Top Leaders from Wall St. and Finance Gather to Discuss Achieving Gender-Balanced Leadership at Conversations with Men™ Forum December 8th.
New York, NY (1888PressRelease) December 08, 2014 - IMPACT Leadership 21 is presenting an executive forum, "Conversations with Men™ featuring male leaders from the financial sector on Dec. 8, 5:00 - 9:00 pm in New York City. The focus of the discussion will be why and how companies are improving their bottom line through more balanced gender leadership. Featured panelists are Michael Drexler, senior director, head of investors Industries, World Economic Forum; John M. Bonhomme, executive director, global strategic markets, JP Morgan; and Johnny Wu, managing director & head, equities and funds, Barclays. This year Barclays launched the Women in Leadership Total Return Index (WIL) and exchange-traded notes based on the idea that female leadership helps companies excel. The panel will be moderated by Katherine D. Brandt, partner-in-charge, New York office, Thompson Hine LLP. The event is being hosted at The New York Times.
Conversations with Men™ is being presented in various industry sectors, as well as at the United Nations and most recently went global with a forum held at the GOLD Conference in Tokyo, Japan. The goal is to engage men in leadership positions in all industries globally in achieving a gender-balanced leadership at the top decision-making table and achieving gender diversity. Corporate Partners include IBM, Barclays, NASDAQ and Thompson Hine LLP.
Founder Janet Salazar is also delighted to announce at tonight's event a new addition to their quickly growing organization - THERE founder, Donnetta Campbell has been appointed As a Member to Global Advisory Council for IMPACT Leadership 21 and as a UN Representative and Director for Global Media and Communications For Foundation for the Support of the United Nations (FSUN). Campbell's consultancy THERE is built from high level marcom experts for the "digital influencer" age and is supported by the efforts of Iva Kaufman Associates.
THERE understands intuitively the value of personal networks, content marketing and how people can build strong personal and professional platforms. With the support of IMPACT Leadership 21, the conversation about women's financial inclusion and gender diversity in leadership will become prominent in the social media world. Using THERE, IMPACT Leadership plans to expands the influence digitally of high-level executives and leaders - think C-Suite, NGO leaders, leading academics in the conversation on gender diversity.
THERE will being working closely with ImpactL21 to scale this forward thinking organization to the next level by adding global digital reach in collaborative communities, for tonight's conversation with men collaborating with partner, Josh Machiz Digital Director at NaSDAQ, Anna Falth Manager of Knowledge Gateway and UNTF of UN Women. Other brands that will be represented for the talk of venture capital, women leadership and financial inclusion are Astia, Knowledge Gateway, and the DoubleXeconomy.
Following the formal program, participants from mostly the financial services industry will participate in roundtable discussions to identify action steps to move forward and impact gender equity.
Other speakers include Janet C. Salazar, CEO IMPACT Leadership 21; Lucy Chan, vice president financial services industry, IBM; Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, former UN under-secretary general, founder of UNSCR 1325; Leslie Grossman, New York chair, Vistage International; Gail Romero, CEO, Collective Changes and Advisor, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Christopher A. Bordoni, partner, Thompson Hine LLP; Jeanne Sullivan, co-founder, StarVest Partners; Constance J. Peak, CFO, IMPACT Leadership 21; Mike Paul, The Reputation Doctor®; Ambassador Edita Hrda, permanent representative, Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations, and Dr.Josephine Ojiambo, deputy secretary-general, Commonwealth Secretariat. MacDella Cooper, founder of the MacDella Cooper Foundation is master of ceremonies.
To register or for more information, visit http://www.impactleadership21.com/ or contact Janet C. Salazar 908-652-1883/ jcsalazar ( @ ) impactleadership21 dot com
Top Leaders from Wall St. and Finance Gather to Discuss Achieving Gender-Balanced Leadership at Conversations with Men™ Forum December 8th. 
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