Career Communications Group’s
VOLUME 8 NUMBER 1 FALL 2009
For Today’s Career Women in
Business and Technology
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS FEATURES
8 Women on the Move
Marilyn Johnson leads an organization
19 2009 WOMEN OF
responsible for the development of IBM’s COLOR AWARD WINNERS
strategy for marketing to minority-owned
& SPECIAL RECOGNITION
businesses, including women owned busi-
nesses around the globe.
HONOREES
Meet Norma B. Clayton, the
12 Work & Family
Employers have a stake in helping people
2009 Technologist of the Year,
maintain work-life balance, said Nancy
Lewis, president of Progressive Techniques,
and twenty-fi ve more Women
Inc., at the 2008 WOC seminar.
of Color Award-winning women,
who are playing an important role in developing and controlling
14 Risky Business
Also last year, scores of young profession- technology that America depends on. Read their inspiring stories
als fi lled a room to hear executives share
secrets on managing careers and fi nding
and about Clayton’s human-resource magic that once turned
job satisfaction with a common-sense
approach.
around a foundering machining center and now helps mentor
160,000 people. Also, meet 16 standout performers whose work
62 Special Marketing
Section
is deserving of Special Honor.
66 My Greatest Challenge
56–59 2009 TECHNOLOGY RISING STARS
Doing business today means you need to
& 2009 TECHNOLOGY ALL-STARS
communicate with diverse communities
and be a culturally sensitive organization.
America’s leadership in industry, its ability to govern itself and its success in
Find out how an individual or organization
defending itself against enemies now depend upon a work force that contains
becomes culturally competent.
an impressive list of key players who are female.
69 The Last Word
60 MOST ADMIRED
What do you think will be important in
PLACES FOR WOMEN
WOC’s
the future? Four IBM professionals had
the last word at a 2008 seminar. TO WORK
STEM professionals have voted 70
2009MOST
71 Advertisers’ Index
employers to the Most Admired list.
Find out who’s ahead on workforce
diversity and inclusion.
ADMIRED
71 Sponsors & Partners
PLACES
FOR WOMEN
4 WOMENOFCOLOR | FALL 2009
www.womenofcolor.net
TO WORK
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