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Women of Influence Mag Use.Qxd MAGAZINE INSIDE SCOOP Media exec Bonnie Fuller on role models and the state of celebrity journalism THE ART OF THE DEAL BY MARGOT MICALLEF WOMEN ON BOARDS A STRAIGHT-UP LOOK AT THE BOARDROOM GENDER GAP LOOKING UP WHO INFLUENCES WOMEN OF INFLUENCE? ON DISCERNING TASTE OYSTERS 03AB=@23@327<;=<B6A that contain the letter ‘R’ and always best when local, bracingly fresh and shared with the table. Sauces and garnish are a matter of personal preference but are best used sparingly. When accompanied by an icy shot, straight up, oysters are a wildly delicious way to satisfy the cocktail hour. TABLE OF CONTENTS Summer 2010, Issue one 58. COLUMN: Patricia Lovett-Reid on taking control of your personal finances 60. COLUMN: Jodi Gilmour on scoping out business networking opportunities 62. COLUMN: Margot Micallef on the art of the business deal 66. FEATURE: Can role models help you succeed? 74. FEATURE:Women entrepreneurs: A growing economic force 78. FEATURE: Gender divide at the board of director level 6. EDITOR’S NOTE 82. FEATURE: A conversation with media executive 8. CALENDAR OF EVENTS Bonnie Fuller 11. NEWS AND NOTES 88. BACKPAGE: Erin Davis 12. SCENE AND HEARD 18. CULTURE:The Wangechi Mutu exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario 20. HEALTH: Nutrition to keep your energy soaring 22. READING GLASSES: Inject some colour into your workday with these captivating frames 24. WATCHES:Timepieces that will stop them in their tracks 26. PEARL NECKLACES: The essential staple for the elegant professional 28. FASHION: Office-appropriate pant suits, skirt suits, blazers and blouses for summer 36. PROFILE: Ten questions for prima ballerina Karen Kain 40. PROFILE: Financial expert Kelley Keehn 44. PROFILE: Willa Black,VP of Corporate Marketing, Cisco Canada 48. PROFILE: Breakfast restaurateur Cora Tsouflidou 54. COLUMN: Lynda Bowles on how companies can become more competitive by looking to women 56. COLUMN: Diane Cobbold on taking control of your career WOMEN OF INFLUENCE MAGAZINE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Carolyn Lawrence – PUBLISHER, Matthew Bassett – PROJECT MANAGER, Kate Kulcheski MANAGING EDITOR, Mark Keast – STYLE DIRECTOR, Serge Kerbel – ART DIRECTION & DESIGN, Jan Haringa MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Isabel Bassett, Yale Breslin, Serge Kerbel, Naeme El-Zein, Stefania Bartucci, Mark Keast, Himani Ediriweera, 225 MacPherson Ave. Carolyn Lawrence, Cytlalli Ruiz-Chapman, Margot Micallef, Carole Park, Leslie Beck, Lynda Bowles, Jodi Gilmour, Suite A-West, Toronto, Ontario Diane Cobbold, Carissa Reiniger, Patricia Lovett-Reid M4V 1A1 Telephone: 416-923-1688 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Fax: 416-923-2862 Erin Riley, Laura Pedersen, Andrew Morton, Tom Sandler, David Lee, Dylan Coulter, Matthew Stylianou, www.womenofinfluence.ca Arkan Zakharov, Carlyle Routh EDITORIAL/FASHION INTERNS Taryn Black, Stefania Bartucci, Ana Pejic WOMEN OF INFLUENCE INC. Carolyn Lawrence, Lisa Constanzo, Kim Wolfe, Renee Heinemann, Sabrina Carr, Stephanie White Advisors: Barbara Hackett, Lisa Heidman, Tony Pampena – Intern: Leigh Anne Cooke Women of Influence Magazine is produced digitally and in print form by Bassett Custom Publishing. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without prior written permission of Women of Influence is prohibited. Please address letters to the editor to [email protected]. All letters are the property of Women of Influence Magazine. All materials are copyright Women of Influence Magazine 2010. FORUM TO INSPIRE he first Women of Influence luncheon that I ever attended was in the fall of 1999, featuring T Heather Riesman, Chief Executive officer of Indigo. She shared her story of exceptional professional success, her passion for her brand and demonstrated an authenticity that I had yet to see, especially in a professional and a woman. That day, Heather became a role model, instantly shaping the dream I had, not only for myself, but for every other ambitious woman who may not yet know she was capable, that it was possible, to achieve your professional goals, or to have it all. So often we hear about the gender gap in the work- force closing slower than the generations before us would have hoped, and we know that women still are not represented equally in both the board room and executive suite, and that salaries are still on average lower than men. What we also know is that role models can be pivotal in helping to guide a woman to achieve success in both business and life, and that as women we need to provide the solutions in order to correct these inequalities. Women of Influence has been, over the past sixteen years, providing a forum for women to inspire, learn from and connect with the leading women of North America. With this, our inaugural issue of Women of Influence Magazine, we are adding yet another forum to inspire. STYLIANOU BY MATTHEW PHOTO What you can come to expect in this magazine are profiles, insights and opinions of all the amazing women reminding us that inspiration and role models can come – entrepreneurs, executives, trailblazers, and emerging from many sources, but are without a doubt essential. leaders - who inspire us; like Willa Black, who launched In April I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with A Million Acts of Green; Wangechi Mutu portraying Bonnie Fuller in New York for a one-on-one interview. the female body as a beautiful and thought-provoking Bonnie has been a role model of mine since I picked representation of societal pressures; and Isabel Bassett, up my first copy of YM Magazine; inspired by her 6 WOMEN OF INFLUENCE LETTER FROM THE EDITOR influence on women’s lives and her determination Finally, I want to thank the incredible sponsors, to follow her dreams with passion and dedication. supporters, and advisors who have helped me get to As a result, it was a career and lifetime highlight to be this point in my career and who see and who value sitting down with her, after admiring her from afar for the impact Women of Influence is having on women’s so long, but also to be enabling her to be a role model advancement. I would like to especially thank Matthew to many more through her involvement in our magazine Bassett and his team at Bassett Media Group for their and luncheon series in June. What an incredible and hard work in creating this publication. rewarding moment! We hope you enjoy the publication, and the new The launch of this magazine for me marks what has website, bursting with opportunities to inspire you been a year of great transformation, from overcoming on your path to achieving success. the tragic loss of my father, to coping with the economic turmoil and the simultaneous expansion of my business Carolyn Lawrence beyond Canada’s borders. I have found strength and inspiration in looking back to the hardships that the women who came before me had to endure so that I could have the opportunities President & CEO that I now enjoy. Women of Influence Photo: Carolyn Lawrence with Women of Influence Magazine Publisher Matthew Bassett and Bonnie Fuller. 7 CALENDAR OF EVENTS BY N. NAEME EL-ZEIN Take note of these upcoming Women of Influence events Join us as Canada’s most accomplished and influential women in business share stories of professional success, personal triumph and how they have worked their way to the top. Deloitte Women of Influence Luncheon Series www.womenofinfluenceluncheon.ca TORONTO two decades been editor-in-chief REACH FOR THE STARS: for a variety of cutting-edge print JUNE 9, 2010 publications, including Glamour, BONNIE FULLER, PRESIDENT Cosmopolitan, YM, Flare and Marie & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, Claire. HOLLYWOODLIFE.COM Now she is entering the world Media mogul, Canadian-born and of digital publishing, once again a woman of tremendous influence, changing the way women consume Bonnie Fuller’s words are devoured celebrity and style news. across North America. Experienced with the demands After converting Us Weekly into of living a balanced life, Bonnie has the first celebrity newsweekly and also published a novel The Joys of shifting Star from a tabloid to a Much Too Much, inspiring women magazine, Bonnie is praised for to live a “fuller” life. reinventing – and perhaps creating According to Bonnie, for those – celebrity culture as we know it. women with an appetite for ambition, She has been named Ad Age’s reaching the stars is more than “Editor of the Year” twice, has over achievable. 8 WOMEN OF INFLUENCE Business growth starts with a conversation. When growing your business, the most useful financial advice is industry specialized financial advice. As title sponsor of the RBC Canadian Woman Entrepreneur Awards, we are proud to support women in business. To start a conversation today, visit rbcroyalbank.com/commercial TM ® Registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. RBC and Royal Bank are registered trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. ™ Trademarks of Royal Bank of Canada. 65 CALENDAR OF EVENTS CALGARY SUCCESS & THE CITY 2: MAY 26, 2010 KEYNOTE SPEAKER & PRIVATE PRE-SCREENING OF SEX AND THE CITY 2 Similar to the Toronto event, but with a big difference – Sex and the City 2 CALGARY will be screened before the actual SUCCESS IS A JOURNEY: launch of the movie in theatres JUNE 17, 2010 nationwide. A personal branding MARGOT MICALLEF, professional will talk about how to PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, make your mark in the business world. OLIVER CAPITAL PARTNERS INC. YOUNG WOMEN Margot Micallef exemplifies the OF INFLUENCE RBC CANADIAN proverb “when you reach the top, www.youngwomenofinfluence.ca. keep climbing.” This mother, WOMAN lawyer, philanthropist, educator, TORONTO ENTREPRENEUR and entrepreneur is living proof SUCCESS & THE CITY 2: AWARDS that women can do it all. JUNE 2, 2010 www.theawards.ca After early success as Partner NATASHA KOIFMAN, The purpose of the RBC Canadian at Russell and DuMoulin and then PRESIDENT, NKPR Woman Entrepreneur Awards as SVP at Shaw Communications, As a professional woman looking to is to provide national recognition Margot became a trailblazer; make her mark, I wonder: What’s it to Canada’s women entrepreneurs, founding Oliver Capital Partners, going to take to make it to the top? whose successful businesses and a private equity investment and The first step in finding the answer achievements contribute so much advisory firm.
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