2007 National Fall Conference

WID Newsletter

2006 WID Leaders Conference

WID Chapter Leardership was well represented at the conference.

From Left to Right:
Leslie Smith, President, Upstate New York Chapter, Lockheed Martin; Dr. Laura Smith, General Dynamics Information Systems; from the Greater Frederick Chapter, Luanne Houck, President, General Dynamics Information Technology, and Diana Yarnell, Grove Resource Solutions.

Other chapters represented at the conference were: Capital, Chesapeake Bay, Iowa/Illinois, Michigan, Monmouth, Rocky Mountain, and San Diego.

Members of the WID National Board discussed national security topics with dignitaries. Luncheon speaker was Lisa Marie Cheney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Legislative Outreach.

From Left to Right:
Ann Elise Sauer, Secretary, Lockheed Martin; Jane Walter, Past President, Booz Allen Hamilton; Ms. Cheney; Eileen Giglio, Secretary, Dept. of Defense; MG Gina Farrisee, US Army Human Resources Command; Daphne Sahlin, Dept. of the Army.

Standing Left to Right:
Margaret DiVirgilio, Vice President, Concurrent Technologies Corporation; Susan Ebner, President, Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney.

A highly-rated panel, "Pushing through the Gate: What it Takes to Succeed in Industry, the Military, & Government," was moderated by the Honorable Carolyn Becraft, WID National Past President, Becraft Associates.

Panelists from Left to Right.
Norma Byron, WID Past President, The Ashlawn Group; Cindy Broyles, Chesapeake Bay Chapter Past President, Booz Allen Hamilton; Karyn Greenfield, BAE Systems; RADM Kathleen Martin, USN (Ret.), Vinson Hall Corp.

Tofie Owen (left) installed WID National Board Members Susan Ebner, Margaret DiVirgilio, and Ann Elise Sauer. Other board members installed were Eileen Giglio and Ella Schiralli. Mr. Owen is Past Chairman of the Board, National Defense Industrial Association, and Senior Vice President, SAIC.

Susan Ebner (left) and the Honorable Delores Etter, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition. At the Annual Dinner, Dr. Etter spoke about career guidelines, Navy research, development and acquisition accomplishments, and lessons learned from her experience as Assistant Secretary. More than 100 attended this annual event. Companies taking part were: AM General, Booz Allen Hamilton (Conference Sponsor), Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Lockheed Martin, and SAIC.