WEACT schedules event to accelerate womens' access

A structured 90-minute session

designed to accelerate women's access to

other female executives and entrepreneurs.

is scheduled Oct. 3.

The event is sponosored by WE ACT

(Women Executives Accelerating Change

Today). Members include professional

women, executives, entrepreneurs and students.

The event is free for WE ACT members;

guests and non-members will pay

$10 at the door.

WE ACT was founded in 2002 to

ensure women in northern Nevada acquire

the skills, knowledge and confidence to

succeed in business through professional

development, access to vital resources and

mentoring.

The board of directors consists of the

following individuals: Judi Gardner, Cisco

Systems, president; Alice Heiman, ARH

Consulting, director; Charity Hudnall,

Glaze Imaging, director; Estella

Luluquisen, director; Yvonne Stedham,

Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno, director;

Jeanne Yamamura, Ph.D., University

of Nevada, Reno, Treasurer; Misty Young,

KPS|3, vice president.