Congratulations to the 2009 GT Women of Distinction & WLC Committee!

Congratulations to the 2009 Women of Distinction:
These five women were honored at the 2009 Women's Leadership Conference last Friday.

Alumna: Dr. Clemmie Whatley (Applied Mathematics)

Faculty: Dr. Julia Kubanek (Biology/Chemistry)

Graduate Student: Kathryn Smith (Mechanical Engineering)

Staff: Dr. Lynn Fountain (GTRI)

Undergraduate Student: Melissa Minneci (Physics and Mechanical Engineering)

Congratulations to the 2009 Women's Leadership Conference Committee

Lauren Davis (Industrial Engineering), Conference Chair Jing Li (Industrial Engineering), Ambassador Melissa Pitcher (Biology), Awards Chair Jasmeet Kaur (Ph.D. student, Polymer Engineering), Finance Chair Kat King (Industrial Design), Graphics Chair Maryam Doroudi (Ph.D. student, Biology), Keynote Chair Liang Du (Management), Logistics Co-Chair Aarthi Murugappan (Industrial Engineering), Logistics Co-Chair Liz Tarpey (Industrial Engineering), Publicity Co-Chair JoAnne Ofolio (Computational Media), Publicity Co-Chair Naveena Rahman (ISYE), Registration Chair John Farrow (Computational Media), Volunteer Chair
K.C. Young (Industrial Engineering), Website Chair Lauren Bice (Management), Workshops Chair

Many thanks to the almost 100 volunteers who helped behind-the-scenes to make this event possible.

Special Thanks to the 2009 Sponsors:

Partner
Frances Wood Wilson Foundation Student Government Association

Principal
AT&T BP College of Engineering Ford Motor Company Lockheed Martin Waffle House Women in Engineering

Gold
Eaton Corporation GA Power School of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Silver
College of Sciences Georgia Tech Research Institute GT Alumni Association GT Panhellenic Council Hewlett Packard OMED: Education Services School of Aerospace Engineering School of Chemistry and Biochemistry School of Electrical Engineering

Bronze
Booz Allen Hamilton Career Services Deloitte Kathleen Kurre Magistrate Court - Heard County Material Science and Engineering

Are you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in serving on the 2010 Committee?

Applications are now online at www.gtwlc.com

Chair Applications are due: Monday, November 16

Committee Applications are due: Friday, November 20

Two of our keynote speakers referenced the recently released

Shriver Report: A Woman's Nation Changes Everything

This report can be found at:

http://awomansnation.com/hartmann.php