Women in Business Council, Inc. Wisconsin School of Business Grainger Hall 975 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706 www.womeninbusinesscouncil.com September, 2009 Membership WIBC Co-chairs Helen Capellaro 608-669-6125 [email protected]Kathryn Binau 608-850-6162 [email protected]Current Members Melissa Amos-Landgraf, Wisconsin School of Business Mary Kay Brooks, Brooks Tractor, Inc. Marlene Duffield, WI Dept. of Workforce Development Kathleen Ley, Norback, Ley & Associates LLC Jo Oyama-Miller, Big Mountain Enterprises Blair Sanford, Wisconsin School of Business Jodi Schafer, Business Software Solutions Linda Uitvlugt, Wisconsin School of Business Marian Walluks, MCW Productions LLC Abby Ballain, Graduate Women in Business Veronica Kehoss, Graduate Women in Business Kathryn Metzinger, Graduate Women in Business Contact Information Women in Business Council Helen Capellaro, Co-chair 608-669-6125 [email protected]Kathryn Binau, Co-chair 608-850-6162 [email protected]LEAP Program (www.LEAPWis.com ) Marian Walluks, LEAP Coordinator 608-221-1374 [email protected]Graduate Women in Business Veronica Kehoss, UW MBA Student Abby Ballain, UW MBA Student Kathryn Metzinger, UW MBA Student Women’s Executive Leadership Summit http://uwexeced.com/womenssummit/ Wisconsin School of Business www.bus.wisc.edu Women in Business Council, Inc. The Wisconsin School of Business Women in Business Council, Inc. (WIBC) serves: • As a link between the Business School and professional women and women business owners in the community • A generator of scholarships for women MBA students at the Wisconsin School of Business • A source of initiatives to help women students and professionals succeed in corporate roles and as owners of their own businesses
Current Members Melissa Amos-Landgraf, Wisconsin School of Business Mary Kay Brooks, Brooks Tractor, Inc. Marlene Duffield, WI Dept. of Workforce Development Kathleen Ley, Norback, Ley & Associates LLC Jo Oyama-Miller, Big Mountain Enterprises Blair Sanford, Wisconsin School of Business Jodi Schafer, Business Software Solutions Linda Uitvlugt, Wisconsin School of Business Marian Walluks, MCW Productions LLC
Abby Ballain, Graduate Women in Business Veronica Kehoss, Graduate Women in Business Kathryn Metzinger, Graduate Women in Business
Contact Information
Women in Business CouncilHelen Capellaro, Co-chair
The Women in Business Council (WIBC) beganin 1993 as a collaboration between several pro-fessional women; entrepreneurs; and faculty,staff, and graduate students at the UW-MadisonSchool of Business. The goal was to find waysof linking the Business School to professionalwomen in the community.
Initially, the council met off-campus, but wasquickly adopted by the Business School and hasserved as an informal advisory group to thedean, in addition to working on its own initiatives,ever since.
From 1995 to 1998, WIBC joined with the Wis-consin Glass Ceiling Commission to oversee thedevelopment of a database of women and minor-ities willing to serve on corporate boards. ThisBoard Resource Database had over 350 regis-trants at its peak and assisted in the placementof 10 women on boards. This project also result-ed in the presentation of four “Women onBoards” seminars to over 200 women in Madisonand Milwaukee. The administration of the data-base was turned over to the Glass Ceiling Com-mission in 1999.
The council has given nearly $100,000 in schol-arships to UW-Madison MBA students over thepast 13 years. WIBC has also been involved inhelping to revive and support the GraduateWomen in Business (GWIB) organization at theMadison Campus, helping establish mentor rela-tionships between women MBA students andwomen professionals in the community, and pro-viding networking opportunities for the students.
In 2001, WIBC launched the LEAP (LaunchingEntrepreneurial Advisory Panels) Program withthe help of a Coleman Foundation start-up grant.This program creates advisory panels for estab-lished women-owned businesses to assist themin their growth and business enhancement ef-forts and to help professionals in the communitygain experience working on business boards. Todate, over 35 teams have been created and150+ advisors have worked in the program.
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StructureThe Women in Business Council, Inc. (WIBC)consists of professional women from a varietyof sources including business, government,education, and small business owners. Mem-bers are nominated and accepted into theorganization for three-year terms. They areexpected to regularly attend monthly meetings;serve on committee(s); and support thecouncil’s initiatives, both financially and within-kind donations. Although many members ofWIBC are alumni of the Wisconsin School ofBusiness or have other affiliations with theUniversity, this is not a requirement.
Anyone interested in being considered fornomination to the Council, should contact oneof the current Co-chairs or any of the councilmembers (listed on the back). The name andbackground information of the interested partywill then be forwarded to the MembershipCommittee for review. New members areinvited to join when vacancies occur and de-pending on the needs of the council at thattime for representatives from certain sectors.
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Fund RaisingIn order to give scholarships each year andsupport its other initiatives and activities, it isnecessary for WIBC to raise funds in a numberof different ways including:
w Individual contributions from current and pastWIBC members and supporters
w Corporate sponsorships of specific programs(e.g., the LEAP Program, Women’s Execu-tive Leadership Summit development pro-cess, etc.) and events (e.g., seminars,networking events, etc.)
w Several WIBC Scholarship Golf Outing Over$29,000 was raised for WIBC Scholarshipsthrough these events.
w Fees from WIBC programs and activities
w Charitable contributions from UW alumni andWIBC friends interested in WIBC programs,scholarships, and activities
If you are interested in contributing to WIBC orparticipating in any WIBC activities, please con-tact one of the Co-chairs or any WIBC member(listed on the back).
Throughout its history, WIBC has sponsorednumerous seminars and presentations featuringprominent women and focusing on professionaland workplace issues that affect women. In early2000, the Council helped initiate what is now theannual Women’s Executive Leadership Summit.
In 2006, the first of the WIBC Fall Seminars washeld focusing on “Work-Life Balance”. A secondseminar was held in October 2007 focusing on“Career Transitions” and two in 2009 on“Internetworking Skills”. These events are verypopular with professional women, women busi-ness owners, and UW alumni in the community.
