Improving leadership and exchange among professional womenThe Women’s Leadership & Mentoring Alliance (WLMA) is an invitational mentoring alliance of professional women learning, exchanging and advancing at every stage of their lives and careers. This dynamic organization makes meaningful connections between women working in professional services firms through events, education and mentoring. By sharing values, contributions and experiences, our members improve women’s leadership individually and collectively for both private and public interests.
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Andrea Kramer: Promoting Gender Equality
Chicago Lawyer Magazine: February 2012As Part of the Yearlong, Inspiration SeriesAndie Kramer, a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery, was the subject of an article in February'sChicago Lawyer Magazine. The article is part of a yearlong series that profiles people who are thinking outside the box and inspiring their colleagues. The article on Andie describes her as an “inspiring innovator” and emphasizes her ideas and leadership on gender equality and communication in the workplace.
Full Article -http://www.chicagolawyermagazine.com/Articles/2012/02/01/Andrea-Kramer.aspx.
Andrea Tecce Wins First-Ever 2011 WLMA Woman of The Year Award WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 19, 2011) — The Women's Leadership & Mentoring Alliance (WLMA), is pleased to announce that Andrea Tecce as been awarded the prestigious, first-annual “Woman of the Year Award” by the WLMA.
A Managing Director of Navigant Consulting and Member of the Board of Advisors for WLMA, Ms. Tecce was recognized during WLMA’s Third Quarter D.C. event on September 14, 2011 at the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, which was attended by more than 140 women from Washington D.C.’s professional community in support of women in leadership and the importance of mentoring throughout women’s personal and professional journeys.
Andrea S. Kramer to Receive Prestigious "Women With Vision" Award CHICAGO (October 6, 2011) — International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP is pleased to announce that the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois (“WBAI”) has named partner Andrea S. Kramer a recipient of its “2011 Women with Vision Awards.” Ms. Kramer, who joins a distinguished list of past honorees that includes First Lady Michelle Obama, will be honored at the WBAI’s Joint Professional Dinner on November 3.
The Women with Vision Awards were first presented in 1997 by the WBAI to honor and recognize women who have demonstrated visionary approaches in their professional endeavors and who have made contributions to the well-being and empowerment of women. This annual event recognizes women from various professions who have excelled within and outside those chosen professions. Each of this year’s three honoree exemplifies the Joint Professional Dinner’s 2011 theme, “Lawyers First, Leaders Always.”
Elaine Metlin Elaine Metlin, a WLMA leader, has been awarded the prestigious National Association of Women Judges' 2011 Florence K. Murray Award. The award is presented annually to a nominee who is not a judge, and who has, by example or otherwise, influenced women to pursue legal careers, opened doors for women attorneys, or advanced opportunities for women within the legal profession. Ms.Metlin is a partner at Dickstein Shapiro LLP and is a leader of the firm's Women's Leadership Initiative .
WLMA extends congratulations to Elaine Metlin on this extraordinary honor. |
