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Women Leading the Way Real Women. Real Leadership.

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Thank You Women Leading the Way™ would not have been possible without the tremendous support from many individuals and organizations over the past three years. We are extremely grateful for everyone who has shared their time and expertise in the development and implementation of this very successful advanced leadership program.

Women Leading the Way™ TeamDanna Murray, Program DirectorHelen Dewar, Program FacilitatorJo-Anne Lauzer, Program Coordinator

Sponsors

Women Leading the Way™ Steering Committee

Fiona Douglas-Crampton, CEO The Minerva Foundation

Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell, Past Executive Director, The Minerva Foundation

Mary Martin Donna HowesElizabeth DunbarLisa TallioCourtney DawsDanna MurrayHelen DewarJo-Anne Lauzer

We are also thankful for all the leaders who shared their expertise as speakers, panellists, mentors, tutors, and advisors. We would also like to thank Rachel Floyd at SAP for ensuring all our WLW sessions ran smoothly. And, a huge thank you to Petra Kaksonen (Cohort 2) who offered her time and expertise in designing this booklet.

Minerva Foundation The Minerva Foundation is a registered charity that provides education awards to women in need, and delivers a range of unique programs to help women develop their leadership capacity and find meaningful work. From mentoring and coaching to job search support and culturally relevant pro-gramming developed in partnership with Aboriginal women, the Minerva Foundation provides services that elevate the visibility, influence and contribution of women to change the face of leadership in BC. Since 2001, the Minerva Foundation has given away more than $2 million in education awards and touched the lives of more than 3,000 women and girls across British Columbia.

Women Leading the Way™ The Women Leading the Way™ (WLW) program is the third step in Minerva’s suite of leadership programs and is based on the Action Learning Model focused on values-based leadership for advancing leaders. WLW offers a distinctive, hands-on, year-long leadership training program for women who want to have an impact in busi-ness, politics and social change.

The program elevates the visibility, influence, and contribution of women leaders by providing the vital tools, techniques and connections to expand their leadership abilities and enabling them to move into the next phase of their leadership journey.

Each session for WLW brings together 26 – 28 women from all across BC who come from a variety of sectors including business, community institutions, politics, Aboriginal Bands and non-profits. Participants must have at least seven to ten years of leadership experience with a desire to move forward in their careers.

The information and stories shared in this document reflect the journeys of many of the women who have completed Women Leading the Way™ and who are all committed to changing the face of leadership.

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Women Leading the Way™ Participants 2010-2013

Cohort 1Alexa FankbonerBarbara WilliamsCatherine FosterDulce Amba CuencaEleena MarleyHilary KilgourIris LamaJanine ChowJoanie Sims GouldJulie WongKasia SellLeah StoneLynn PausMandy HansenMary MartinMichelle FaveroMichelle StewarttRebecca KerbelRenee LomenRoberta FidalgoRoberta WalkerSnjezana (Ana) KrgaTracy HowardValerie Casselton

Cohort 2Alberta EvansAle EstradaAngela BrownAtsuko UmekiChris LittleChristine Fernandez Erika ReillyErin HodginsGrace McCallenJeanie PanJill TsolinasJuliana BuitenhuisKaren JosephKelly ChenLindzee HerringLori Lynn AckermanMichelle GrantNila GopaulPaula Terrio-BoydPetra KaksonenRaewyn BrewerRowena GillSarah McEachernSharon LauSheila Gayatri EvaniSuzanne Jean

Cohort 3Amanda Goodman LeeAndrea GamleyCarla TanakaCarol ChuChristina TreleavenClaire SkillenHolly MunnJasmine SodhiKate McKechnie Kelly KhakhKerry ByrneKristin DearholtKristy Todd MillarLana LoweLindsay Chan Lindsay FoleyLisa BlackhamLivia HongLydia Petti-HaslamMaggie LangrickMiranda LamPetra RemyRaema QuamReggie MuellerRoselynn VerwoordStephanie J. DanielsTerryl Plotnikoff Rita Noujaime

Women Leading the Way™ Program Overview

For the first six months of the year, WLW participants come to Vancouver once a month for two days to engage in intensive in-class leadership train-ing. During the final six months of the program the participants are asked to put their leadership skills into action by engaging in a Capstone Project that benefits their communities or their organizations. They are then asked to present their projects to a team of panellists, demonstrating leadership techniques used and leadership lessons developed throughout the program and

subsequent project.

Cohort 3 with Rear Admiral Bennett

SpeakersMore than 35 community leaders and

subject matter experts were brought in to share their expertise with participants during each WLW session. These guest speakers and panellists include:

Anne Stewart QC, Blake, Cassels and Graydon LLP

Annette WallPrincipal with ForemostSolutions Consulting Group, Past Minerva Board Member

Barbara Ross-Denroche President & CEO, The Refinery Group, Minerva Board Member

Bart EngelThe Humphrey Group

Bev BriscoeBriscoe Management, Minerva Board Member

Beverley Pugh Beverley Pugh Counselling

Chief Robert Joseph Hereditary Chief of the Gwawaenuk First Nation

Derek Gent ,CEO Vancity Foundation

Dr. Bal PawaWest Coast Women’s Health

Dr. Ian Macnaughton UBC Neuroscience

Dr. Kathleen Burke Professor of Ethics SFU

Hon. Dr. Ken Lyotier United We Can

Ellen Woodsworth Former Vancouver City Councillor

Ferdi ShellSenior Director TELUS

Filomena NalewajekOutgoing CEO, Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, Minerva Board Member

Fiona Douglas-CramptonCEO Minerva Foundation

Fiona Macfarlane Managing Partner, West-ern Canada and Chief Inclusiveness Officer Ernst & Young, LLP

Gail McBrideBC Hydro, Minerva Board Member

Hilary KilgourFormer VP Free the Children, Vancouver

Jaynie ClarkDirector of Advocacy, Administration and Finance BCGEU

Jeanne DouglasPast Chair Minerva Foun-dation, former TELUS Technology Executive

Jill LeversageFormer VP TD Canada Trust

Joanna Ashworth PhD - Former Director of Dialogue Programs at the Centre for Dialogue SFU

Jody Sydor-Jones Director, Community Engagement Vancouver Coastal Health

John WestonMP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country

Julia KimVP Phillips, Hager and North

Kathryn Kolbuch Chair Minerva Foundation

Kathy TabernerKrista Taberner-SigginsCoaching Culture Consulting

Kevin MahoneyCorporate Director, Minerva Board Member

Kim BairdPast Chief Tsawwassen Band

Kirsten Sutton Managing Director SAP Labs Canada, Minerva Board Member

Launi Skinner CEO Envision Financial

Lee-Anne Ragan Rock, Paper, Scissors

Lis WelchVP The Welch Group, Past Chair Minerva Foundation

Lisa Von Sturnem CEO Growing City

Lori AckermanMayor Fort St. John

Lt. Col. Harjit Sajjan National Defense

Lt. Col. MaryseCarmichaelCommanding Officer Snowbirds

Lynn Greene, CEO Dalai Lama Centre

Major Meagan McGrathAerospace Engineer with the Air Force and world renowned adventurer

Maureen Fitzgerald Lawyer, Author

Michelle Desreux VP Uniglobe International

Michelle RuppPast Chair Minerva Foundation

Michelle Sharp Former Entrepreneur, Consultant

Moira Stilwell, MLA for Vancouver - Langara

Nancy McKinstry Past Chair ICBC, Past Chair Minerva Foundation

Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Former Mayor West Vancouver

Pat JacobsonCorporate Director, for-mer CEO Translink

Patrice PrattChair, Vancity Board of Directors

Patricia GrahamVP Digital, PacificNewspaper Group

Penny BallamCity Manager, Vancouver

Penny Priddy Port Metro Vancouver’s Municipal Representative on the Board

Rear Admiral Jennifer Barrett National Defense

Sandra StevensonRetired CEO Sport BC, Past Minerva Board Member

Steve Williams Community Engagement SAP

Sue Hammell MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers

Sue Hutchison Former Senior Vice Presi-dent, Retail Banking and Wealth Management at HSBC Bank Canada

Tom BrownEthics Professor SFU

Tracey HirschHead of Internal Communications HSBC Bank Canada

Tracy HuttonConsultant to Marcus Buckingham, Manager, Self and Leadership Development lululemon athletica

Tracy McVicarPartner, CAI Private Equity

Tracy TheemesFinancial Advisor, Sophia Financial Group

Yuri FulmerPresident and CEO of FDC Capital






Goals of WLW Program

• To increase the representa-tion of women in leadership roles in business, politics and communities to affect change that will benefit all stakeholders.

• To create a values-based leadership development model that can be adapted to other agencies, corporations and non-profits, nationally and internationally, that better utilizes and develops women in business, political, and social sectors.

Why did you decide to participate in WLW?

I wanted the opportunity to meet and work with influential female leaders and learn from their experience. I thought the program would be invaluable to my development and enhance my leadership skills in a manner that can be applied in the workplace and everyday life situa-tions. In addition to this, have the oppor-tunity to expand my network and build friendships with highly capable women.

What did you learn and how did you apply these learnings?

The Minerva program provided the tools to help me explore my values and how others might perceive me based on my preferences, which in turn has enabled me to start shaping who I am as a leader and how I want to show up.

What is next for you in your leadership journey?

I am leading a team of 25 people through a departmental transformation.

What inspires you?

I mainly get inspiration from three sourc-es: (1) People are incredible; I am always impressed by the ingenious ways that problems are solved, the creativity that exists and the compassion that is shown. (2) I believe in constant personal growth and am always challenging myself with new goals. (3) Running, I find it is a highly effective way to process information.

Alberta Evans Manager of Customer Accounting & Revenue Administration, ICBC

“When I joined Women Leading the Way™ it felt like I had a sparse wardrobe, now that the program is over it feels like I have a complete wardrobe, one that I will make minor tweaks to as the seasons change.”

Alberta Evans

(Cohort 2)

Why did you decide to participate in WLW?My passion and love for learning has led me to this program when it first was announced as a pilot program. I love to learn something new each day that can be added to my skills and abilities.

What did you learn and how did you apply these learnings?Putting my preference to work and seizing leadership opportunities.

What is next for you in your leadership journey?Continue to build my education skills and take on more work for my company to help where my skills are valuable and useful.

What inspires you? Knowing what my Great Ancestors went through and the pure leadership our women held back in those days inspires me so that we can thrive in this day and the future ahead of us. Not to mention the words of wisdom and legacy of my late grandmother, Mary P. Williams, who in-spires us by living and leading by example of her own life during her time with us.

Barbara Williams Business Owner,4Feathers Innovating Passion

“The woman is the foundation on which Nations are built. She is the heart of her Nation. If that heart is weak, the people are weak. If her heart is strong and her mind is clear, then the Nation is strong and knows its purpose. The woman is the center of everything.”

Art Solomon

Why did you decide to participate in Women Leading the Way?To broaden my understanding of leadership and build skills to work as a values-based leader.

What did you learn and how did you apply these learn-ings?It was valuable to discover my strengths and how I could apply them in my leadership journey. Whether it has been building a team, engaging my board, organization or commu-nity; I am confident in my work, come from a place of integrity and am able to recognize my own gaps. The values-based leadership skills

that the program taught has benefit-ted my own organization and the many boards I have the pleasure of sitting at the table on. Importantly, the program gave me the confidence to pursue graduate work in community development.

Michelle Favero Executive DirectorMission Regional Chamber of Commerce “WLW uncovered the

confident community leader I aspired to be and set me on a leadership path of integrity, growth and ability. Thank you for planting the seed that has helped me bloom.”

Michelle Favero

(Cohort 1)

DID YOu KNOW?

To date 78 women have completed WLW:

Cohort OneJanuary 2011 – December 201124 participants Cohort TwoSeptember 2011 – August 201226 participants Cohort ThreeSeptember 2012 – March 201328 participants











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Women Leading the Way and expertise in designing this booklet. ... Eleena Marley Hilary Kilgour Iris Lama ... VP Digital, Pacific Newspaper Group

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