 Committee - Professional Services Liaison
Mission
The mission of the Professional Services Liaison Committee is to share the FWA membership benefits and networking opportunities with professional women throughout the legal and accounting fields by co-sponsoring events of mutual interest among lawyers, accountants and other FWA members.
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Upcoming Events
To be announced.
Accomplishments/Highlights
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Speed networking events, hosted by NYCLA and underwritten by John Hancock
(Oct 15, 2007 and Apr 21, 2008) |
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The Trial of Saddam Hussein, hosted and underwritten by Proskauer Rose LLP
(Oct 30, 2007) |
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Forum for Women in Leadership: Balancing the Scorecard for Corporate India, hosted and underwritten by KPMG LLP (March 17, 2008) |
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Do You Know Where Your Intellectual Property Is and Whether It’s Safe, hosted and underwritten by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, and co-sponsored with Entrepreneurs Committee (Apr 17, 2006) |
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Career Match II – Use the Clues of Your Personality Code to Find a Lifetime of Gratifying Work and Success, hosted and underwritten by KPMG LLP, and co-sponsored with Professional Development Committee (May 8, 2008) |
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Attracted 9 new members to committee, 3 new members to the FWA and a number of prospective members |
Acknowledgments
Special Thanks
to our founders and former co-chairs, Deborah Kaye (The Bank of New York Mellon) and Elzbieta Cieslik (GFI Group Inc.), for their vision and guidance. We’d also like to thank Fred Smith (UBS Financial Services Inc.), Linda Lerner (Debevoise & Plimpton LLP), and Susan Harper (Baritz & Colman LLP), for organizing their events this past year, as well as all committee members who assisted with and attended these events.
Participating Committee Members
Barbara Bettman, Diane Waller, Deborah Kaye, Elzbieta Cieslik, Fred Smith, Hongli Gao, Katie Gummer, Linda Lerner, Marie-Therese Allen, Susan Harper, Susan Mangiero, Suzanne Rocheleau and Vanessa VanBrunt. |