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Middleburg Women Networking Group

Join Us Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Quarterly Panel Format

Female Senior Executives'
Journey to the Top: How Was It?

Once per quarter (in the third month of the quarter) we deviate from our usual format in order to explore topics of special interest to business women more in depth. We have a panel of  3 experts in their field discuss the latest trends and respond to your questions.

In order to give our experts (and you) the time to explore the topic, we expand the time of our normal luncheon.  Here is the timing for our next luncheon event:

10:30 am - 11:15 am    Networking

11:15 am - 12:15 pm    Panel

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm      Lunch & door prizes

We are excited to have an accomplished panel of  female senior executives in various industries and non-profits discussing their rise to the top in their professions.

The panelists include:

Hulya Aksu                Publisher, Filmmaker, &
                               Entrepreneur
                               
Dr. Kathleen Saylor    CEO, REHAU North
                              America
                               
Cate Magennis Wyatt  Founder & President of
                               The Journey Through
                               Hallowed Ground

 
See below for more information on our panelists.

We hope you can join us for our next panel & luncheon.


Hulya Aksu, Publisher, Filmmaker, & Entrepreneur
   
Hulya Aksu is an accomplished, award winning magazine publisher, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. Her publications, I AM Modern and Modern D.C. Business Magazines have garnered her national and international recognition and have become mainstay publications in the Metropolitan D.C. region.

Hulya is the owner of CriticMania, a web and print publication that seeks to offer its clients professional surveys and analysis of their businesses.

Hulya is also the founder and owner of Pink and Shoosha Films, and is currently in the process of producing a full length feature film, The American Lottery.

Hulya Aksu is married, has two beautiful children and calls Northern Virginia home.

Dr. Kathleen Saylor, CEO, REHAU North America

Dr. Kathleen "Kitty" Saylor was born and raised in Choteau, Montana. In 1982, she graduated from Montana State University with a B.S. in Speech Communication. In 1983, she graduated from West Virginia University with a Master's degree in Speech Communication and went on to earn her Ph.D. in Communication and Organizational Development from the University of Maryland.

In 1988 she moved to Santiago, Chile where she started her own company, an institute for language and communication education/training which catered to the Chilean business community. In 1992, she returned to the DC area and worked as an adjunct professor in the Communication Department at George Mason University.

In 1994, she joined REHAU, Inc. in its North American Headquarters in Leesburg as Training & Development Specialist. REHAU is a global polymer processing company supplying products to the construction, automotive, and industrial sectors. In 1999, she was promoted to Department Manager, HR; in 2000 she was promoted to Director, HR North America; in 2001 she was promoted to Vice President, HR and member of the Management Board NA.

In February 2006, she was promoted to CEO, REHAU NA. In this position, she maintains oversight responsibility for REHAU's North American operations which include more than 1,500 employees in 15 sales offices, 7 manufacturing facilities, and 3 distribution centers located throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America, as well as REHAU's North American Corporate Headquarters located in Leesburg.

Cate Magennis Wyatt, Founder & President of The Journey Through Hallowed Ground

Cate Magennis Wyatt is the founder and president of The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership, a four state non-profit corporation dedicated to sharing the heritage in the 180-mile corridor from Gettysburg, PA to Monticello, VA. Previously, Cate served in the public sector as the Secretary of Commerce and Trade for the Commonwealth of Virginia within Governor Wilder's Cabinet and in the private sector as President of Remington International, Vice President of Xerox Development and Vice President of Weston Capital Corporation.  She has specialized in developing strategic plans for troubled investments followed by directing the successful implementation of those strategies.  In this capacity, she led the creation of businesses in London, Moscow and Kazakhstan.

She serves or has served on many Boards, including: George Mason University, Board of Visitors; the University of Richmond Board of Trustees, the George C. Marshall International Center, The Center for Innovative Technology, the Waterford Foundation, Oatlands Plantation, The Women's Center, Wolf Trap National Performing Arts Center, The British American Project, the Colonial Board George Washington University and Waterford Elementary School PTO.

Cate, her husband and two children reside in Waterford, Virginia.
    
See the MiddleburgWomen.com website for more details and to register for the luncheon.

The caterer for this luncheon is Purple Onion Catering.

Cost: $45.00 (by March 16)
        $50.00 (after March 16)