The Chattanooga Women’s Leadership Institute's 4th Annual Women Mentoring Women Program

The Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute (CWLI) has developed the Women Mentoring Women Program with a purpose of teaching potential participants to mentor. The mentors and potential mentors completing the program will be able to provide skills to guide participants in areas such as the ability to seek out career building resources in the community as well as providing tools and knowledge to aid in the growth of women in positions of civic and business leaderships in the greater Chattanooga community.

The goal is to be able to utilize women's talents and perspectives to help each other and create opportunities for more leadership roles. From developing skills in communication styles and the power of influence of authority, these topics will be the building foundations for future women interested in the program. Marketing, public speaking, business communication techniques, and self-esteem building are just a few other areas that will round out the program.

This initiative began in August 2008, and graduated its first class of 16 women from a variety of business backgrounds in the greater Chattanooga area. CWLI has announced an upcoming Women Mentoring Women series, scheduled to begin on August 26, 2011. The program consists of eight 2-hour lunchtime sessions designed to aid women in developing or sharpening their mentoring skills so they may return to the community to mentor other women towards becoming stronger leaders.  

Recognized women leaders give the presentations on topics such as:

• Becoming Politically Savvy,
• Understanding Communication Styles,
• Using Power, Authority, and Influence Effectively in the Workplace.
• Class size is limited to fifteen and applications are currently being accepted from both the private and public sector.

Following are the members of the 2011 class:

Terran Anderson       Angela Easter Gonzales         Becky Murphy

Cindy Beale              Dawn Ford                           Sonya Powell

Meg Brasel               Lucy Gates                           Kara Serrano

Shelton Chambers     Cherie Jewell                        Julie Thomsen

Miranda Clark            Emily Job                             Katie Wilson

Sponsors for this year's program are:

First Tennessee

Girls, Inc.

Henderson, Hutcherson, McCullough

Launchpoint Leadership

Memorial Healthcare

In-Kind Support provided by:

LBMC

Sweet Peppers Deli