News about AWESOME women.
Among the eight supply chain professionals named as 2019 Rainmakers by DC Velocity, three are AWESOME leaders. They are Dr. Nancy Nix, Executive Director Emeritus of AWESOME, Annette Danek-Akey, SVP of Fulfillment for Penguin Random House, and Kathy Fulton, Executive Director of the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN). Continue reading
Michelle Halkerston, President & CEO of Hassett Express and an AWESOME Advisor, participated in a forum held recently in Washington, D.C. The theme of the forum, which involved leaders from the federal government, Congress, think tanks, and the private sector, was “Preparing for the Future.” Continue reading
AWESOME leader Jill Donoghue, VP of Logistics for Bumble Bee Foods, was one of the featured panelists when the 2019 “State of Logistics Report” was released at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. with industry, press and government officials present. The report is now available through the CSCMP website. Continue reading
Roz Brewer, COO of Starbucks, was interviewed recently at the Aspen Ideas Festival attended by AWESOME founder Ann Drake. She also participated in an Up-Close Interview at the 2019 AWESOME Symposium in May, for which Starbucks was Host Sponsor. Continue reading
The four women on the panel and their moderator have all come to their current supply chain leadership roles by different paths. Although they hadn’t met before, they could easily relate to each others’ stories. Continue reading
If your stack of good books is dwindling, here are more to consider, including four for right now and one to pre-order for the fall. That one – On Becoming a Dangerous Woman — is written by Pat Mitchell, notable media trailblazer, editorial director of TEDWomen, and 2017 AWESOME Symposium speaker. Continue reading
Catalyst, the global nonprofit organization focused on building workplaces that work for women, has published a list of 10 reasons why every company should provide paternity leave – and why every man should take it. The article also points out that the US is the only developed nation doesn’t have a national paid parental leave law. As a result, more companies are “picking up the slack.” Continue reading
A study reported by Fortune and published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences set out to determine if diversity training currently being conducted by companies to improve attitudes toward women and racial minorities actually works. Continue reading
Recognizing that women are less likely than men to get the raises they ask for, CNBC interviewed eight successful women in different fields to find out how those women had asked for a raise in their past. Continue reading
Drawing from more than three decades of experience in biotech, pharmaceutical and consumer health industries, AWESOME Advisor Maria Nieradka has been named to the board of Cloudleaf. Before founding her own consulting firm, Three Lions Consulting, LLC, Maria held senior executive positions at Biogen, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Continue reading
