Fall 2002 HBS INTERNATIONAL ALUMNAE CONFERENCE

"Looking to the Future:
New Ideas and New Leadership for a Changing World"

Saturday, October 19, 2002
10 am - 4 pm

W Hotel
New York City

Conference speakers: Michael Gelb, Leslie Wohlman Himmel, Dr. James Maxmin, the Hon. Leslie Crocker Snyder, Barbara Stanny, and Dr. Shoshana Zuboff

Attendee Comments:

"Karen, you're amazing! Yesterday was perhaps the BEST conference I've ever attended."
--Jacqueline Adams, Emmy Award-winning television journalist (10/20/02)

"I thought the conference was absolutely fantastic. All the speakers were interesting, and hearing Leslie Crocker Snyder was especially inspiring. It was just the energy and inspiration infusion I was looking for. Also, I really liked the yoga sessions at break times, and the food was great, the hotel was cool, and the other participants were all people I enjoyed meeting and sharing ideas with. Thank you, thank you!"
--Kim Albright, Harvard MBA (10/21/02)

"Yesterday's event was so well done -- such an exceptional line-up of speakers and a great program for the day, an ideal venue, a great lunch, and a multi-faceted, fascinating group of attendees. So well-thought-out (the little touches like the mid-session stretches to keep us fresh). I join the applause for you and your extraordinary networking / organization / conceptualization / orchestration skill. You gave us all a wonderful experience and opportunity."
--Cynthia Auman (10/20/02)

"Karen, I hope you are treating yourself to a great reward. It was a terrific conference -- content and people exceeded expectations."
--Dr. Dee A. Soder, The CEO Perspective Group (10/21/02)

"Thank you, thank you, thank you for the wonderful and energizing conference! I'm still high from the day, and already making some changes in my own life. It was just perfect, and a real reflection of the thought, time and care you put into creating the experience for all of us. Hope that you're resting and basking in the goodwill and positive changes you've effected this week."
--Sandy Styer (10/21/02)

"Karen, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your graciousness and good humour and friendship. Jim and I really enjoyed the conference yesterday and felt a great connection with many of the people we met....You are an awesome woman and I am glad to count you as my friend."
--Dr. Shoshana Zuboff, Professor, Harvard Business School (10/20/02)


Fall 2001 HBS INTERNATIONAL ALUMNAE CONFERENCE

Saturday, November 17, 2001
10 am - 4 pm

The Lighthouse
New York City

Conference speakers: Jacqueline Adams, Nancy Barry, Laura Day, Amy Schiffman Langer, Anne Moore, Tony Schwartz, Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner, Sheryl WuDunn, and Shoya Zichy

Attendee Comments:

"An awesome job."
"Very inspirational."
"A power-packed day."
"Well paced, excellent day."
"What a great, inspirational day!!"
"One of the best programs I've ever attended."
"An exceptional event. I'm leaving energized!"
"Everything was great....A wonderful, insightful day. Thank you."
"Excellent job. I've been to two of these and enjoyed them both immensely."
"The highlight of the day? Everything I thought I might get out of HBS and didn't."
"Nothing is more inspirational than seeing a woman make it through the glass ceiling!"
"Great job yet again. An incredible group of women. You kept us all here, all day, totally engaged on a gorgeous Saturday. That says it all!"

From bestselling author Tony Schwartz's speech at the 2001 HBS Alumnae Conference:

"I have to stop and say something about Karen, because she is an absolutely extraordinary human being. [Applause] She deserves that -- and, in many ways, she is a model of what it is that we try to help people become at LGE, which is a more integrated human being -- a person who draws on energy, as I'll talk about in a moment, from all sources. Physically, she is a runner. Emotionally, she is extremely engaged, connected and compassionate. Mentally, she is bright as hell. Spiritually, she is connected to what she is passionate about. She has derived a sense of fuel from what really matters to her, and that is something that all of us need to do if we're going to be maximally effective in our lives."