The Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women.

Corporate Advisory Council

  • Terry Neese

CEO/President and Co-Founder
Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women (IEEW)

  • Bety DeVos

Council Chairperson
Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation

  • Marti Carlin

T. Boone Pickens Foundation

  • Anne Dickerson

Singer Family Foundation

  • Charlene Lake

Senior Vice President Public Affairs and Chief Sustainability Officer
AT&T

  • Monica Luechtefeld

Executive Vice President of E-Commerce and Direct Marketing
Office Depot

  • Kathy Bennett

CEO/President
Bennett Packaging, Inc.

  • Sylvia Medina

President & CEO
Northwind, Inc.

  • Valerie Shondel

President
Selecto-Flash, Inc.

  • Pat Soldano

Patricia A. Brown Charitable Lead Annuity Trust


Meet The Women You Can Help

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‘09 Graduate Creates Business Brochure

Farzana Ibrahimi has created a new brochure for her business in Afghanistan, Kandahar Health & Development Organization. Way to go, Farzana!

Click here to download Page 1 of brochure
Click here to download Page 2 of brochure

Technorati Tags: Afghanistan, brochure, business

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2009 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS

2009 PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS

Welcome to the PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS 2009 information section.
Whether you are just looking, learning, thinking about becoming contributor to the Institute or you are considering applying to become a mentor to our 2009 students, this page contains important facts you’ll want to know!
Women all over the world are embracing the [...]

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Journal Record story on PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS

Peace through business
by Heather Caliendo
The Journal Record August 26, 2009

OKLAHOMA CITY – On a simple bridge in a quiet backyard, a Rwandan and an Oklahoman take a moment to reflect on their journey.

“We have a great relationship,” said Angie Hendricks, president and chief executive of Bentley Hedges Travel Services in Oklahoma City. “But I [...]

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OETA Covers Peace through Business

Lori Rasmussen from OETA’s Oklahoma News Report covers PEACE THROUGH BUSINESS students, Saudah Nalule and Roqia Sajjadi, who mentored in the Oklahoma City area. Click here to learn more about OETA.

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Rezai Shahrbanoo*

Rezai operates the Afghanistan Women & Men Development Organization at Jawzak Village.   AWMDO has been open since September 2008 and is in the business of processing and packaging almonds.  Comparing her operation to that of local processing, Rezai has been able to improve in the areas of  quality control, production control and packaging.
AWMDO employs 24 [...]

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