoo.com .
Please include a brief description of what you would be interested in discussing with Renee.

*We will cap the number of participants at 12 attendees to keep the breakfasts small and highly interactive- a place where everyone can exchange ideas and get to know one another. The first 12 people to RSVP receive spots in the breakfast; after that, a waiting list is set up. We will be hosting a number of these high-level breakfasts and lunches on a regular basis, so there will be more opportunities over the coming months. These events are open to members only. For non-members, application forms are available at the link below and can be turned in at the breakfast.

March – Members only FY10 Planning Event
This “what’s next” meeting is a chance for us to brainstorm about how we want to grow the group over the next year and will provide an opportunity to get to know one another in a more informal setting.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Hosted by Member Laura Stapleton
Hollister, Inc
(clink link for company directions)
75 State Street, 9th Floor, Boston
Bring Photo ID for security
$10 dollar donations appreciated to cover cost of food & beverages

Members Only Discussion with MFA's Katherine Glaser Getchell
Plus open networking reception (includes non-members)

Katherine (Katie) Glaser Getchell
Deputy Director of the Museum of Fine Arts.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Place: Bravo Restaurant at the Museum of fine Arts, Boston
www.mfa.org

6:00 pm Members Only Reception & Conversation with Katie Getchell
7:30 pm Cocktails and Networking-Open to Members & Non-Members

Event Price: $15 per person (covers light appetizers) cash bar
(price applies to both the conversation and networking events)

Members Only Breakfast Series (2009)

10/28 –       Micho Spring
                  Chairperson, U.S. Corporate Practice &
                  President, Weber Shandwick - New England

 

We will cap the number of participants at 12 attendees to keep the breakfasts small and highly interactive- a place where everyone can exchange ideas and get to know one another. The first 12 people to RSVP receive spots in the breakfast; after that, a waiting list is set up. We will be hosting a number of these high-level breakfasts and lunches on a regular basis, so there will be more opportunities over the coming months. These events are open to members only. For non-members, application forms are available at the link below and can be turned in at the breakfast.

Tomorrow's Women Today Event (includes non-members)
Leading Women & Their Mentors

11/04-   Save the Date for our Fall Event!
Event begins at 6pm at Hill Holliday
(53 State Street, Boston)
$35 Members/$40 Non-Members
Please RSVP to info@tomorrowswomentoday.org

Highlighted Speakers:   
Karen Kaplan, President, Hill Holliday
Trish Karter, Co-Founder, CEO, Chief Deer, Dancing Deer Baking Co.
Cathy Minehan, Managing Director, Arlington Advisory Partners
Kate Walsh, Executive VP & COO, Brigham & Women’s Faulkner Hospitals

A Special Thank You to Our Sponsor: