Ethics Luncheon Forum Focuses on ‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling’

Media Advisory
January 29, 2007

WHAT: The Beard Center for Leadership in Ethics will host Breaking the Glass Ceiling, a luncheon forum that will focus on issues surrounding the challenges of women leaders and managers in workplaces dominated by men.

Featured speakers include Gretchen R. Haggerty, executive vice president and chief financial officer of United States Steel Corporation, and Major General Jessica L. Wright, adjutant general of the Pennsylvania National Guard, who will share their experiences and discuss what “breaking the glass ceiling” means to them. A question-and-answer session will follow their presentations.

Breaking the Glass Ceiling is part of the Beard Center’s ongoing Ethics Luncheon Forum series.  The cost is $90 per person or $750 for a table of eight and includes lunch. To register, visit www.business.duq.edu/Beard call 412.396.4005 or e-mail beardcenter@duq.edu.

WHERE: The Duquesne Club, 325 Sixth Ave., Downtown

WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 8 from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

CONTACTS:
Rose Ravasio, 412.396.6051/cell 412.818.0234
Karen Ferrick-Roman, 412.396.1154/cell 412.736.1877

Duquesne University
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