(New
Orleans) The First Lady of New Orleans, Mrs. Seletha Nagin, will serve
as a member of the Host Committee for the "Louisiana's Women Leaders
Conference," convened by Governor Kathleen Blanco and United States
Senator Mary Landrieu. The conference will be held this weekend May 21
& 22, at the New Orleans Sheraton Hotel on Canal Street.
The
Louisiana's Women Leaders Conference will offer a rare opportunity to
expand the dialogue among women leaders - in political, social, and
business arenas - from every region of Louisiana. The purpose of the
conference is to leverage the talents of the growing base of female
leadership in Louisiana.
"This conference mirrors the efforts of
Mayor Nagin's Women's Empowerment Conference this October," said Mrs.
Nagin. "I am thrilled to see that same vision being applied on a
state-wide level."
The Host Committee also includes three New
Orleans City Council members: the Honorable Renee Gill-Pratt, Council
District "B"; the Honorable Jacquelyn Brechtel Clarkson, Council
District "C"; and the Honorable Cynthia Willard-Lewis, Council District
"E."
The Louisiana's Women Leaders Conference is a two-day
leadership forum featuring a series of panel discussions with the
state's highest ranking government, business, military, religious and
community leaders that will be moderated by Dateline NBC's Hoda Kotb.
The
Saturday program will include two morning panels and an informal
conversation with two of the state's highest ranking government leaders
- Governor Blanco and Senator Landrieu.
Optional
pre-conference workshops will be offered on the afternoon of Friday,
May 19th exploring the topics of "Women & Long Term Care,"
"Managing the 4-P Intersection: Personal, Professional, Public &
Private Lives," and "How to Feed the Media Beast: Turning Public Policy
Into News That Matters." A reception at the Ogden Museum of Southern
Art is also scheduled for Friday evening.
The leadership forum is
$50 per person, which includes the Friday evening reception at the
Ogden Museum, Saturday's panel discussions and lunch. Pre-conference
workshops on Friday are $25.
To register online go to www.gov.state.la.us and
click the "Women's Conference" link. For additional information,
contact Denise Estopinal at (504) 269-9233 or (504) 495-2564.