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Category Archives: Women’s Topics
Update – the EY Strategic Growth Forum Link in an earlier post – corrected – amazing panel on Gender Parity! Berkshire Hathaway and more
EY is in the forefront of Gender Parity – congratulations! I had posted an incorrect link to their panel at their annual Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs last year where I and our son James were honored to participate. … Continue reading
So wonderful to give back – here is our Larraine Segil Scholars Family Holiday Party – parents, children and siblings of many of our 13 scholars joined us
We are so blessed to have these outstanding young women in our lives – and here they joined together for a holiday party at The Little Farm – it was such fun! Our son James and daughter in law Donne … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Family, Little farm products, Live Events, Philanthropy, Raising Children, Women's Topics
Tagged bouncy, cooking with kids, entertaining, family, Friends, giving back, grandchildren, grandkids, holiday party, Larraine Segil Scholars, Little farm, Mentoring women, paying it forward, Philanthropy, swimming
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EY are in the forefront of bringing about Gender Parity – keeping the discussion and change actions going!
The panel that our son James and I were on at EY with EY leadership and Charlotte Guyman, Board member on Berkshire Hathaway, has caused a stir! Thanks to EY who keep this conversation and change actions going! The last … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Family, Women's Topics
Tagged Berkshire Hathaway, Edgecast, entrepreneurship, EY, Frontier Communications, Gender parity, leadership, millennials, Verizon
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Had an amazing experience at EY Entrepreneur of the Year Strategic Growth Forum 2015
I had the privilege to serve on a panel on Gender Equity and Parity with Charlotte Guyman, Director on Berkshire Hathaway, as well as Stephen Howe Chairman and Managing Partner EY USA and Uschi Schreiber Global Vice Chair Markets EY … Continue reading
The Larraine Segil Scholars – LSS – my passion to mentor and support the next generation of women leaders
As some of you may know, some years ago I set up endowment funds – and am so proud of the young women who are benefiting from them. They call themselves the Larraine Segil Scholars. We will be creating a dedicated … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy, Women's Topics
Tagged business women leaders, Larraine Segil Scholars, mentoring, scholarships, women
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Philanthropy Texas Style – The Ann Richards High School in Austin and The Committee of 200 Women CEO’s group
A few weeks ago I was privileged to join fellow women CEO’s from our group The Committee of 200 ( I was past Chair of the C200 Foundation and Past Vice Chair of the Governing Board) at Intel in Austin … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Family, Live Events, Philanthropy, Raising Children, Women's Topics
Tagged all girls school, eleventh grade girls, high school, Intel, Larraine Segil, Latina Women, paying it forward, Philanthropy, President of Intel, Renee James, STEM, Texas, The Ann Richards School in Austin Texas, The Committee of 200, values
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Philanthropy – a new direction and research from Wharton
A recent study has shed some light on discrimination in the hallowed halls of academia. Researchers found that professors are less likely to mentor female and minority students. The Wharton School’s Katherine Milkman, together with Modupe Akinola of Columbia Business … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Women's Topics
Tagged Coaching, Discrimination, mentoring, Philanthropy, scholarships, Wharton, women
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Wonderful celebration of the 7 awardees of the Larraine Segil Scholarship – so proud of these women!
This week we held the inaugural lunch of the 7 Awardees of the scholarships that I have endowed through Southwestern School of Law and Pepperdine’s Graziadio School of Management PKE, Presidential Key Executive and EMBA programs. I graduated from Pepperdine … Continue reading
Summer Fruit and Forbes Magazine – what do they have in common?
Forbes on line columnist Gay Gaddis ( also my good friend and the Governing Board Chair of The Committee of 200 (C200) – I am vice chair of the Governing Board) wrote a recent article that compared low hanging fruit … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Women's Topics
Tagged Business, C200, family, Forbes Magazine, low hanging fruit
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More great things happening – life is so exciting! How blessed I am to be healthy and loved too – and able to spread the goodness around
My dear friend and social media guru Fay Feeney wrote a great article and gave me a platform to mention some governance views in it. Thank you Fay! Here it is – do pass it on if there are Board … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Family, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Women's Topics
Tagged berries, Board Governance, cooking with kids, Diversity, family, Mulberries, pie
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Lots of exciting events in the last month – a picture gallery of a few highlights
It has been a very busy and wonderful month – a visit to Israel leading the first delegation of the Committee of 200 Global Women’s CEO’s group who first visited Kuwait hosted by our member there Sara Akbar and then … Continue reading
Hair loss is so aggravating – curing this would be a huge business opportunity
Losing one’s hair is a malady suffered by men and women alike. But bald men are sexy – bald women are not. Surely if we can keep humans in space we can solve this problem? It is not just cosmetic … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Women's Topics
Tagged Aging, female pattern baldness, Hair loss, Male pattern baldness
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Fun in St Maartens with C200 Friends
Last year 5 CEO’s, all women and members of The Committee of 200 Global Women CEO’s group, bid and won a vacation in the Caribbean at our annual conference which was in New York – all the money going to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Women's Topics
Tagged C200, Committee of 200, Global Women CEO's group, Women Business Leaders, Women's Topics
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Leading Women – Renee James President of Intel – Mentors and Role Models
C200 member Renee James was featured by CNN in their series LEADING WOMEN. She told me that she named me ( in the part of the interview that was cut!!) as her mentor who changed her perception of self. Great interview with … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Women's Topics
Tagged C200, CNN, Intel, Larraine Segil, Leading Women, Renee James, The Committee of 200
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An Officer of the Order of the British Empire – OBE – what an honor in the UK and Commonwealth – and my sister has just been awarded it!
An Officer of the Order of the British Empire – OBE – what an honor in the UK and Commonwealth – and my sister got it! The family is so excited – my sister was informed that she has been … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Philanthropy, Women's Topics
Tagged Breast Cancer, British Breast Cancer campaign, OBE, wear pink, women, women's health
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Sheryl Sandberg and Lean In – my Opinion piece in The Huffington Post on the topic – what do YOU think?
Sheryl Sandberg from Facebook has been much in the public eye – and has written a very well created book called LEAN IN. Its a good concept – well researched and presented. And I have some feelings about it – … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy, Women's Topics
Tagged Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg, Women's leadership in business, Women's Topics
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