Women of Influence

Today we attended another fantastic, thought-provoking Burlington event! We got to hear filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom (writer and director of the Sundance documentary "Miss Representation") speak at the inaugural event of the Executive Leadership Series, put on by the Vermont Business Roundtable. To prepare for the discussion, we all watch the documentary and engaged in a pre-event discussion. At the event, there was a great panel discussion aimed at college and high school students titled "Becoming Women of Influence" following the speech, with panelists former Governor Madeleine Kunin, Green Mountain Power CEO Mary Powell, and Commando founder and CEO Kerry O’Brien, all joining Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The speech and panel discussions focused on women in the workplace and how the media exerts tremendous cultural influence on men and women alike. We continued conversation on these topics back at school, and will likely be continuing it well into the future. Thanks to Gus Buchanan, our history teacher, for getting us invited to this amazing event. You can read more about the event here.