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| Date and Time: | Wednesday, March 07 at 06:00 PM until 08:00 PM |
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| Event Type: | Alumni Drexel Women in Business General Events |
| Description: | Join fellow Drexel women of business for a discussion and reception with Joan Carter, President of the Union League of Philadelphia and President of UM Holdings Ltd. Date: March 7, 2012 Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Location: Union League of Philadelphia Lincoln Memorial Room 140 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 [link] Cost: $15 Includes heavy hors d'oeuvres and open bar. All Drexel alumni, students and friends welcome to attend. Co-sponsored by Drexel Alumni Relations. Joan Carter is co-founder and President of UM Holdings Ltd., a company that began in 1973 as a heart clinic providing stress testing and cardiac rehabilitation. The company grew through the addition of various cardiac medical services including a Holter monitoring subsidiary that became the largest in the country, a pharmaceutical research organization that pioneered the computerization of new drug applications, and a dialysis company that grew from a single unit to 23 centers in 6 states. Ms. Carter serves on the Board of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company and is former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Ms. Carter was a member of the first class of women admitted to The Union League of Philadelphia - a 3200 member organization comprised of leaders in our region that was founded in 1862. Last year, the League elected Joan Carter as its President. She is the first woman to hold this post in 149 years. Ms. Carter will talk about the role of women in business as well as her own experience as an entrepreneur and as President of the Union League of Philadelphia. |
| Contact Person: | Cassandra Brown |
| Contact E-mail: | cassandra.l.brown@drexel.edu |
| Contact Phone: | 215.895.6294 |