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ATHENA Leadership Symposium, Advancing Women’s Leadership and Corporate Board Service
A Chamber Diversity and Inclusion Initiative
Leadership diversity is critical to the achievement of the Chamber’s vision of Greenville becoming the premier business community in the world. The Greenville Chamber actively supports talented women and minorities in our community in achieving leadership positions in greater numbers. Through the Chamber’s association with ATHENA International since 2001, the Chamber has recognized and honored women in leadership with the ATHENA Leadership Award®. This prestigious award is presented at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting to women who have made significant contributions to Greenville in promoting community prosperity and quality of life. The ATHENA Leadership Symposium, a unique women’s leadership program inspired by recipients of the ATHENA Leadership Award® and offered as part of the Chamber’s Diversity and Inclusion initiative, will be launched in November 2012. The ATHENA Leadership Symposium will be one of multiple opportunities the Chamber will present to advance leadership diversity within underrepresented populations.
Time: 8:30am – 10:00am
Location: Poinsett Club
Projected Attendance: 100-150
Theme: Advancing Women’s Leadership and Corporate Board Service. Featuring: Keynote Speaker Sharon Decker, CEO of the Tapestry Group LLC and Comments from Minor Shaw, President of Micco Corporation Objectives:
Contact: Nika White, 864-239-3727 or nwhite@greenvillechamber.org
Speaker Bio – Sharon Decker
After graduating summa cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Sharon Decker began a successful professional career, working seventeen years for Duke Energy, serving both as the first female vice president and, in her last position, as Chief Communications Officer. Sharon was president of Tanner Companies and the founding CEO and President of The Lynnwood Foundation. She is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Tapestry Group LLC. Sharon currently serves as a board member for several non-profit organizations and Fortune 500 companies. She has been a director of Family Dollar Stores Inc. since 1999 where she serves on the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. She has been a Director of Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Inc. since May 2001, and she serves on the Audit Committee and Employee Benefits Committee. She has been an Independent Director of SCANA Corporation since December 2005 where she serves on the Nuclear Oversight Committee and Human Resource Committee. She serves as Chief Executive Officer of North Washington Street Properties, Rutherfordton, N.C., a Director of South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. , and a Director of the Public Service Company of North Carolina Inc. (alternate name PSNC Energy), a subsidiary SCANA Corporation. She serves as a Director of Herschend Family Entertainment Group and Sona International. She served as an Executive Director of The Duke Power Foundation. Sharon chaired the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, and she was named Charlotte Woman of the Year. Sharon and her husband Bob have been married 32 years and are the parents of four children. The Decker family makes their home just south of Asheville in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Rutherfordton, NC. Athens Leadership Symposium Table Sponsors: Bank of Travelers Rest Blue Cross Blue Shield Duke Energy Fluor Corporation Furman Connections Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina, Inc. Greenville Business Magazine Greenville Technical College Haynsworth, Sinkler, Boyd, P.A. League Manufacturing Micco Corporation, LLC Peace Center for the Performing Arts Piedmont Natural Gas Presbyterian College The Blood Connection, Inc. The Idea Group USC Upstate
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ATHENA International is a non-profit organization that seeks to support, develop and honor women leaders. For more information please go to www.athenainternational.org or call 312.580.0111.