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Thank you for support of and involvement in The Goldie Initiative, where we are dedicated to redefining the commercial real estate industry by elevating and advancing the careers of women with high potential. We are pleased to share some of our proudest recent achievements and other important information.
Sincerely, Megan R. Abraham, CEO
February 2024
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The Goldie Initiative Hosts Annual Scholar Retreat
Beginning with a "Meet the Goldie Scholars" event at Harrison Street's corporate offices in downtown Chicago, The Goldie Initiative hosted two days of networking, leadership development, and cohort bonding for Goldie Scholars in February. In addition to programming for Goldie Scholars designed to supplement the graduate school experience, Goldie Mentors were invited to events and participated in a training session with a renowned expert in the field, Lisa Z. Fain of the Center for Mentoring Excellence. The Goldie Initiative is grateful to event host Zeller, and to all of the participants and contributors. (pictured: Goldie Scholars 2023-24 with staff members Megan Abraham and Kelsey Cleland)
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Molly McShane, CEO of The McShane Companies,
Kicks off Term as 2024 Goldie Gala Shero
Goldie Gala 2024 Shero Award Honoree Molly McShane, CEO of The McShane Companies, provided inspirational pearls of wisdom and candid advice to Goldie Scholars, Mentors, Board Members and other volunteers attending the 2024 Goldie Scholar Retreat. The fireside chat-format event was moderated by The Goldie Initiative's Board President, Katie Kazas. (pictured; Molly on right)
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The Goldie Initiative Expands to Northeast
In February 2024, CEO Megan Abraham, visited Philadelphia and New York to conduct Goldie Scholar recruitment events with graduate students and other supporters in the Northeast region. The visits reached students, faculty, and staff at University of Pennsylvania, Temple University and Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and Columbia University and New York University in New York.
In addition to recruiting Goldie Scholar applicants from schools in the region, Megan connected with Alumnae, Mentors, and other supporters of The Goldie Initiative. Additional recruitment events in Boston are scheduled for April. The Goldie Initiative scholarship application will open for the 2024-25 school year in April.
Columbia Business School panelists pictured above: Goldie Mentor Minta Kay (bottom row, left), Goldie Scholar Katy Lepeturin, (bottom row, middle), Goldie Scholar Morgan Reuther (bottom row, right), Alison Shapiro Bernstein (top row, left) and CEO Megan Abraham (top row, right).
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Please mark your calendar for The Goldie Initiative Impact Summit on Thursday, May 16, 2024.
The goal of the Impact Summit is to celebrate the achievements by The Goldie Initiative stakeholders over the past school year, not only including the celebration of our class of 2024, but also recognizing promotions, job placements, and other success stories that exemplify our organization's impact.
This new event will be conducted in a hybrid format over the lunch hour. Select stakeholders, including our Chicago-based Goldie Scholars, Goldie Alumnae, mentors, board and committee members, and supporters will be invited to attend in person. All will be invited to join us virtually. Please be on the look out for additional information!
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Katie Kazas was installed as Board President of The Goldie Initiative, effective January 1, 2024. She brings a wealth of industry experience and has served as a Mentor and Gala Co-Chair at The Goldie Initiative.
Regarding her installation as President, Katie indicated: “I’m honored to work with this incredible organization and excited about expanding our presence in the northeast and beyond." Congratulations!
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Thursday, September 19, 2024
Please mark your calendar! We will celebrate our Shero Molly McShane and class of 2024-25 Goldie Scholars at the 8th annual event.
Sponsorship information and tickets will be available in March. More information soon at: Goldie Gala website.
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Goldie Scholar© & Alumnae News
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Goldie Scholars Making Moves
Goldie Scholars and Alumnae continue to achieve great things! With too many updates to share individually, please visit the Goldie Scholar and Alumnae Update.
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Article Highlights Companies' Struggles to Retain Women
Beyond Middle Management
In a recent article in Fast Company, the historical issues of recruiting, retaining, and including women in company leadership are addressed and suggestions for how to improve are offered: "Great gender equity includes equitable opportunities to advance careers, equitable access to resources and training, unbiased appraisals of performance, equitable pay, and transparent promotion criteria and processes...gender diversity in senior leadership can improve the recruitment of women."
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About The Goldie Initiative | |
Our mission is to prepare women for senior leadership roles in all sectors of commercial real estate. The Goldie Initiative does this by providing scholarship support for graduate study, mentorship, leadership development, and networking opportunities to women with high potential who are committed to becoming leaders in the real estate industry. Read more>> | | | | |
