Bryant University ~ Tuesday, May 8, 2018 – 7:30-9:30 AM – Register Today
Thriving enterprises that are led by women successfully meet or eclipse the industry yardsticks for growth and profitability. While building value by deploying broadly proven business disciplines, their results are also achieved through unique cultures and styles of leadership.
Generally, women-led businesses operate within energetic, multi-tasking environments. While building value and sustaining profitability, they mirror their leaders’ tendencies toward passion and empathy. The business cultures that underpin these organizations are generally rooted in a harmonizing business with personal, career, and family responsibilities.
Please join The Business Value Forum on May 8th for a hot breakfast, and the conversation with seasoned experts who will share their personal experiences and insights into the real impact of women on business value creation.
Our Panelists:
Jill Beresford will moderate a highly interactive panel discussion of business leaders and professionals who will share their experiences in dealing with the contemporary questions reflected in our topic.
Jill became the CEO and Chairman of the Board of a publicly-held corporation during the 1990’s after she successfully turned the company around from bankruptcy. Only 3% of the world’s companies were led by a female CEO at that time and today that number is only 5%.
She is currently the CEO of Gendernomics, a company comprised of former CEO’s who have used the language and learning of Gendernomics to successfully build highly profitable companies and help turn-arounds that were in financial trouble return to profitability. Most recently, Jill has been bringing the message of improved economics through gender balance to the C-Suite of Fortune 500 companies.
Kathleen McQuiggan is widely regarded expert in the analysis and evaluation of business performance and value. Kathleen joined Artemis Financial Advisors in June, 2017. Her specialties are the financial planning needs of women and employing sustainable investing approaches. Prior to joining Artemis, Kathleen spent over 20 years in institutional sales and investing, first with Alex Brown in Baltimore and then with Goldman Sachs.
In 2009, she founded Catalina Leadership, a consulting firm focused on investing in women. Through that work she started an engagement with Pax World Management and developed an expertise in sustainable investing, later joining Pax as a Senior Vice President, Global Women Strategies. Here, Kathleen was responsible for product management of the Global Women’s Index Fund, and also ran the firm’s Women & Wealth initiative.
Kathleen holds a B.S. in business administration with a concentration in finance from Towson University. In 2015, Kathleen was named Investment News’ inaugural Women to Watch list, which honors female industry executives and financial advisors who are distinguished leaders at their firms. A longtime advocate for advancing women in leadership, she currently serves on the CFP© Board, Women’s Advisory Council and is an active member of SheGives, Ellevate Network, Plum Alley Investments and Dartmouth Natural Resource Trust.
Kathleen resides in Boston and Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
Kimberly Corwin has spent 30+ years developing and growing businesses. She began her career in Iowa at Composite Technologies Corporation, introducing a revolutionary insulated concrete sandwich wall panel system. She joined Hughes Supply in Florida in 2002 to help with the growth of the Miami market, leading the implementation of the first ever combined facilities location for Hughes Supply.
Corwin joined AH Harris in September of 2003; initially serving as a Business Development Manager focused on the integration of acquisition HarMac Rebar & Steel into the organization and establishing satellite rebar fabrication operations within the Harris footprint. She also promoted the growth of tilt-up construction along the Atlantic Seaboard. In 2009, after 6 successful years of growth across all business segments, she was promoted to the role of Vice-President of Sales & Marketing. During that time she implemented many new customer focused initiatives, vendor development programs and an internal education forum, many of which are still in place today. She also assisted in the implementation and adoption of a new commission program, strategic pricing initiatives and several private label products, including Harris 1500, a light weight forming system. Kimberly went on to serve as the President & Chief Executive Officer of AH Harris & Sons, Inc., an industry leading organization with over 53 locations from Bangor, ME to Charlotte, NC, from 2012 to May of 2017. Through her leadership the Company grew from $180 million to nearly $400 million with a double digit EBITDA. She lead the team to successfully complete and integrate a transformative acquisition in 2016; Kenseal Construction Products with Revenue of $140 million.
Additionally, Corwin has been active with the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) and is Past President on the TCA Board of Directors, as well as being the CRSI Pilgrim Chapter Past President. She has served on the National CRSI Government Affairs Committee promoting the use of reinforced concrete and was a member of the CRSI Board of Directors.
Corwin now serves as President and CEO of her own Company, New Chapter, LLC, purchasing distressed properties, renovating and re-selling. Her motto “It’s what you do next that matters most” drives her ambition.
