Session I >> The Journey of Not Knowing // 2011 AIA Women’s Leadership Summit

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The most challenging aspect of being a leader, but the one that distinguishes leaders from managers, is the ability to be comfortable with the discomfort of not knowing. The leader has the job of setting the strategic direction of the organization and bringing the people along to realize that direction. Setting the direction requires the leader to look beyond the immediate business needs to see what is going on in the world outside and the possibilities it holds for strategic growth. The challenge is that there is no guarantee the leader has interpreted the world correctly, or that the direction he or she chooses is a good one. Only time and effort will tell.

To be a leader, one needs to be able to navigate through uncertainty. For many, it proves to be a scary place, scary enough to cause them to revert to various safe, tactical moves or to skip the leadership role entirely. To succeed, a leader must learn to push through fear towards creating a bigger idea, then bring others along to embrace that idea and make it happen. That is the definition of leadership.

This highly interactive session included discussions about what drives people to lead, the fears that get in the way and strategies for working through those fears. This session allowed its participants to:

1. Understand the key attributes of leadership
2. Discover core personal drivers that motivate them to lead
3. Learn what behaviors can get in the way of leading successfully—and how to overcome them.

Presenter: Julie Benezet / Owner, Business Growth Consulting, LLC

A HUGE Thank You to the 2011 Women’s Leadership Summit Planning Team

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As we approach this year’s summit, we would like to thank everyone involved in helping make this event possible! Here’s to the 2011 Planning Team!

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Chairs
>> Laura Pastine, Form Field Studio
>> Amy Slattery, BNIM Architects
Local Logistics Lead
>> Darcey Schumacher, Wallace Engineering
Kansas City Team
>> Kate Harding Pohl, Treanor Architects
>> Marsha Hoffman, SFS Architecture
>> Katie McCurry, PWC
>> Beth Ott, Crawford Architects

AIA PLANNING COMMITTEE:
AIA Kansas City
>> Kristen DeMetz
>> Dawn Taylor
AIA National Diversity + Inclusion Council
>> Yvette Morris
>> Sherry Snipes

NATIONAL COLLABORATORS:
>> Carol Burns, Taylor & Burns / BOSTON
>> Sho-Ping Chin, Payette / BOSTON
>> Jeanne Lukenda, CRJA / BOSTON
>> Heather Taylor, EYP / BOSTON
>> Carole Wedge Shepley, Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott / BOSTON
>> Martha Bennett, Bennett Wagner Grody Architects / DENVER
>> Cheryl Bicknell, SlatterPaul / DENVER
>> Jean Zagrodnik, Zagrodnik + Thomas Architects / SAN DIEGO
>> Christine Scherrer, Hewitt / SEATTLE

Margaret Cavenaugh, LEED AP to Present as a Speaker at 2011 Women’s Leadership Summit

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Margaret Cavenaugh with Studio Gang will speak tomorrow at the 2011 Women’s Leadership Summit. Originally from the hamlet of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, Margaret joined the SGA team when it was ten people strong. Today she is a senior project manager and has responsibility for design, project management, and corporate management. Margaret has extensive experience both with large-scale, urban projects as well as the finely-detailed components of custom design. She managed the design and construction of the Columbia College Chicago Media Production Center and her skill with precise detail is exhibited in the Maisonette project. Her current projects include the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College, Michigan, and the Juhu Beach House in Mumbai, India. When not in the office, Margaret takes care of her family and sometimes watches what she wants to watch when on a long flight.

Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts Exclusive Tour

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With your 2011 AIA Women’s Leadership Summit registration you will have the honor of joining us in an exclusive tour of the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. You still have time to register onsite the day of the event Friday, September 23rd. Visit the AIA program page for more information.

Darcey Schumacher, PE, LEED AP – 2011 Women’s Leadership Summit Logistics Planner Extraordinaire

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As a Structural Engineer, Darcey has great interest in the design community and built environment.  She is a licensed engineer and Associate with Wallace Engineering where she strives to practice the art of engineering with each project and every design challenge. Darcey has been involved in a variety of projects for both private and public ownership including retail, commercial, community and industrial buildings.  In addition to new construction, she has also been involved in numerous restoration/renovation projects in the Kansas City area.  Nationally she has worked on specialty skin systems for buildings such as the New deYoung Museum, 911 Museum, and Ohr O’Keefe Museum. Darcey’s active membership with American Institute of Architects–Kansas City led to her involvement in the Pillars Leadership Program for which she now serves as a member of the Steering Committee.  Currently she is serving on the Women In Design – KC board as treasurer and has previous previously served Mentorship Committee Chair.

Rania H. Anderson to Present as a Speaker at 2011 Women’s Leadership Summit

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Rania H. Anderson is the founder of Meridian, LLC, an executive coaching and business consulting firm with a 13-year track record and an expert on women in business. In addition to her consulting practice, she writes a blog called The Way Women Work and works with businesswomen globally. Prior to founding Meridian, LLC, Rania worked at Bank of America, NationsBank and its predecessor organizations for over 16 years.

Rania is the co-founder of one of only 8 women’s angel network investor networks in the U.S., the Women’s Capital Connection (WCC) which provide capital to early stage women-led businesses. In April 2011, Rania was one of 150 women invited by the Wall Street Journal to participate in its inaugural Women in the Economy Task Force to work on strategies to enable women to achieve higher levels of success and positions in the United States. In 2010, she was selected as one of two delegates to represent the state of Kansas in Vision 2020, a 10-year national initiative focused on improving gender equality.

Rania has a Masters of Science in Foreign Service with an honors concentration in International Business from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.

Steve Paul to Present as a Speaker at 2011 Women’s Leadership Summit

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Steve Paul is senior writer and arts editor at The Kansas City Star, where he has been on staff since 1975. He writes about architecture, culture, books, food and other subjects. His three-part series on the building of the glass skin of the Bloch Building appeared in The Star in 2006. His long running magazine feature -”Architecture A to Z: An Elemental, Alphabetical Guide to Kansas City’s Built Environment” – is being published in October by Kansas City Star Books.

2011 Women’s Leadership Travel and Hotel Information

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After you register for this 2-day event please make sure to book your flight and hotel! Summit attendees are responsible for booking their own travel accommodations.

Make sure to check out our discounted rates and special offers with American Airlines and Delta Airlines. Even though the discounted rates for hotel accommodations have expired you can still reserve a room at the Marriott Country Club Plaza Hotel or the Holiday Inn Country Club Plaza (if rooms are still available).

There will be onsite registration for this event the morning of September 23rd starting at 7 am.

2011 AIA Women’s Leadership Summit Live Chat

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The Summit will be hosting a continuous live chat via Twitter (@aiawls) throughout all sessions during the 2-day conference to share highlights of the event and take questions and comments. Follow this event on the AIA Women’s Leadership Summit media sites: Twitter, Facebook, and our Blog.

Don’t forget to regsiter to attend this event!

Saturday // Design – 2011 AIA Women’s Leadership Summit

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Saturday // Leadership
Located at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Exhibition Galleries
Registration and Breakfast start at 7:30 am

Speakers, Presenters, and Panelists include: 
Hugh Hochberg, Principal at The Coxe Group
Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief of METROPOLIS
S. Claire Conroy, Editorial Director of Residential Architect
Kathy Achelpohl, Principal at BNIM
Nancy Alexander, Consultant and Vice Chair, Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
Helene Combs Dreiling, Executive Director of the Virginia Center for Architecture, AIA Institute Secretary 2011-2012
Carol Burns, Principal of Taylor & Burns Architects
Susan Ubbelohde, Principal of Loisos + Ubbelohde Associates
Sylvia Smith, Senior Partner at FX Fowle
Andrea Leers, Principal at Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Jane Weinzapfel, Principal at Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Winifred Stopps, Senior Associate at Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Natasha Espada, Senior Associate at Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Casey Cassias, Principal at BNIM
Greg Sheldon, Associate Principal at BNIM

View the entire agenda for more details.