UW-Madison Women & Leadership Symposium Thursday, July 23, 2009 The Pyle Center OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Stained glass design of the W crest logo in the Main Lounge at the Memorial Union. Photo by Jeff Miller, University of Wisconsin-Madison. www.ohrd.wisc.edu UW-Madison Women & Leadership Symposium Thursday, July 23, 2009 The Pyle Center Agenda 7:30-8:00 am Check In Welcome 8:00-9:15 am Keynote 8:30-9:15 am 9:30-10:45 am Featured Sessions 11:00-12:15 pm Featured Sessions Lunch 12:15-1:30 pm Speaker 12:30-1:15 pm 1:30-2:45 pm Featured Sessions 2:45-3:00 pm Refreshment Break 3:00-4:00 pm Endnote 4:00-5:30 pm Networking Reception Partners This day of learning and leadership was made possible by our generous event partners: UW-Madison Committee on Women in the University The Pyle Center—Distance Education and Conference Center UW-Madison Office of Quality Improvement UW-Madison Office for Equity and Diversity Wisconsin State Employees Union—Local 2412 WISELI—Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute UW-Madison Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning UW-Madison Vice Provost for Faculty & Staff UW-Madison Vice Provost for Diversity & Climate University Communications ■ Schedule 7:30 am- Symposium Check In 8:00 am Pyle Center Lobby (Refreshments outside room 325/326) Welcome & Introduction by Christine Ray, Lindsey Stoddard Cameron, & Sara Karon 8:00 am- Keynote 9:15 am “Leadership in a Changing University Environment” by Katharine Lyall, President Emeritus, UW System Room 325/326 (Refreshments outside room 325/326) Room 121 Room 232 Room 335 Room 313 Room 309 Learning & Growing Leading in a Diverse Mentoring: Learning Leading with The Exploring Authority in 9:30 am- Into Leadership Roles: Environment: The How to Get It & Give It Clover Practice™ Leadership Roles 10:45 am A Panel Discussion Importance of Cultural Chris Pfund & Kathleen A. Paris & Joann Pritchett & Fluency Featured Mary Hoddy-Moderator, Char Tortorice Joanne Berg Vera Crowell Sessions Mary Behan, Kathy Louise Root-Robbins & Christoph, & Rita Hartung Cheng Julie Underwood 10:45 am- Beverages outside room 325/326 11:00 am Room 121 Room 232 Room 335 Room 313 Room 309 Managing Multiple Leadership in the Mentoring Moments: The Challenge of the Unconscious Biases & Priorities & Projects: Digital Age Insights & Perspectives Difficult Employee Assumptions: 11:00 am- A Panel Discussion Lori Berquam from Doris Slesinger Sue Riseling Implications for 12:15 pm Eden Inoway-Ronnie- Awardees Evaluating Women’s Leadership Moderator, Melissa Nancy Mathews, Featured Amos-Landgraf, Elise Wendy Crone, Lindsey Jennifer Sheridan Sessions Barho, Mary Czynszak- Stoddard Cameron, Lyne, & Jocelyn Milner Molly Carnes, Laurie Beth Clark, & Margie Rosenberg Lunch “Topics & Challenges for Women in Leadership” by Kitty Rhoades, Wisconsin State Representative, 30th Assembly District 12:15 pm- Introduction by Esther Olson 1:30 pm Alumni Lounge Overflow seating in room 121 (If you are registered in Overflow, pick up your lunch in the Alumni Lounge and proceed to room 121) Room 121 Room 232 Room 335 Room 313 Room 309 Taking Care: Health & Being an Authentic What Every Woman Good Girls Don’t Creating Connections 1:30 pm- Wellness for Women in Leader Leader on Campus Brag…Do They? as Critical Leadership 2:45 pm Leadership Must Know: How to Roles Ellen Bergfeld Teri C. Balser Sarah Van Orman Secure Private Gifts in Mo Noonan Bischof, Featured Today’s Environment Sessions Jane Dymond, Sarah Martha Taylor Pfatteicher, & Monica Theis 2:45 pm- Refreshments outside room 325/326 3:00 pm Endnote 3:00 pm- “Overcoming Obstacles with Optimism” by Carolyn “Biddy” Martin, Chancellor, UW-Madison 4:00 pm Introduction by Paula Bonner Room 325/326 4:00 pm- Informal Networking Reception 5:30 pm Rooftop Terrace at the Pyle Center (Refreshments served) *Rain location: Pyle Center Alumni Lounge 2nd Floor ■ Floor Plans Featured Sessions 1st Floor Lunch Location (with overflow in 121) Featured Sessions & Lunch Overflow 3rd Floor Keynote & Endnote Refreshments & Resources Access to Rooftop Terrace Featured Sessions Featured Sessions Check In ■ Plenary Sessions 8:30-9:15 am Leadership in a Changing University Environment Katharine Lyall, President Emeritus, UW System Katharine Lyall is President Emeritus of the University of Wisconsin System which she led for 12 years. She was the fifth president of the UW System and its first woman president. During Lyall’s tenure, the System focused on boosting the state economic development and expanding access and accountability. Dr. Lyall is a Visiting Fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching at Stanford for part of each year. She spends the rest of the year in Madison and serves on the boards of Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin United for Health. She coauthored with Dr. Kathleen Sell, a book on the de facto privatization of public universities titled: “The True Genius of America at Risk” (2006). 12:30-1:15 pm Topics & Challenges for Women in Leadership Kitty Rhoades, Wisconsin State Representative, 30th Assembly District Kitty is currently serving her sixth term as a Wisconsin State Representative to the 30th Assembly District. Her current term committee assignments include: Aging and Long- Term Care (Ranking Member), Health and Health Care Reform, and Colleges and Uni- versities. Last term Kitty’s assignments included Co-Chair of Joint Committee on Fi- nance. Kitty was the first Assembly Republican Woman to hold the position of co-chair of the budget writing Joint Committee on Finance. Kitty is a fourth generation resident of Hudson, Wisconsin. Educated in the Hudson School District, Kitty graduated from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education. Following gradua- tion, Kitty continued her higher education by attending Illinois State University, receiving a Master’s Degree in Cur- riculum and Supervision. Professionally, Kitty began her career as a high school social studies teacher. After her teaching tenure, Kitty moved into the private sector and with her husband, Frank, started her own business. In 1991, Kitty was hired as Director of the Hudson Chamber of Commerce, a position she held until 1996. In 1996, Kitty was named president of the Suburban Chamber of Commerce, a regional chamber encompassing 13 subur- ban communities around St. Paul, Minn. She was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in November 1998. Kitty has been married to her husband Frank for the past 34 years. Together they have three adult sons. She re- sides in her childhood home in Hudson, Wisconsin. Kitty has received a fellowship for the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Conference for exceptional lead- ership and currently serves as an advisor to the Institute. She has received numerous awards for her work in the Legislature to ensure all people in Wisconsin including working families, children and senior citizens have access to essential health care services. Kitty is also a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council where she Chairs a task force on recycling prescription drugs in health care facilities. Kitty has previously served as a member of the Forward Wisconsin Board of Directors, the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Alumni Foundation, and Hud- son Rotary. ■ Plenary Sessions 3:00-4:00 pm Overcoming Obstacles with Optimism Biddy Martin, Chancellor, UW-Madison Carolyn “Biddy” Martin began serving as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin- Madison in September 2008. During her first year, she and her administration formulated and won approval of the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, a supplemental tuition program that paves the way for improvements in undergraduate education and affordability at UW-Madison. She also oversaw the critical final phases of the university's reaccreditation process and helped create the campus's strategic framework. Martin was also a driving force behind the university's common book project, "Go Big Read," which in 2009-10 will examine the Michael Pollan book "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." As provost at Cornell University from 2000-2008, Martin served as the president’s first deputy officer and reported to the president as Cornell’s chief educational officer and chief operating officer. She was responsible for oversee- ing all academic programs, with the exception of those programs reporting to the provost for medical affairs in New York City. Martin received her Ph.D. in German literature from UW-Madison in 1985. That same year, she joined Cornell’s faculty full time as an assistant professor of German studies and women’s studies. In 1991, she was promoted to associate professor in the Department of German Studies, with a joint appointment in the Women’s Studies Pro- gram. She served as chair of the Department of German Studies from 1994-1997, and in 1997 was promoted to full professor in the department. In 1996, she was named senior associate dean in the College of Arts and Sci- ences. Martin was appointed as provost at Cornell University effective July 1, 2000. Martin is a distinguished scholar of German studies and author of numerous articles and two books — one on a literary and cultural figure in the Freud circle, Lou Andreas-Salomé, and a second on gender theory. ■ Featured Sessions 9:30-10:45 am Exploring Authority in Leadership Roles 309 Joann Pritchett & Vera Crowell Learning & Growing Into Leadership Roles: 121 This session explores solutions to leadership and authority chal- A Panel Discussion lenges, obstacles, and hindrances. Using a board game entitled Mary Hoddy-Moderator, Mary Behan, Kathy Christoph, "When & How Was I Supposed to Know: Strategies for Success" & Julie Underwood participants will interact to address tough issues. Designed to be The focus on this panel is preparing oneself for leadership. Each informative, fun and interactive, the game addresses women, panelist will share her progression into leadership roles and offer leadership and a diversity of issues and concerns that women in suggestions and tips for learning and growing to prepare for lead- the academic workplace are reluctant to (openly) talk about.