Austin Young Women's Roundtable presents for February "Sexism in the Workplace & What to do About it!" You've heard the taboo word 'sexism' at some point in your career - You've experienced it or heard a war story about it - You know that it's a guy and a girl thing. It's just one of those things that you need to know about and prepare yourself for it. Join us on February 15 from 6:30-8:30 pm as we explore "Sexism in the Workplace" and give you actual things to do about it. We'll learn how three women whose work experience in enterprise sales, state legislation and finance helped to mold them into diplomatic professional women that approach these sorts of situations with grace and assertiveness. As always, the Roundtable is an open dialogue between our mentor panelists and all of you to talk openly about this challenging dilema. Come early so you can partake in some wine and light appetizers, and most importantly, network with your peers and our fabulous line-up of mentors. This is an intimate event, like all of our roundtables, and we will cap out at 35 attendees. So please register now! As always, it will be a pleasure to see you there! Awesomesauce, Olga, Jacqueline and the Young Women's Roundtable Cost Admission to this event is free. Your donations help cover our meeting and incidental costs. Thank you in advance for your help! Questions If you have any questions, please feel free to email
olga@olgalg.com Mentor Panelists: Michele Skelding Michele is a highly experienced and respected business development professional with outstanding success in building and maintaining relationships with key corporate decision-makers, establishing large-volume, high-profit accounts with excellent levels of retention and loyalty. In 2010 Michele served as Vice President, Business Development for TreeFrog Developments, serving as a key member of the executive team, spearheading business development initiatives after successful planning and execution of the company launch of LifeProof Cases, a sophisticated series of waterproof, shockproof, dirtproof, and snowproof cases for smart phones and tablet PC's. In 2008 Michele served as the Channel Sales Director for Rugged Mobility and executed channel initiatives for the Dell account including sales and marketing, operations, legal and regulatory compliance. At that time she also established Dell andFMT’s Rugged Mobility Solution engagement and execution process to bring awareness to the offering, enhance operational execution and plan replication globally. She has exceptional ability to identify, focus and execute pivotal strategies and priorities with a track record of building and operating successful sales and channel organizations. Tamara Bell Tamara Bell is the editor of Y Gen Out Loud, an online news site for Generation Y to learn about and discuss national political and public policy issues. She began her journalism career as a reporter in Dallas, Texas. A few years later, she moved into politics and government, working for both Democratic and Republican members of the Texas Legislature. When not working on Y Gen, Tamara is a lecturer in the Advertising & Public Relations Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Tamara has a B.A. in Journalism from Texas A&M University and a Ph.D. in Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin. Valerie Savage Valerie Savage is the founder of For Women's Sake. Valerie has held executive positions in private and publicly-traded companies, in financial and operational roles, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of Sky-Trax, Inc., a provider of optical real-time location systems and Chief Executive Officer of Gamete, Inc., a life-sciences company focused on artificial insemination products. Prior to Gamete, Valerie was Chief Financial Officer of Crossroads Systems and Patton Surgical. She has also provided strategic consulting services to both large and small companies, including Motive and Image Microsystems. A special Gracias to our sponsor for February!
