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Date:

May 12, 2011

Time:

9:00am - 5:00pm

Location:

Westin Tysons Corner

7801 Leesburg Pike

Falls Church, VA

SUCCEEDING & LEADING AT EVERY LEVEL

Women at all levels in the Intelligence Community have jobs as well as organizations that have become increasingly complex due to global economic and political challenges. Now more than ever it is important to figure out where you want to be and how to get there. Women continue to play a strong role as team players, advanced leaders and advocates for themselves and others throughout all levels of their organizations. What are the exceptional qualities and traits that make a true leader stand out and get noticed? To gain visibility, women must learn to tap into their own unique skill sets and embrace their individual power and leadership style. Please join us for a day of self-discovery, skill-building and action planning with top women leaders. They will inspire you with their personal stories and share their expertise. As one of last year’s attendees said about the summit: “Today was life impacting and thought provoking . . . . motivational and challenging.”

Why You Should Attend

Meet role models who have achieved success in the intelligence community
Learn strategies to grow your influence and expand your impact in this unique environment
Understand the burning issues, rules of engagement and challenges
Recognize and grow your unique leadership style
Network with executive women from companies/agencies with national security opportunities

Who Should Attend?

Women in all job functions/levels in the intelligence community including:

Leadership Pipeline
Supervisory/mid-level management
Senior executives and mentors from government agencies, government contractors and the military

Audience Participation:

Bring your business cards, best questions and burning issues
Gain insights and personal breakthroughs all day

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Agenda

Agenda*

8:00 - 8:50 a.m.
Breakfast/Registration

8:50 - 9:15
Welcome
Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media

Founding Sponsor:
Mark McLane / Director of Diversity and Inclusion / Booz Allen Hamilton

9:15 - 10:15
Opening Keynote & Conversation: Leadership in the Face of Change
Mary Irvin / Director, Vision Implementation Team / National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

Conversation/Questions & Answers
Facilitator: Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media

10:15 - 11:15
Senior Executive Panel: Own Ambition to Create Your Future

Successful executives share their personal stories and give insights about what it takes to own ambition, utilize leadership resources and build a network of support to create a purposeful career. The discussion will include lessons learned on how to stay current, visible, healthy and valued.

Moderator:
Paula J. Roberts / Associate Director National Intelligence-Human Capital Officer / Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Panelists:
Susan M. Gordon / Deputy Director, Information Operations Center / CIA
Kim Hammonds / Chief Information Officer / The Boeing Company
Ellen E. McCarthy / President / Intelligence and National Security Alliance
Jack Welsh / Senior Vice President / Booz Allen Hamilton

11:15 - 11:30
Break

11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Workshop: Expanding Your Degree of Influence and Impact at All Career Levels

Leadership requires the ability to manage key relationships, expand your sphere of influence and improve your ability to help others develop and grow. This session will focus on:

What the research is saying about what is required to influence and create impact
Strategies for advancing relational skills and engaging support to push your ideas forward
Tactics to help grow your influence and improve your confidence when delegating and making high-level decisions

Facilitator:
Audra Bohannon / Vice President / Global Novations

Thought Leaders:
Phyllis Corley / Deputy Director, OGM / National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Janet Lyman / Senior Vice President / Booz Allen Hamilton

12:45 - 1:45
Lunch with Hot Topic Keynote: What Men Don't Tell Women About Getting Ahead
Richard (Dickie) M. George / Technical Director, Information Assurance / National Security Agency (NSA)

1:45 - 2:00
Break

2:00 - 3:15
Concurrent Workshops

A. Our Leadership Challenge: How to Achieve Resilience, Connection and Fulfillment in Our Lives

The choices we make in our careers set us on a path. We choose goals, enjoy successes and address challenges. Yet, it's easy to drift onto autopilot: to unconsciously develop habits of mind and action, make tradeoffs, cease to track what works or doesn't. Unsurprisingly, despite our successes, our lives may not as be as satisfying or connected as we would like. Often, we've been operating in default mode. This workshop provides tools for participants to take stock of where they are, to create or restore vital aspects of their lives that energize, connect and lead to healthier, less stressful, more fulfilling lives. In this breakout session we will focus on how high-achieving women at each stage of their careers can identify, prioritize and protect goals with new habits that promote collateral benefit rather than damage.

Facilitator:
Dory Hollander, Ph.D. / Founder and President / WiseWorkplaces and New Options, Inc.

Thought Leader:
Janice C. Haith / Deputy, Communications, Networks & CIO Division / US Navy

B. Presentations That Matter: Effective Presentation Skills that Influence Outcomes and Results

Leadership at the highest levels require the ability to present complex data succinctly and simply, challenge thinking and pre-conceived perceptions and influence results. This session will focus on:

Slide deck development skills that deliver tough messages in an engaging and simple way
Presentation skills that capture the attention and imagination of everyone, including dissenters
Techniques that meet the needs of the "show me the details" audience

Facilitator:
Debbie L. James / Executive Vice President, Communications & Government Affairs / SAIC

Thought Leader:
Karen Lanning / Supervisory Physical Scientist / FBI Laboratory

C. Discover Ways to Build Futures for Multicultural/Multigenerational Leaders Now!

Building a diverse leadership pipeline to attract and retain high-potential women at all levels of the organization is now critical. Still, the resistance inherent in the status quo and the difficulties of inventing new forms or organization make this difficult. Experienced facilitators will tackle misperceptions and provide strategies to help multicultural/multigenerational women build careers at all levels and areas of the intelligence community including mission and operations, joint duty and field experience. The discussion will include hot topics such as flexibility, global issues and collaborative leadership.

Facilitator:
Kristine Korva / Senior Manager / Deloitte Consulting LLP

Thought Leaders:
Sandi Aguirre / Department Head / The Mitre Corporation
Sharon A. Houy / Chief of Staff / Defense Intelligence Agency

D. Senior Executive Roundtable: Leading From the Top - Maximizing Your Personal Momentum & Impact

Participants engage in a peer-to-peer conversation about strategies for leveraging accomplishments and evaluating challenges along with techniques for maintaining career momentum. Assessing how you can make the most of your current life stage, prepares you for the next one. The group considers the impact that work and relationships (both personal and professional) have on their effort and outcomes.

Who should attend: Senior corporate and government executive women who are SES or equivalent/GS15 level and above. This roundtable discussion will focus on topics selected by the participants.

Co-Facilitators:
Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media
Dr. Patricia T. Taylor / Chief, Intelligence Community Equal Employment & Diversity Office / Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Thought Leader:
Marcy Forman / Managing Director / Citigroup

3:15 - 3:30
Break

3:30 - 3:55
Call-to-Action Keynote - Pathways to Success: Creating the Intentional Career

Despite the variety of possible barriers, there are also many pathways to success available to women in national security careers. Using examples from her own career - spanning academia, government and industry - she will describe principles that participants can use to guide their own career decisions towards their personal goals.

Amy E. Alving, Ph.D. / Chief Technology Officer / Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

3:55 - 4:15
Closing Remarks
Carol Evans / President / Working Mother Media

Founding Sponsor:
Amy E. Alving / Chief Technology Officer / Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

*Agenda subject to change.