TWO MAINE WOMEN JOIN NATIONAL PROJECT TO ADVANCE WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP

Our Associate Director, Charlotte Warren, is chosen as a delegate to a national women’s convention!

WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 19, 2010) —More than 1,000 registered to nominate or become Vision 2020 National Delegates, but in the end it came down to 102 extraordinary women who will serve as chief advocates for women’s leadership and equality in their home states. Susan Strommer and Charlotte Warren have been chosen as delegates for Maine. Continue reading here >>

Vision 2020 is a national project focused on advancing gender equality by energizing the dialogue about women and leadership. Its first public event takes place on Oct. 21-22, 2010, when a congress of national delegates, representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, will meet at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia to launch an action agenda to move America toward equality by 2020, the centennial celebration of the 19th Amendment. The name of the conference is Vision 2020: An American Conversation about Women and Leadership.

The national search for delegates focused on finding women who have demonstrated a commitment to helping women and girls. These delegates are willing to mobilize resources to bring about positive change and implement elements of the decade-long Vision 2020 agenda, signing on for a minimum three-year term following the conference.

Delegate nominations came from individuals and organizations across the country, including Vision 2020 National Allies, U.S. governors, senators and representatives.

Strommer is former President and CEO of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds. NASVF is the world’s largest network of seed- and early-stage investment professionals and organizations. Now a consultant to startup and early-stage companies, Strommer has more than 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship as a lawyer, business strategy consultant, and public policy advocate. She has represented clients in the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Warren serves as Associate Director of the Maine Women’s Lobby and the Maine Women’s Policy Center. She is the Mayor of Hallowell, ME. She was elected in November 2009, after serving as a City Councilor for eight years, including as City Council President for two years. She is also a member of the Hallowell Food Bank Board of Directors. Additionally, Warren is a board member for Emerge Maine, a campaign training program for democratic women.

For more information about Vision 2020, contact Drexel’s Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at vision2020@drexelmed.edu or 215-991-8830.

About Vision 2020

Vision 2020 is a national project of the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at Drexel University College of Medicine focused on ensuring gender equality by energizing the dialogue about women and leadership. In 2010, Vision 2020 will develop and launch its decade-long action agenda to move America toward equality by inspiring and engaging new generations of women and men to finish the work of the suffragists, who pursued women’s right to vote as fundamental to social and economic justice. The centennial of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution will be celebrated in 2020.

About Vision 2020’s Sponsor

The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company is the presenting sponsor of Vision 2020. The Exelon Foundation is a key sponsor and Siemens, The Philadelphia Foundation and Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A are also sponsors.

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