December 2006

A monthly newsletter from the Women's Foodservice Forum

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Roadmap Report: Message from the Chair - Paula Marshall

Elevating Women Leaders. That, in a nutshell, is exactly what the Women's Foodservice Forum is all about.  It's our mission, our passion and the sole purpose for our existence.  Throughout the last 16 years, we believe thousands of women in the foodservice industry have been elevated to new positions and challenges.  We are confident that many of those promotions were made possible (or happened faster) because of the leadership and development training provided by WFF.

Real Women, Real Stories is the way we acknowledge and celebrate the successful "elevation" of our women leaders. While the concept is only a year old, we have had dozens of women submit their promotion information (or, in true WFF style, had that information submitted by their friends!) What we believe is that there are hundreds more promotions out there and we want to hear about them!

We want to hear YOUR success story -- have you been promoted in the last year? If so, more

Conference Registration NOW OPEN!


The Women's Foodservice Forum 17th Annual Leadership Development Conference promises to be the most exciting conference in our history. Highlights include great keynote speakers like Carly Fiorina, HP's former CEO, Patricia Russell-McCloud, one of the top five business motivators in America, and Carol Evans, President and CEO of Working Mother Media.

This year's Conference features all of our signature events (Network with the Leaders, Women Making Their Mark Tour, for example) and some new and exciting additions such as more

New Executive Track for 2007 Conference

To help our executive-level members gain the most out of their Conference experience, the WFF is offering a new Executive Track at the 2007 Annual Leadership Development Conference.

This first-of-its-kind programming will consist of new workshops, exclusive events and networking specifically developed for corporate vice presidents, senior management, CEOs and board members.  The program was crafted to provide practical content from renowned presenters, Carly Fiorina, Victoria Medvec, Ph.D., Eileen Kamerick, Robert Howell, Ph.D., and Susan Stautberg who will deliver stimulating, substantive information and create peer-to-peer interaction at the senior-executive level.

For additional information and to register for the Executive Track, click on the following link:  http://www.womensfoodserviceforum.com/leadershipconf/exec-track.html

 

 

Congratulations to Cheryl A. Bachelder, recently appointed to the Board of Directors of AFC Enterprises, Inc., the franchisor and operator of Popeyes(R) Chicken & Biscuits.   A long-time member of WFF, Cheryl served as the President and Chief Concept Officer of KFC Corporation from 2001-2003 and Vice President, Marketing and Product Development for Domino's Pizza, Inc. from 1995-2000.  She began her career at Procter & Gamble in brand management and rose to leadership roles at The Gillette Company and RJR Nabisco Inc.

Congratulations to Loraine Yalch recently promoted to President and founder of BASIX. She has been responsible for guiding the company through its development over the past 4 years.  Loraine brings over 10 years of experience in technology, supply chain logistics, and engineering across various industries to the organization.  Loraine credits the WFF for part of her success, “My involvement with the WFF has been instrumental in both my personal and professional development.  I’ve been associated with women’s organizations in other industries and I can honestly say that the WFF has set the bar!” 

Congratulations to People Report President Teresa Siriani who recently received the first-ever CHART President’s Award in recognition of her service and leadership to the CHART organization and to the hospitality industry.   CHART members represent multi-unit restaurant and hotel companies and their mission is to develop hospitality training professionals to advance industry training practices and improve operational results by providing access to education, tools and resources.  more

WFF In the News

Read more about WFF in the news! We've been busy promoting WFF and all the current events and activities that have been taking place over the last few months.

Click on the story headlines below to get the full view of the stories recently appearing in the press.

WFF Mentoring Program Reach One and Teach One!

This fall, WFF members got their first glimpse of the new and improved WFF Mentor Program set to launch in Spring, 2007.  While several important improvements make it even more worthwhile and flexible to join the program, the true benefit remains the same:  personal and career development uniquely suited for your needs.

Krystena Sterling, Group Support and Development Services Training Manager for Walt Disney World describes her experience: 

"I participated in the mentoring program to help achieve my career goal -- to move into HR from Operations.  I was partnered with a fabulous mentor, Kat Cole.  Kat was in Training and Development and had transitioned from Operations, so she was an excellent mentor for me.  From that mentor relationship, I refocused my career goals, returned to school and obtained a Master's Degree in Human Resource Development.  I recently transitioned from Restaurant Operations to Training and Development for Sales and Services at Walt Disney World.  My involvement in WFF was a catalyst for this transition and my mentoring experience proved to be a huge success.  I set out on this goal in October, 2005 and by August, 2006, I started a new challenge in a completely different field within my company."

The new WFF Mentoring Program will make it easier than ever to find the right match: more