Building better leadership for a changing world About Us Imagine Meet an organization where the the International Women’s Forum. Through our programs, exchanges leading women of the world are Founded in 1982 in the United States, and cutting–edge initiatives, the IWF found in one trusted network. the International Women’s Forum spans is cultivating innovation and new 6 continents with 76 local forums in paradigms for 21st century leadership. 35 nations. There are more than 6,500 Consider women leaders participating in Africa, At the IWF Leadership Foundation, the the power unleashed when a Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin education entity for IWF, we prepare global association of diverse America, the Middle East, Australia and and inspire future generations of women women of extraordinary North America. leaders. accomplishment drive better world leadership with new We are the world’s female path-fi nders, There is no other organization in the ideas, new solutions, and new united to advance global leadership world that consistenly convenes such perspectives. through training, mentoring and a diverse network of women decision– connectivity. IWF is where global makers who are driving change – both at talent congregates and collaborates, the local level and on global scale. a magnet for women leaders of today and tomorrow. This vision is realized through global conferences, training and mentoring programs and our networks of global forums. IWF Mission The International Women’s Forum builds better global leadership across careers, continents and cultures by connecting the world’s most preeminent women of signifi cant and diverse achievement. IWF’s Points of Differentiation ✓ Only truly global membership ✓ Committed to seeing women organization of its kind realize their full potential in society and business ✓ A network of great depth & expertise comprised of ✓ Feeding the pipeline of future preeminent women women leaders through, training, mentoring & connectivity ✓ Invite-only & Membership- based ✓ One-of-a-kind programming designed by world leaders for ✓ Rich diversity that spans all world leaders professional sectors, geographies, backgrounds & ✓ Exerting Infl uence to drive issues beliefs critical to the advancement of women’s leadership An exceptional network Across Six Continents Worldwide affiliates Africa and Middle East Asia Pacific Europe Latin America Egypt Australia Austria Argentina Ghana China (Hong Kong) Finland Chile Jordan India France Ecuador Lebanon Philippines Germany Mexico Morocco Singapore Ireland Panama South Africa Italy Israel The Caribbean Russia North America Turkey Spain Bahamas Sweden Canada Bermuda United Kingdom United States Jamaica Vancouver Trinidad and Tobago IWF Turkey members IWF Texas members IWF Ecuador members An unprecedented global membership: Linda Hudson Naina Lal Kidwai Board Director, BAE Systems, Inc., CEO, HSBC India Bank of America and Southern Company, USA Wai Leong Leng Chief Financial Officer, Gale Anne Hurd Temasek Holdings, Singapore CEO of Valhalla Entertainment, USA Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Anna Fendi Executive Director, UN Women, Head of Research and Development, South Africa FENDI, Italy Hon. Dame Janet Gaymer DBE QC Denise Morrison Non Executive Member, President & CEO, Campbell Soup, House of Commons Commission USA Chair,House of Commons Administration Estimate and Maria Ramos Members Estimate Audit Chief Executive, Absa Group Banks, Committees, United Kingdom South Africa Olga Carmen Sanchez Cordero Minister of the Supreme Court of Ilya Espino de Marotta, Executive Vice President Justice, Mexico of Engineering and Program Management, Panama Canal Authority Debbie Stabenow U.S. Senator, USA Reem Abu Hassan Minister of Social Development, Eva Swartz Jordan CEO, Bianchi Café & Cycles, Sweden Emma Bonino Pilar Zulueta de Oya Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Executive Vice President, Europe, Italy Middle East & Africa, Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Spain Micheline Bouchard Corporate Director, Telus, PSP Investment, Former CEO of Motorola Canada Lic. Dora Boyd First Lady of the Republic of Panama (1994-99) & Founding Member of the National Union of Female Attorneys Panama The Hon. Nayla Moawad, Former First Lady of Lebanon, Member of Parliament and former Rosalind Brewer Minister of Social Affairs CEO, Sam’s Club, USA Ruth Bader Ginsburg Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak U.S. Supreme Court Justice, USA Global Vice Chair, EY, USA Doris Grimm Bonnie Brooks Head of International Monetary President and CEO, The Bay, Affairs, Hudson’s Bay Company, Canada Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany Hillary Clinton Elisabeth Gürtler Former U.S. Secretary of State, USA Managing Director, Sacher Hotels, Austria Michaela Healey Group Executive- People, Pansy Ho Communications & Governance Managing Director, Shun Tak Nawal El-Moutawakel, Vice President, National Australia Bank Ltd., Holding International Olympic Committee (IOC) and first Australia Limited, Hong Kong African, Arab, and Muslim woman to win a gold medal One-of-a kind Programming World Leadership and Cornerstone Conferences IWF convenes two global conferences each year – the Cornerstone Conference in May and the World Leadership Conference in October. Women executives from more than 40 nations participate at each three day event, examining Executive Development Roundtables, the ways leadership must adapt to solve the produced by the International Women’s Forum with most critical issues facing societies, economies leading corporations and governments around the and individuals. world, offer seminars customized for organizations Global in our reach and unwavering in our sharing IWF’s dedication to developing women’s commitment to advancing better leadership executive leadership. Executive Development around the world. IWF provides one-of–a-kind Roundtables are designed to motivate and inspire programming. Designed by world leaders for women with the potential to become leaders and to world leaders present and future, IWF programs introduce regional rising stars to an international array feature women who have broken through of perspectives and leadership styles. barriers to scale the heights of power and Reinforcing best practices in management, innovation infl uence. and communication, Executive Development Roundtables improve the retention of women with the potential to become high-performing executives by providing them with the opportunity to be recognized and engaged in a singular professional growth and global leadership experience. IWF delivers Executive Development Roundtables worldwide while adapting them to local cultures. Asma Chaabi, EVP, YNNA Holding, Morocco; Ramzia Abbas Aleryani, Chairwoman of the Yemeni Women’s Union; and Allyson Maynard Gibson, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Aff airs of The Bahamas, and IWF President (2009-2011) Women of Knight Foundation participate in EDR in Miami, Florida International Hall of Fame Proud sponsors of the International Hall of Fame, IWF has celebrated, through the years, the inductions of the world’s leading female pioneers Madeleine Albright Donna de Varona Coretta Scott King Each year the International U.S. Secretary of State Olympic Champion, American Civil Rights Women’s Forum celebrates Advocate for Women in Sport Activist Isabel Allende the enduring contributions Chilean Author Sylvia Earle Heidi Klum of the world’s top women American Oceanographer, German fashion and lifestyle Christiane Amanpour Explorer & Author mogul leaders who are building Journalist better tomorrows, setting Nawal El Moutawakel Dr. Mathilde Krim precedents by their work and Maya Angelou First Moroccan and first AIDS Researcher/Scientist American Poet & Author African Muslim Woman to example. Over the years, the win Olympic Gold Annie Leibovitz International Women’s Forum Louise Arbour American Photographer Chief Prosecutor, Gloria Estefan has been privileged to induct International Criminal Singer/Humanitarian Dr. Ellen Li into the International Hall of Tribunals in the Hague Women’s Rights Activist Fame 80 women luminaries. Anna Fendi Hong Kong Corazon Aquino Italian fashion empire builder President of the Republic Maya Ying Lin Ella Fitzgerald Vietnam & Civil Rights Julie Payette of the Philippines American Jazz Artist Canadian Astronaut/Engineer Memorial Architect Shirley Temple Black Nancy Pelosi Child Star & U.S. Diplomat Betty Ford Tzipi Livni President, The Betty Ford Israeli Foreign Minister First woman Speaker Lindy Boggs Center of the U.S. House of U.S. Ambassador to the Bette Bao Lord Representatives Vatican Betty Friedan Author/Stateswoman Author/Feminist Leader Silvia Pinal Roberta Bondar Dr. Susan Love Legendary Mexican Actress Ruth Bader Ginsburg Breast Cancer Advocate First Canadian Woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice & Politician Astronaut Clare Boothe Luce Katharine Graham Leontyne Price Gro Harlem Brundtland Author/Stateswoman Opera Diva Prime Minister of Norway Chairman of the Board, The Washington Post Wangari Maathai Condoleezza Rice Dr. Linda Buck Environmental Activist, U.S. Secretary of State Nobel Laureate Madam Gu Xiulian Kenya & Nobel Peace President, All-China Laureate Sally Ride Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell Women’s Federation U.S. Astronaut/Scientist Prime Minister of Canada Graca Machel Alma Guillermoprieto First Lady of Mozambique Mary Robinson Demet Sabancı Çetindogan Author and Journalist & South Africa President of Ireland Turkish Entrepreneur, Media Helen Hayes Susana Malcorra Wilma Rudolph and Retail Mogul First Woman of the American Foreign Minister of Argentina U.S. Olympic