The National Conversation on Board Diversity
Atlanta, GA | Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP
Thursday, November 21, 2019 | 5:30 - 7:30pm
Our signature fundraising event that supports our education and research programs, The National Conversation on Board Diversity is held annually on a single day in locations across the country and international cities.
Event programming includes:
About 2020 Women on Boards
2020 Women on Boards (2020WOB) is a global education and advocacy campaign committed to building public awareness and momentum toward the goal of achieving at least 20% of all public company board seats to be held by women by year-end 2020, the milestone 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote. 2020WOB identifies and tracks the progress of the Russell 3000 companies, published online, called our 2020WOB Gender Diversity Index. We rank over 3,000 companies in our Gender Diversity Directory on a Winning ‘W’ to Zero ‘Z’ scale based on the gender diversity of companies’ boards of directors. See our Gender Diversity Index here!
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President and CEO of Metro Atlanta Chamber
Current Boards: FLEETCOR Technologies, Lamb Weston, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia Public Broadcasting,
Woodruff Arts Center, The Alliance Theatre and Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business
Jeffery is the President of YWomen, a strategic consulting company focused on engaging men in women’s leadership advancement.
President of Point A, Board Director of Intercontinental Exchange and NYSE, Co-Chair of NYSE Board Advisory Council, Trustee of Woodruff Arts Center and Agnes Scott College
President and Chief Executive Officer of DF Management, Inc. Current Boards include: Genuine Parts Company, Woodruff Arts Foundation, UGA Foundation, Synovus Financial Corp., Boy Scouts of America, National Association of Corporate Directors
Registration and Networking Reception
CEO
Global AdvantEdge
Co-Chair
Key Women's Leadership Forums
Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP
The Promenade Building is located on Peachtree Street between 14th and 15th Streets. The Promenade Parking Garage is located next to the building with one entrance off of 14th Street and two entrances off of 15th Street. Once inside the parking garage, you may park on any level. Each level has an elevator which should be taken to the 7th Floor or Garden Level for entrance into the building. Once inside the building, you should use the elevator bank located to your right. Our main lobby is located on the 31st Floor.
Take the 16th, 14th, 10th Street Exit (Exit 250 on I-75). Make a left onto 14th Street and cross over the bridge. Once past West Peachtree, there will be a long driveway on the left. This is the 14th Street entrance to the Promenade Building. If you would like to enter our building from the 15th Street side, take a left onto West Peachtree Street and then a right onto 15th Street. The two entrances to the parking garage are on the right approximately half a block from West Peachtree Street.
Take the 17th Street Exit (Exit 84 toward 14th Street/10th Street). Take the 14th Street Ramp. Turn left onto 14th Street and cross over the bridge. Once past West Peachtree, there will be a long driveway on the left. This is the 14th Street entrance to the Promenade Building. If you would like to enter our building from the 15th Street side, take a left onto West Peachtree Street and then a right onto 15th Street. The two entrances to the parking garage are on the right approximately half a block from West Peachtree Street.
From Hartsfield airportTake Exit 249D (Spring Street/West Peachtree). Go to the second traffic light and turn left — you are now on West Peachtree. Go straight and turn right on either 14th Street (garage will be on left) or on 15th Street (the parking lot entrances are on the right approximately one-half block from West Peachtree Street).
If you take MARTA, take the North-South Line and get off at the Arts Center Station. Walk across 15th Street and enter the building from the Garden level.
Ms. Sears received her B.S. degree from Cornell University and J.D. from Emory University School of Law. She earned an advanced degree in Appellate Judicial Studies from the University of Virginia School of Law. Ms. Sears was elected to the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, the first woman to serve on that court. Four years later she was appointed, and later elected, to serve as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Georgia, the first woman and youngest jurist ever to hold that position. From 2001 to 2005, Ms. Sears was the Presiding Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, and in 2005 she was elevated by her colleagues to Chief Justice, where she served until she retired from the court in 2009.
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