Topic: Your Path to the Boardroom
Speakers: Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, Chief Executive Officer, and Heather Spilsbury, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, 50/50 Women on Boards
Presentation:
- Discover the progress women have made on boards, and when we are expected to reach gender parity.
- Gain business insights on what boards are searching for in potential candidates.
- Discover the steps to map your path to the boardroom.
Speakers' bios:
Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire
CEO, 50/50 Women on Boards
Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire is CEO of 50/50 Women on Boards™, the global education and advocacy campaign committed to accelerating gender balance and diversity on corporate boards. She is the author of two books on the topic, "The Board Game: How Smart Women Become Corporate Directors” and “Winning the Board Game: How Women Directors Make the Difference.” Both books offer real-world guidelines and profiles of current women corporate directors for helping women seek board positions as their ultimate career goal.
As a statewide past president of the National Association of Women Business Owners-California (NAWBO-CA), Betsy led NAWBO-CA’s successful campaign to secure passage of SB826, effective January 2019, the first and only law in the U.S. requiring every public company in California to have at least three women board members before year-end 2021. She previously volunteered on the boards of the Southern California Leadership Network and UCLA Medical Center, and the consumer advisory board for SoCal Edison.
For 27 years, Betsy has been the CEO and co-founder of Berkhemer Clayton, Inc., a retained executive search firm based in Los Angeles that specializes in senior-level searches at corporations, universities and nonprofit organizations. Her firm is distinguished for its commitment to advancing gender and ethnic diversity on corporate boards and in senior management positions throughout the country, with 44% of placed management candidates women and 36% men and women of color.
Before founding Berkhemer Clayton with Fred Clayton, Betsy built and sold one of the largest independent public relations firms in Southern California. Betsy is a UCLA graduate.
Heather Spilsbury
Chief Operating and Marketing Officer
Heather Spilsbury is a highly accomplished Chief Operating and Marketing Officer with over 20 years of experience in marketing, operations, digital advertising, and e-commerce. She currently leads 50/50 Women on Boards, a non-profit educational and advocacy organization that aims to increase diversity on corporate boards.
Heather's strategic planning, ideation and execution have tripled the organizations audiences, partnerships, and increased the percentage of funds dedicated to supporting the campaign's efforts from 70% to 84%.
Before joining 50/50 Women on Boards, Heather was the VP of Marketing and Strategy at The Sheppard, a creative agency in Los Angeles. There, she established the agency's marketing division and grew its EBITDA from $3 million to $26 million.
Heather is also an active volunteer and serves on the board of Hispanic Public Relations Association in Los Angeles and UC Riverside Extension. She holds a degree in Business Management and Economics from Seattle University, with a minor in Painting. As a continual learner, Heather holds certifications in crisis communication, data analytics, and predictive modeling from UCLA Extension. She is also Google/Bing certified in Display, Search, Video, and Analytics.
1. What is The Women's SIG about? The mission of The Women’s SIG is to have an environment conducive to developing relationships and making friends who will help each other throughout their careers and job searches. This is NOT a women-only club. All FENG members are welcome to join the SIG and attend our meetings. The FENG Women’s SIG LinkedIn URL is: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1224453...
1. What is The Women's SIG about?
The mission of The Women’s SIG is to have an environment conducive to developing relationships and making friends who will help each other throughout their careers and job searches. This is NOT a women-only club. All FENG members are welcome to join the SIG and attend our meetings.
The FENG Women’s SIG LinkedIn URL is: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12244539/
2. How are we organized?
Programming is overseen by a Steering Committee consisting of up to 5 Co-Chairs. The current Co-Chairs are:
Women's SIG Steering Committee:
- Ana Hernandez Lobato, [email protected], +52-4443291519
- Gerri Facchine, [email protected], (201) 819-6852
- Rosemary Scardaville, [email protected], (908) 229-2621
- Sharon Richter, [email protected], (410) 804-3522
- Toni Hubbs, [email protected], (917) 373-4064
3. MEETINGS:
We meet by Zoom generally on the third Wednesday of each month from 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM US Eastern Time unless otherwise noted. Occasionally, we schedule special programming or extend the duration of a meeting.
Once each quarter we have a meeting devoted to networking using Zoom break out rooms. Other meetings have a speaker addressing a variety of career, job search and other topics of professional development.
4. MEETING REGISTRATION
You must register on The FENG website on the Women’s SIG Landing Page by noon, the day before the meeting @ https://www.thefeng.org/special-interest-groups/women-s/133
You will be sent the Zoom link late afternoon the day before the meeting. If you do not receive the Zoom link, please check your SPAM FOLDER. If you still can’t find it, you have until 8:00 AM the day of the meeting to write to:
Charlotte Leslie
Director, Chapter and SIG Support
[email protected]
Co-Chairs and Charlotte have received requests on the day of the meeting up to and including at 10:00 am (even shortly thereafter) requesting the link and while we make every attempt to (re)send the link, we are engaged in participating in the meeting ourselves at that time and sometimes do not see your requests until after the meeting.
In the event you do miss the meeting, all meetings are recorded (unless the speaker denies permission) and links to recordings are sent out to all those who registered for the meeting within 1 week of the date of the meeting.
5. OTHER JOB SEARCH RESOURCES:
*The Women’s SIG LinkedIn Group
Engage with your fellow SIG members on LinkedIn – The FENG Women’s SIG LI URL is: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12244539/
*The Women’s SIG Cover Letter and Resume Review Assistance
- Avani Doshi, [email protected]
*The FENG’s Peer Resume Review Program
Send your resume to Lew Bader and Cheri Phillips, Resume Review Committee Co-Chairs at: [email protected]
*The FENG’s Mentoring Program
-To mentor others or be mentored, send a completed “Mentoring Program Information Sheet” to Laurie Fan: [email protected]
-The form is located under: Resources, Documents Library, Other Documents.
*The FENG’s Job Clubs
- To join a Job Club email to Joyce Gibney: [email protected]
[A job club consists of 6-10 unemployed FENG members who meet weekly to and are accountable to each other throughout the job search process. The objective of the Job Club is to support each member’s job search and to make each member the very best prepared and polished candidate they can be.]
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RSVP | Subject | Date / Time |
Attendees | Status | Suggested Donation | |
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Reserve A Spot | Your Path to the Boardroom |
Apr 19
12:00pm - 1:00pm US/Eastern |
20 | Not registered | Free | |
Reserve A Spot | TBA |
May 17
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
4 | Not registered | Free | |
Reserve A Spot | Networking and Breakout Rooms Session |
Jun 21
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
3 | Not registered | Free | |
Reserve A Spot | Career Relaunching |
Jul 19
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
4 | Not registered | Free | |
Reserve A Spot | Own Your Authority |
Sep 20
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
1 | Not registered | Free | |
Reserve A Spot | Networking and Breakout Rooms Session |
Oct 18
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
1 | Not registered | Free | |
Reserve A Spot | TBA |
Nov 15
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
1 | Not registered | Free | |
Reserve A Spot | Networking and Breakout Rooms Session |
Dec 20
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
1 | Not registered | Free | |
Networking and Breakout Rooms Session |
Mar 15
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
29 | Not registered | Free | ||
LinkedIn Power Networking: Modernizing Networking to Fit the Hybrid Model |
Feb 15
10:00am - 11:30am US/Eastern |
65 | Not registered | Free | ||
Reclaim Power Over Your Life with M*S*G - Mindset, Skillset, Get Off Your Asset |
Jan 18
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
44 | Not registered | Free | ||
Networking and Breakout Rooms Session |
Dec 14, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
28 | Not registered | Free | ||
Unconscious Bias and the Importance of Image |
Oct 19, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
73 | Not registered | Free | ||
Networking and Breakout Rooms Session |
Sep 21, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
25 | Not registered | Free | ||
Travel is Back : Focus on Women and Solo Traveling |
Jul 20, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
38 | Not registered | Free | ||
Networking and Breakout Rooms Session |
Jun 15, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
24 | Not registered | Free | ||
How to Take the Lead when Interviewing for a Job |
May 18, 2022
5:30pm - 7:00pm US/Eastern |
54 | Not registered | Free | ||
Avoiding Self-Sabotage And Underselling Yourself In Your Job Search |
Apr 20, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
76 | Not registered | Free | ||
SPECIAL INFO SESSION: Invitation to Co-Chair The Women’s SIG of The FENG |
Mar 24, 2022
3:00pm - 4:00pm US/Eastern |
23 | Not registered | Free | ||
Networking and Breakout Rooms Session |
Mar 16, 2022
10:00am - 11:00am US/Eastern |
28 | Not registered | Free |
Total Members | 1067 |
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Alumni | (57%) 605 |
Active | (41%) 438 |
Associate | (1%) 11 |
Retired | (1%) 13 |