Prevention Editor Anne Alexander Featured at Council of Lafayette Women Conference April 5

President Alison Byerly will give the keynote address, “The Power of Community: Lafayette Women Supporting Each Other in Life and Work,” at the biennial Council of Lafayette Women conference April 5.

During lunch, Anne Alexander, senior vice president and editorial director of Prevention, will give health tips, including insights from her New York Times best seller, The Sugar Smart Diet.

Alumni, students, parents, faculty, and administrators are all invited to the daylong event. Already, several mother-daughter pairs have signed up.

“Extremely inspirational and insightful advice,” commented a participant from a previous conference. Others comments:

• “re-engaging, invigorating, educational experience”
• “valuable for the connections among women in the Lafayette community including staff, students, and alumni”
• “awesome to invite students like myself….it adds to the sense of belonging in the Lafayette community”
• “I enjoyed the informal and relaxed manner”
• “great opportunity to reconnect with old friends and meet new people”

Choose from a range of short sessions with a focus on collaboration, community, and connecting. Faculty, alumnae, and guest speakers share their wisdom with time for attendees to respond and discuss as a group.

A sampling of topics:

• mentoring powers, with Vicki Salemi ’95
• identifying your strengths, with Margie Cherry, director of alumni career services
• financial planning, with Laurie Seibert, CPA
• former student-athletes explain the value of intense physical sports, led by Alexa Biale ’12
• discussion of the best seller Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, led by Sandy Kazinski ’85

Events will be held in Marquis Hall and Kirby Hall of Civil Rights.

The conference fee of $50 includes all sessions, activities, supplies, and meals. Registration deadline is March 24.