Women In Business

The Women in Manufacturing Wisconsin chapter will host a breakfast panel discussion featuring top women industry leaders on Wednesday, June 18, from 7:15 to 9 a.m. at the Milwaukee Athletic Club, 758 N. Broadway in Milwaukee.

The Accounting & Financial Women's Alliance-Milwaukee Chapter will host a half day workshop with renowned stress and resilience expert Paula Davis-Laack on Friday, June 6, from 7:30 a.m. to noon at the Radisson Hotel, 2303 N. Mayfair Road in Wauwatosa.

Nannette “Nan” Gardetto will receive the 2014 BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year Award.

Nannette “Nan” Gardetto will receive the 2014 BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year Award.

Fewer than 15 percent of the board director positions at Wisconsin’s top 50 public companies are held by women.

Professional Dimensions, a Milwaukee membership organization that promotes the professional and personal growth of women, will recognize Wendy Baumann, president and chief visionary officer of the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation and Carmen Pitre, executive director of the Sojourner Family Peace Center, as its 2014 Professional Dimensions Sacagawea Award winners.

The Greater Milwaukee Committee, in conjunction with Milwaukee Women inc., will bestow the second annual Mary Ellen Stanek Award for Diversity in Corporate Governance to ManpowerGroup chairman  and chief executive officer Jeffrey Joerres at the GMC’s annual meeting at the University Club today.

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While women have made significant strides in education, having long accounted for about half of all college graduates in the country, they are still largely underrepresented in business and government leadership roles.

The Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC) of Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Business Development Finance Corporation (WBD) of Monona will receive national awards from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the SBA’s Wisconsin District Office announced.

Marissa Mayer, Yahoo! Inc.’s chief executive officer, caused quite a stir when she banned telecommuting from home. All Yahoo! employees must report to their offices starting in June, or find a new company to work for. In a memo sent to internal employees, Mayer says that speed and quality are often sacrificed when work is done from home and in order to have the best communication and collaboration, employees need to be working side-by-side.

In recent years, regionalism has been a hot topic in the news and a trend among area businesses and local governments. From boardrooms of area businesses to County Board and Common Council meetings, our elected leaders have looked to find ways to share services and create efficiencies. However, the benefits and efficiencies of regionalization are not unique to businesses and municipalities, they can be equally as important for nonprofit and service-oriented organizations.