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Two Board Experts Join Line-up of Speakers at Regional Event

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Update March 5: This event has been postponed due to travel and conference restrictions currently in place with many companies.
It will be rescheduled for a future date. Watch for more details.
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AWESOME announces two additions to the line-of of speakers for the March 12 Regional Event focusing on board membership responsibilities and rewards – and how supply chain leaders can prepare for that extension of their career. Hilary Krane will be the keynote speaker and Nancy Calderon joins the panel discussion. Continue reading

AWESOME Announces Speakers for March 12 Regional Event

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Update March 5: This event has been postponed due to travel and conference restrictions currently in place with many companies.
It will be rescheduled for a future date. Watch for more details.
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To address the topic of board readiness, including what it entails and why supply chain women executives can bring value to a board – AWESOME will present a line-up of speakers with first-hand experience at a Regional Event on March 12. The event, which is sponsored by C.H. Robinson, will be held during the day on March 12, with content also provided by Nike leaders at Nike’s Word Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon, in the Portland Metro Area. Continue reading

Conversation focuses on prospects of women’s supply chain leadership

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AWESOME Advisor Susan Pellechio was interviewed recently in a fireside chat with Mark Yeager, CEO of Redwood Logistics at an event for “Women in Logistics.” Susan was asked about her own career, which started in finance and moved into supply chain positions for Staples, Starbucks, and currently C&S Wholesale Grocers, where she is SVP of Transportation. Continue reading

Fortune’s  “Most Powerful Women” includes leaders with AWESOME Connection

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Roz Brewer, COO of Starbucks, and Beth Ford, CEO of Land O’Lakes have earned spots on Fortune’s 2019 list of Most Powerful Women. Roz Brewer took part in an Up-Close Conversation at the 2019 Symposium, and Beth Ford is a 2015 recipient of the AWESOME Legendary Leadership (ALL) Award. Continue reading

Event for Women in Logistics will feature talk by Susan Pellechio

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AWESOME Advisor Susan Pellechio, SVP Transportation for C&S Wholesale Grocers, will be featured in a “Fireside Chat” sponsored by Redwood Logistics in Chicago on Thursday, October 17. Redwood has extended an open invitation to women in logistics who wish to attend. Continue reading

Supply chain leaders open the curtain on customer experience

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At the 2019 AWESOME Symposium, one panel featured a retail organization that sells high-end fashion, a health care and medical device company that touches people at every stage of life, a company that built their brand on being a warm and inviting environment, and a company that epitomizes the trend toward digital commerce. Did they have views on how customer experience and the supply chain are closely connected? Absolutely! Continue reading

AWESOME Symposium will begin with Starbucks experience

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Starbucks, the Host Partner of the 2019 AWESOME Symposium – May 1-3 in Seattle – will open the program on Day One in a uniquely Starbucks way. Following a welcome from Hans Melotte, EVP, Global Supply Chain Operations, and Lucy Helm, Chief Partner Officer, AWESOME leaders attending the Symposium will participate in a coffee tasting guided by Virginia Tenpenny, VP, Global Social Impact and Executive Director, Starbucks Foundation. Continue reading

Reception at close of 2019 Symposium will be sponsored by CJ Logistics

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CJ Logistics, the leading logistics company in Korea and Asia, will sponsor the reception that marks the official close of the 2019 Symposium in Seattle. DSC Logistics, the Founding Partner of AWESOME under the leadership of DSC CEO Ann Drake, became part of the global conglomerate CJ Group in 2018. Continue reading