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Executive Women in Government Updates
Celebrate National Women’s History Month with Washington Power Women
Executive Women in Government’s
9th Annual Summit and Training Conference
Thursday, March 8th, 2012
Registration 8:30 am - 9 am
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H St. NW,
Washington DC
This is a full day event that includes a light breakfast and lunch!
Invite a colleague! Sponsor an aspiring leader!
Continue your Training and Development
Join Executive Women in Government for its Annual Celebration of Women's History Month
REGISTER TODAY for EWG's March 8, 2012 Summit!
America marks March 2012 as Women’s History Month with the theme of Women's Education--Women's Empowerment. There’s no better way to celebrate than spending a day with Washington power women!
EWG invites you to its Ninth Annual Summit and Training Conference, bringing you a day of best practices, practical strategies, and innovative tools to become a better manager, a better leader. As you face the challenges of the federal workplace, learn from the lessons shared by inspiring and powerful women like Secretary Janet Napolitano, Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz, Alma Powell, Chair of America's Promise, Broadcaster Maureen Bunyan, and others who are solving difficult problems every day. Learn from these speakers and from each other how to enhance your management skill, how to inspire others, and how to stay healthy while doing it. This training is recognized under the Federal Employees Training Act. For a nominal price, you meet your annual training requirements and your and your boss’s obligations to develop employees for leadership positions.
2012 Speakers
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Recent Events:
EWG Members Enjoy a Night at the Theater
What better way to spend an evening out than at the theater, with colleagues and newly-made friends?
A group of EWG members, representing several federal agencies, enjoyed an evening out at the Arena Stage Theater in Washington, D.C. The renovated Arena Stage now has a one of the largest cantilevered roof in the U.S. which is tapered to a compass point, aligned with the Maine Avenue axis, and salutes the Washington Monument.
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Insights Abound at EWG's Fifth Annual Flash Mentoring Event
 A roomful of mentors and mentees gathered on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, for Executive Women in Government’s fifth annual flash mentoring event, held in conjunction with the Treasury Executive Institute in Washington, DC. Fashioned along the lines of speed dating, mentors gave insights into their own careers around three different topics. Mentees moved to a different table after each round so they could gain insights from different executives and other participants.
In her opening remarks, EWG President, Betsy Smidinger, encouraged participants to share their own experiences. “The mentors learn as much from the mentees as the mentees learn from the mentors,” she said. She thanked Mary Josie Blanchard for her leadership in once again organizing the event along with the 14 mentors as well as the scribes who participated. Blanchard noted that the event has grown so popular that there was a waiting list this year.
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Planning for Your Financial Future: Personal Finance in Turbulent Times
 Should you transfer your Thrift Savings Account to an Individual Retirement Account when you retire? Start a college fund for your grandchild? Invest in tax-free municipal bonds?
These were just some of the questions participants in EWG’s Personal Finance in Turbulent Times event posed to Anderson Wozny, Director of Financial Planning with Edelman Financial Services, on Thursday, January 26, 2012.
Wozny, accompanied by colleague Jennifer Sevier, Associate Director, Financial Planning, said clients often tell him they can’t afford to save and invest. But, even investing a modest amount on a regular basis can, over time, grow into a substantial nest egg thanks to the magic of compound interest. Making choices like eliminating that daily coffee and donut can mount up to a savings of over $4,000 annually, given you are purchasing them with after-tax income. And that amount, properly invested, can grow into hundreds of thousands of dollars over a few decades.
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EWG's Annual Holiday Tea Celebrates Season of Giving and Honors President Emerita Marylouise Uhlig
 The annual holiday tea hosted by Executive Women in Government has become an important event for women executives across the federal government. This year's holiday tea held at the Willard Hotel on Thursday, December 14, 2011, attracted over 120 women executives who gathered to network, to contribute to the Marine Corps' Toys for Tots Program and the Wounded Warrior Program, and to honor Marylouise Uhlig as their new President Emerita.
Hosted by President Betsy Smidinger, this year's event proved to be a premier opportunity for members and guests to enjoy a delightful tea and to shop for hats, jewelry, and unique apparel from women vendors. EWG honored Marylouise Uhlig for the body of work she has contributed to women in government for the past 30 years.
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In Memoriam--Virginia Knauer 1915-2011.
Virginia Knauer, a top consumer adviser to three Presidents (Nixon, Ford, Reagan) and one of the founders of Executive Women in Government, died October 16, 2011, at her home in Washington at the age of 96.
A pioneering consumer advocate, she became the highest-ranking woman in President Richard Nixon’s administration when she was named special assistant for consumer affairs in 1969. Although her position had no statutory or enforcement authority, she successfully lobbied for reforms such as product labeling and unit pricing.
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