Event Details
The topics of each session are dependent upon the RSVPs. Further details will be provided upon confirmation.
Registration
Register Online
RSVP Required: Space will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. RSVP is not a confirmation. You will be advised of your status on Wednesday, July 7th by 12 noon.
The registration deadline is 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6th.
Deadline: 7/6/2010
Program
12:00 PM-6:00 PM: Various Times from 12:00 - 6:00 p.m. See registration request for more information.
Speaker Profiles
Cheryl Francis (Speaker)
Co-Founder and Co-Chairman, Corporate Leadership Center (CLC)
http://www.corporateleadership.org/mission.php
Cheryl Francis is co-founder and Co-Chairman of Corporate Leadership Center (CLC), a partnership between major corporations and academic institutions, which advances top corporate leaders and leadership practices. CEO Perspective, CLC’s flagship program, has been offered since 2005 with the Kellogg School of Management. In 2009, CLC launched its second major initiative: Leading Women Executives – a unique development experience for high potential women and their companies aimed at improving the cost/benefit trade-off for corporate executive women and their organizations.
Francis is a Director of three corporate boards: Hewitt Associates, Morningstar and HNI Corporation. She is Lead Director, Nominating Committee Chair, Ad-Hoc Finance Committee Chair and member of the Audit Committee for Hewitt; Audit Committee Chair and member of the Compensation Committee for Morningstar; and member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee for HNI. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Cornell University where she Chairs the Audit Committee; the Advisory Council of Chicago Booth School of Business; as Chair of The Chicago Network, Chicago’s leading professional women’s organization; and formerly served on the board of Lands’ End.
Cheryl Francis was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. from 1995 to 2000. She oversaw all financial functions, including mergers and acquisitions, of this $5 billion print services company.
Earlier in her career, Francis was Treasurer of FMC Corporation, its first woman officer, and an adjunct professor at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (Chicago Booth). Cheryl Francis earned her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her MBA from the University of Chicago. She graduated first in her class in both cases and received several academic awards.
Questions
Katherine Darius
Assistant Director, Career Services
773.702.4286