<h2><a href="/id0904f67a8054afe6">Workshop</a> | <a href="/id0904f67a8054afee">Registration Fees</a> | Agenda | <a href="/id0904f67a80696fad">Directions</a></h2>
<p><strong>Thursday, April 7, 2011 Workshop Agenda</strong></p>
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<td width="81" valign="top"><strong>8:30 –9:00 a.m. </strong></td>
<td width="579" valign="top"><strong> Registration/Continental Breakfast</strong></td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>9:00 a.m.</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Welcome</strong> <br /> <strong>Mary Sumner</strong>, * <em>Meridian Society President</em><br /> <strong>Sue Vandegrift</strong>,* <em>SIUE Chancellor’s Spouse and Meridian Society Member</em></td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>9:05 a.m. </strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong> Co-Keynote Speakers<br /></strong> <strong>Villie Appoo</strong>, <em>Chief Executive Officer</em> <br /><em>Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois<br /><br /></em><strong>Alicia Lifrak</strong>, <em>Scout Executive/Chief Executive Officer</em><br /><em>Lewis & Clark Council, Boy Scouts of America</em></td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>10:00 a.m. </strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Breakout Sessions</strong> <br /> <strong><br />Session I “Skills for the Empowered Woman with an Emphasis on Work/Life Balance”</strong><br /><strong>Shannon Dunham</strong>,* <em>‘95 Attorney, Sherman Howard L.L.C.</em><br /><strong>Veronica Armouti</strong>, * <em>’86, ’88 Attorney, Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard P.C.<br /><br /></em><strong>Session II “Legacy Planning for Your Family and Your Favorite Foundation”</strong> <br /><strong>Jeff Brown,</strong> <em>CFP®, SIUE Director of Planned Giving</em> <br /><strong>Mary Kay Schumacher</strong><em>, CFP®, CFS®,</em> <em>Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial</em></td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>11:00 a.m. </strong></td>
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<p><strong>Breakout Sessions<br /></strong><br /> <strong>Session I “Inspiring Stories from Women who Make a Difference at SIUE and in the Community”</strong> <br /> <strong>Amanda Levens</strong>, * <em>SIUE Head Women’s Basketball Coach</em><br /> <strong>Elizabeth Keserauskis</strong>, *<em>SIUE Assistant Vice Chancellor,</em> <em>Marketing and Communications</em></p>
<p><strong>Session II</strong> <strong>“Volunteering – Opportunity and Expectations, Risks and Rewards: how to grow personally while providing service for your community”</strong><br /> <strong>Doug Conley,</strong> <em>Director, The Gardens at SIUE</em><br /> <strong>Suzanne Kutterer-Siburt, *</strong> <em>’93, ’05 Assistant Director, SIUE Kimmel Leadership Center</em><br /> <strong> <br /> Session Facilitator: Marian Smithson,</strong> <em>Master Gardener Team Leader/</em><em>The Gardens at SIUE and Chief Consultant/MS Consulting</em></p>
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<td valign="top"><strong>12:00 p.m.</strong></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Luncheon, Meridian Ballroom</strong><br /> <strong><br /> Chancellor Vandegrift - Welcome </strong> <br /> <em>Meridian Society Awards Recipient Briefings</em></td>
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<td valign="top"><strong>1 p.m. </strong></td>
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<p><strong>Workshop Concludes</strong></p>
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<p>*Meridian Society Member</p>