<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">This year's 2013 GWAMIT Leadership Conference starts today with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">an opening keynote by Rachel Simmons (author of “The Curse of the Good Girl”) entitled “Good Girls & Great Leaders: Leadership in a Gendered World." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The theme of this year’s Leadership Conference is “Take the Wheel”, and will be held during the weeks of <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">November 4-14</span></span>. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(0, 155, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "><br></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; "><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(0, 155, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">2013 GWAMIT Leadership Conference</span></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; "><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold; "> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 3pt; "><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Opening Keynote: "Good Girls & Great Leaders: Leadership in a Gendered World" - Rachel Simmons</span></p><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Speaker: </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Rachel Simmons</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Time: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; font-weight: bold; "><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Mon, Nov 4, 5 – 6pm</span></span> </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; ">(Reception to follow)</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Venue: </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: Calibri; ">32-155 (Stata Center)</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(56, 118, 29); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Description:</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> In the opening keynote of the conference, Rachel Simmons, author of </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">New York Times </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">bestsellers </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Odd Girl Out</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> and </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">The Curse of the Good Girl</span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">, will speak on how to be more authentic, assertive, and self-aware. A catered reception will follow.</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Register here:</span><a href="https://gwamitlead2013-openingkeynote.eventbrite.com/?ref=wplist" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">https://gwamitlead2013-openingkeynote.eventbrite.com/?ref=wplist</span></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; "><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; "> </span></p></body></html>