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| El Paso-owned and proud |
Jul. 25 - Jul. 31 |
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By Tom Fenton |
While business schools are cranking out a growing number of female MBAs, only few women manage to make their way into top jobs in business and other industries.
When it comes to CEOs, the number of women is even smaller. In the Fortune 500 list published in April, only 15 women held the top job – about 3 percent.
No one disputes that more women are now in leadership roles than in past years, but for many qualified women out there, opportunities are slow in coming.
Sociologists and pop psychologists may debate the underpinnings of this reality, but here at home we realize that in a way, the same thing occurs at El Paso Inc.
How often does El Paso Inc. feature a woman in one of our signature Q&As? Or select a woman as El Pasoan of the Year? Not that often.
We all know a handful of women of impact, but for most of us, it’s a rather short list. Diana Natalicio, Cindy Ramos-Davidson, Myrna Deckert and Adair Margo spring to mind. Still, we know there are many more out there. We just don’t know them or what they are doing.
With that in mind, the operating group here thought it would be a good thing if El Paso Inc. could find and highlight some of the more salient contributions of local women.
We’ve been chewing on this for some time and as it turned out, so were others in the community. We’ve teamed up with Las Palmas Women’s Advisory Board and Las Palmas Medical Center, who are also focusing on women-related issues. It’s a nice partnership and the result is a concept we’re calling, “Women of Impact” – an idea that will lead to a publication highlighting their accomplishments, and an event celebrating their achievements.
But here’s where you come in. We need your help to identify and locate the area women who should be honored.
Women of Impact awards will honor six distinguished local women in categories including, but not limited to, health, education, entrepreneur, professional services, community and industry.
To make it easy for you, we have posted a nomination form on our website, www.elpasoinc.com/woi. Just go to www.elpasoinc.com and add /woi (Women of Impact) to pull up the form.
Please let us have your suggestions by Aug. 27.
El Paso Inc. will unveil the winners in a special issue on Oct. 17. And the honorees of Women of Impact will be celebrated at a special event breakfast at the Doubletree Oct 22.
Winners will be chosen by a panel of five judges from El Paso Inc. (two), as well as Las Palmas and the Las Palmas Women’s Advisory Board.
And just as we do for El Pasoan of the Year, the honorees will be invited as judges for next year’s event.
Questions? Please contact me or Secret Wherrett, secret@elpasoinc.com, (915) 534-4422 ext. 114.
Comments or question? E-mail tomfenton@elpasoinc.com
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