UW regents discuss women leaders with President’s Advisory Committee

The University of Washington’s five female regents will hold a panel discussion on issues facing women in leadership during a fall kick-off event for the President’s Advisory Committee on Women. The panel discussion will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in 209 HUB and is open to the campus community.

“This is the first event of its kind at the UW and will bring together student, staff and faculty organizations from across campus who are involved or interested in women’s and diversity issues,” says Dean of Engineering Denice D. Denton, who became chair of the committee last April following the two-year term of Sue Jeffords, divisional dean in the College of Arts and Sciences. “The event will provide women’s groups and others with the opportunity to meet and exchange information about resources available on campus.”

President McCormick will offer brief opening remarks for Thursday’s event and introduce the regents participating in the panel discussion: Mari Clack, Jennifer Frankel, Constance Proctor, Shelly Yapp and Cindy Zehnder. Topics to be addressed by the panel will include: Breaking the glass ceiling, “If I knew then what I know now,” strategies for navigating career tracks, and mentoring.

A reception will follow in 310 Hub from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

McCormick appointed the 29-member advisory committee in 1996 to promote efforts to improve the campus climate for women at the UW. The committee’s charge is to identify issues of concern to women at the UW, to disseminate collected information on the status of women at the University, to advise the president concerning issues relating to women at the University and to make recommendations to the president for improving the status of women faculty, staff and students. ¶