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Girls Today, Leaders Tomorrow
Gala Dinner

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
5:30 pm -- Cocktails
6:30 pm -- Dinner

The Crystal Tea Room
Wanamaker Building
1201 Market Street, 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

To sponsor this event, to attend, or for further information,
please contact Mary Ann Milner at
215.665.2534 or maryann@uwsepa.org

PROGRAM

Molly D. ShepardMolly D. Shepard
Founder, President and CEO, The Leader's Edge, LLC

Molly D. Shepard will receive the 2008 United Way Women Caring About What Matters Award -- for founding the United Way Women's Initiative, for her tireless work in the Philadelphia philanthropic community and for her outstanding civic leadership.

Molly has more than twenty five years' experience in career development consulting, leadership development, executive coaching and executive search. In 2000, Molly founded The Leader's Edge, a Philadelphia-based organization that is dedicated to the advancement of high-level executive women through leadership development. Previously, she was Chairman, President and Co-founder of Manchester, Inc., one of the world's largest career development consulting firms.

Molly serves on the Boards of Directors of a number of companies and non-profit organizations, and is currently Chairman Emeritis of WHYY-TV 12/91 FM (PBS) and the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania. She has been the recipient of many honors and awards, most recently Philadelphia magazine's 2006 Trailblazer Award, United Way's 2006 Citizen of the Year Award and the Philadelphia Business Journal's 2005 Women of Distinction Award.

Molly holds a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College and a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In May of 2006, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from West Chester University. She is the author of the book Stop Whining and Start Winning: 8 Surefire Ways for Women to Thrive in Business (Penguin USA 2005), and frequently speaks throughout the country and makes appearances on radio and television.Molly and her husband, Peter Dean, have four children and live in Center City

Judith M. von SeldeneckJudith M. von Seldeneck
Founder and Chairman and CEO, Diversified Search

Judith M. von Seldeneck, Founder and Chairman and CEO of Diversified Search, will make the keynote speech. Diversified Search was the first retained executive search firm in Philadelphia and the largest woman owned firm in the country. In 1998, Diversified Search became one of the first executive search firms to be acquired by a large public corporation, MPS Group, a $2 billion NYSE corporation. In 2004, Management bought the firm back from MPS Group and in 2005 became the exclusive US Partner of Ray & Berndtson, the sixth largest retained executive search partnership in the world with 51 offices in 32 countries.

Judee has received a number of awards including Philadelphia Magazine's First TrailBlazer Award, the Philadelphia Business Journal and the National Association of Women Business Owners Women of Distinction Award, American Heart Association Heart of Philadelphia Award, Civic Leadership Award of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, the Eleanor Raynolds Award and Gardner W. Heidrick Award for excellence in executive search presented by the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce's Paradigm Award for the top woman in business and leadership in the community and was selected by the National Women's Economic Alliance and Directors Resource Council for the Directors Choice Award for her service on public company boards and was named woman of outstanding achievement by the Philadelphia Women's Network.

INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS WILL MATCH DONATIONS

Independence Blue Cross will match all new and increased gifts* from individuals toward the Women's Initiative if made by April 30, 2008. Please take advantage of this generous offer from Independence Blue Cross to double your contribution.

We invite you to join the Women's Initiative and help United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania make a positive impact in the community and a real difference in the lives of young girls. Girls Today, Leaders Tomorrow is a program that focuses on encouraging and supporting adolescent girls in developing and maintaining attitudes and behaviors related to the "six pillars of character" -- trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

*Excluding individual ticket costs

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