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Women in Development: Celebrating A Quarter Century

25^th Anniversary Celebration Luncheon and Annual Meeting

Keynote Speaker: Joan Wallace-Benjamin, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer, The Home for Little Wanderers

In February 2003, Joan Wallace-Benjamin assumed leadership of The Home for Little Wanderers, New England's largest child welfare agency and one of the nations oldest with a history dating back to 1799. She was formerly a consultant with Whitehead Mann, a global executive recruiting firm, the President & Chief Executive Officer of The Urban League of Massachusetts for eleven years from (l989 - 2000), the Director of Operations for Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston; Deputy Director of ABCD Head Start; and a Research Analyst for ABT Associates.

In 2003, Joan was named by Boston Magazine, as one of Boston's 100 Women of Power. She is a Trustee of Wellesley College and a member of the Board of Overseers for The Heller School for Social Policy & Management. She has been a Corporation Member of Northeastern University and a Trustee of Pine Manor College. Joan graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She received her Ph.D. from the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University; and holds an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She has received numerous awards for her impact on the Greater Boston community.

• Celebrate 25 years of women advancing in the development profession
• Honor 25 women who have made outstanding contributions to the community as we present the WID Community Cornerstone awards
• Receive a sneak preview of the results from WID's development compensation survey

Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Radisson Hotel
200 Stuart Street
Boston, MA 02116

Registration: 11:30 a.m.
Program: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Registration Deadline for Member Cost: Monday, September 12, 2005

Hotel is located in Boston's Theatre District. Parking: Reduced rate parking is available in the hotel garage at 200 Stuart Street. MBTA: Red Line: to Park Street stop, change to Green Line: Boylston Street stop walk down Tremont to Stuart or Arlington Street stop exit to Park Plaza walk on Arlington to Stuart Orange Line: New England Medical Center stop, exit at Tremont Street side, walk on Tremont to Stuart turn left on Stuart.

Cost: $40 for WID members; $50 for non-members, late registration and walk-ins (after 9/12/05). To purchase a table for 8 ($300), please contact the WID office at 617.489.6777 or widgb@widgb.org.

Special thanks to our annual meeting sponsors:

Platinum:
Partners HealthCare System http://www.partners.org/

Silver:
Copley Harris Company http://www.copleyharris.com/
The Galler Group http://www.gallergroup.com/

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