Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 
8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lenhart Grand Ballroom
Bowen-Thompson Student Union

Join BGSU's Center of Excellence - the Center for Developing Effective Business and Organizations - for "Becoming a Woman of Influence." 

Agenda:

8:30 - 9:00 a.m.

Registration/Networking

9:00 - 9:10 a.m.

Welcome, Raymond Braun, Dean, College of Business

9:10 - 10:15 a.m.

Featured Keynote: "Becoming a Woman of Influence"
Amy Shore, Senior Vice President, Nationwide Insurance

10:15 - 10:45 a.m.

Break/Network

10:45 - 12:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion

Panelists:
Shelley Brazeau-Temple, Regional Vice President, Nationwide Insurance
Janet Hartley, Professor of Management, Bowling Green State University
Sharon Speyer, Regional President - Northwest Ohio, Huntington
Maryrose Sylvester, President & CEO, GE Lighting

Moderator:
Barbara Waddell, Director of the Office of Equity & Diversity (OED) and University Title IX Coordinator, Bowling Green State University

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Luncheon

Speakers:
Betty D. Montgomery
Attorney: Mac Murray, Petersen & Shuster
Founder: Montgomery Consulting Group
Former Attorney General of Ohio
Former State Auditor of Ohio
Former Prosecutor, Wood County, Ohio  
BGSU Trustee

Melissa Manion
MBA student and co-founder of new student organization -
Women in Business Leadership

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Networking

This event is free and open to the public, however all attendees must RSVP to: cbarsvp@bgsu.edu
Participants will receive a copy of “Women Don’t Ask” by Linda Babcock, courtesy of Nationwide Insurance.

Huntington is the presenting sponsor of this event, and it is co-hosted by BGSU’s Center of Excellence – the Center for Developing Effective Business and Organizations.

 

Featured Speakers


Keynote speaker Amy Shore ’86,
Senior V.P., Field Operations,
Nationwide Insurance

Amy Shore, Senior Vice President, Nationwide Insurance 
Amy Shore, ’86, CPCU, CLU, is the Senior Vice President, Field Operations, for Nationwide Insurance. Amy leads the field operations for Nationwide’s property and casualty organization.  She is accountable for the growth and profitability of the brand across a $7.6B portfolio of personal and commercial insurance products. Nationwide is a Fortune 100 financial services company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. 

Amy has 26 years of experience in the P&C industry, including 15 years in varying leadership positions across Nationwide. She has a breadth of leadership experience in a variety of business functions including sales, underwriting, product/pricing, customer service and general management. Her current team includes eight regional vice presidents, and two staff vice presidents that lead 1500 associates and 3500 agents.

One of Amy’s passion is helping others, especially women, be successful in achieving their goals.  In 2011, she was honored as one of Ohio’s most powerful and influential women by the Ohio Diversity Council. 

Amy earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bowling Green State University in 1986 graduating summa cum laude.  While at the college of business, she was active in the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society and served as president of the APICS student organization.  Amy is the first person in her family to graduate from college in part due to the financial support/scholarships she received from BGSU. 

 

Ohio’s first female
Attorney General and State Auditor,
Betty Montgomery ‘70

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney, Mac Murray, Petersen & Shuster; Founder, Montgomery Consulting Group

Betty Montgomery ’70 is Ohio’s former and first female Attorney General and State Auditor. Betty is a 1970 graduate of BGSU and began her long public service career as the Wood County Prosecutor. She later served as an Ohio state senator from the 2nd District before being elected to two of Ohio’s top positions as the first female.

Betty currently is an attorney with the firm of Mac Murray, Petersen & Shuster, in Columbus, Ohio, and is the founder of Montgomery Consulting Group which advises companies on their regulatory responsibilities. She is also a BGSU Board of Trustees member.