Six women execs to speak at Power of Sisterhood

THESE days more and more women are playing a distinct and decisive role in shaping Jamaica’s corporate and public policy strategies, and they are doing so with the guidance of mentors and mentees.

An impressive gathering of Jamaica’s leading women executives from the private and public sectors will speak at the second installation of Leaders-to-Leaders (Jamaica) speaker series on Wednesday, September 24.

Under the theme “The Power of Sisterhood” , presentations by speakers will seek to forge a common understanding for developing a culture of mentorship.

The event will run from noon to 3:00 pm at the Talk of the Town, Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, in St Andrew.

Confirmed speakers are Group Chief Strategy Officer at the JMMB Group, Senator Imani Duncan-Price; Attorney-at-law, Senator Marlene Malahoo-Forte; Vice Chairman of the Musson Group, Melanie Subratie; Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Island Grill Thalia Lyn, and Senior General Manager of the National Housing Trust (NHT) Dr Lanie-Marie Oakley Williams.

To be hosted by Gail Moss Solomon, head of Digicel’s Jamaica legal and Regulator portfolio, the event is a gathering of middle-and upper-level executives and key influencers from across Jamaica’s private and public sectors to explore and develop strategies for taking action and fostering a culture of mentorship to make Jamaica a better place to live, work, and play.

In addition to the speakers’ presentations, Shelly-Ann Harris will be signing copies of her recent release Cookies on Her Tray, a collection of poems written within the context of Jamaica’s culture and history.

Organised by the Leaders-to-Leaders (Jamaica), the Power of Sisterhood is the first event in its four-part 2014/15 Speaker Series.

The burgeoning Leaders-to-Leaders (Jamaica) is an entity committed to bringing together many of Jamaica’s most prominent private and public sector leaders to share and discuss critical issues and search for their solutions.

“We believe that our speaker series is growing in prominence because the themes, topics, and speakers cover a cross-section of relevant areas not just affecting their business and reputation, but, more importantly, the wider Jamaica society. The series also exposes attendees to a cadre of Jamaican leaders in a single location to whom they might not otherwise have access,” said Delroy Morgan, lead organiser of the Speaker Series.

More specifically, Morgan added: “Leaders value speaking at our events because doing so provides them an opportunity to not only share their own personal narratives and offer valuable tips to success, but also to articulate their organisation’s point of view on a particular theme and/or topic.”

Among the notable past speakers who have participated in the Leaders-to-Leaders Speaker Series are former Jamaica Prime Minister Edward Seaga, former United States Ambassador to Jamaica, Pamela Bridgewater, Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn; former Government minister and current Member of Parliament Olivia Grange; and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Public Service Company Kelly Tomblin.

The cost to attend the event, which includes lunch is $4,000 per person. Other planned events in the series include:

Cloud Computing and IT Security: risks and privacy challenges on Wednesday November 26;

Technology and its transforming effects on work: aligning HR metrics and technology to drive on Wednesday January 28, 2015; and Side Effects of Entrepreneurship: trials, failures, and successes for Wednesday, March 26, 2015.

All will be held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.

More details on the events in the Speaker Series can be seen at the website: www.leaderstoleadersjamaica.com.