January 2024 Newsletter

New Year’s Letter from Meg

Maintaining optimism was a challenge last year, making me approach 2024 with eyes wide open.

In 2024, women must raise their voices louder than ever. Recognizing the economic power we hold—estimated at over $40 trillion, with 89% of women influencing household buying decisions—is pivotal.

At Quorum, driven by the “HOW,” our focus in 2024 extends to five key areas to create impact:

1. Leadership and IMPACT: Initiating change and taking meaningful action.
2. Improving women’s health and wellness, both on personal and policy levels.
3. Raising our Voices/Profiles.
4. Women’s financial health and literacy: Increasing knowledge share and acting with our values.
5. Intersectional Diversity: Raising awareness and exploring ways to eliminate barriers.

Quorum’s focus for the year ahead is to increase connectedness, educate and exchange on issues affecting women, and amplify our voices for necessary change.

The power of Quorum is our collective commitment to change, something that inspires me every day. 2024 will be the perfect storm for important progress.

Best regards,

Meg

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Quorum Speaker Series

The UNiqueness: Advancing DEI In The Global Workplace”

Our Speaker Series kicked off the new year with “The UNiqueness: Advancing DEI In The Global Workplace” with special guest Andreina Botto, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Consultant; Former United Nations Diversity Leader and moderated by Gitanjali Sakhuja, Fractional Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer.

Calls to action from this session include focusing on important leadership attributes discussed by Andreina:

1. Adopt a growth mindset
2. Be inclusive in decisions and everything you do
3. Demonstrate ability to think outside the box
4. Stay positive and optimistic
5. Embrace and encourage multi-generational teams and ideas
6. Evolve policies as needed
7. Increase training, education and thoughtful communication

A recording of the session is available for Quorum members.

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Quorum Live: A Conversation Series with Quorum Members and Friends

Join us for Quorum Live, an ongoing series of timely conversations with Quorum members and friends on creating change for women in the workplace.

On December 19th, Mary Messner, Board Chair of the Madam President’s Camp spoke with host Julie Livingston, WantLeverage Communications, on “Empowering Girls To Become 21st Century Leaders.” Watch here.

On January 9th, Quorum Live Quorum Founder and CEO, Meg Sullivan, discussed “2024: Women Driving Change.” Watch here.

Coming Up on Quorum Live:

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Congratulations to Quorum members!

• Natalie Hawn, St. Joseph chapter Co-Chair, received the Distinguished Leadership Award from United Way of St. Joseph.
• Nicole Kessler Sandler has been promoted to Chief Business Development Officer at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP.
• Kimberly W. White has a new position as Vice President, General Counsel-Compliance at Ingredion Incorporated.

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Upcoming Events

New Series on Diverse Women Leaders

Quorum is beginning a new series on Diverse Women Leaders, as we explore women’s leadership and its intersection with the diversity of identities and life experiences we all bring. Our goal for this series is to both add to the awareness of and start to think about ways to support diverse women leaders.

The first session for this series will be Advancing the Infrastructure to Support Black Women Leaders with Dr. Tamara Lawson and Marsha Henderson.

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Of interest to local chapters…