LAS VEGAS, July 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts
Foundation's Women's Leadership Conference may be days away, but
there is still time to register for this annual gathering being
held at the MGM Grand Conference Center on July 13 and 14.
The Women's Leadership Conference sold out last year and
organizers expect to reach capacity once again. Now in its ninth
year, the conference is designed for women at any stage in their
careers. It is open to women of all ethnicities, professions and
social backgrounds, locally and nationally, and the men who support
them.
Natalie Allen, the award-winning
journalist for CNN, NBC and CNBC, will host this year's event,
which will features a full schedule of keynotes and panel
discussions with local and national thought leaders. Award-winning
motivational speaker Patricia
Russell-McCloud and MGM Resorts International board member
Mary Chris Gay round out a roster of
other successful speakers and panelists. Among them are:
Karen Hinds, Chief Executive Officer
of the Success Group, and Cheryl
Durst, Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the
International Interior Design Center. For a full list, please visit
www.mgmresortsfoundation.org/womensleadershipconference.
Details were recently finalized for "It's a Man's World…Not
Really," a panel discussion set for July
13. A trio of successful executives will be featured,
including Las Vegas' own
Tina Quigley, General Manager of the
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC); Cathy Tull, Senior Vice President of Marketing
with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, and
Lillian Rodriguez Lopez, Vice
President, Sustainability and Stakeholder Relations for Coca-Cola
Company.
The two-day conference will offer a wide range of learning
opportunities, career guidance and personal growth tools,
including:
- Exposure to diverse, nationally recognized speakers and
accomplished women role models
- Career-oriented workshops that will give participants hands-on
opportunities to develop skills based on their career needs
- Three distinct learning tracks for participants who are
Emerging Leaders, Emerging Executives and Executives
The MGM Resorts Foundation is the conference's presenting
sponsor. Proceeds of the conference after costs will be donated to
one or more Las Vegas-based
nonprofit agencies devoted to the welfare and development of women
and girls.
Registration is $375, which
includes the full conference and all workshops and lectures; a
networking reception, and continental breakfasts and lunches
catered by MGM Grand. Time is also allotted for attendees to
build key professional relationships with other conference
participants while enjoying the hospitality and entertainment of
MGM Grand and other resorts of MGM Resorts International.
Sponsorships are available to organizations or companies who
share the vision and goals of this conference. Current sponsors
include Cirque du Soleil, CBS Radio, The Coca-Cola Company, Cox
Communications, Greenspun Media Group, Nevada Public Radio, Girl
Scouts of Southern Nevada,
Millenium Staffing Solutions, Large Vision Business Network Mixer
Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Vegas PBS, R&R Partners, Las Vegas Convention and Visitors
Authority, United Way of Southern
Nevada, Women's Chamber of Commerce of Nevada and Ernst & Young. Southwest
Airlines is the official airline of the conference. For more
information about the Women's Leadership Conference, please
visit:
www.mgmresortsfoundation.org/womensleadershipconference.
About The MGM Resorts Foundation
The purpose of The MGM Resorts Foundation is to collect and
distribute monies and assets donated by employees of MGM Resorts
International (NYSE: MGM) for the aid and support of qualified
community nonprofit programs, agencies or organizations designated
exclusively by MGM Resorts employees. In addition, the Foundation
collects and distributes donations to the Foundation by third-party
non-employees to support charitable, scientific, literary, and
educational activities approved by the Foundation's Board of
Directors and organized by MGM Resorts employees to benefit
qualified non-profit charitable organizations designated by the
Foundation's Board.
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