EIGHT WOMEN RECEIVE FELLOWSHIPS AT ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY

DIVERSITY AND ETHICS TO BE DISCUSSED BY TOP WOMEN IN REAL ESTATE AT LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM

CHICAGO (June 24, 2008) – Ginger Downs, RCE, CAE, IOM, and Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Association of REALTORS, will be the keynote luncheon speaker at a half-day symposium on “New Leaders for a New Marketplace: Economic Success through Diversity and Ethics,” sponsored by the Goldie B. Wolfe Miller Women Leaders in Real Estate initiative on June 12.

Downs will speak on “Lessons in Diversity: How Women are Achieving New Heights” at the event, which will also feature two post-luncheon panel discussions and be capped by a private reception. Emceed by Goldie Wolfe Miller, it will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University Club of Chicago. The reception will be held 4:15 – 5:30 p.m.

The Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate and the Chicago School of Real Estate at Roosevelt University are the sponsors.

“The success of our first two events indicated there is a real need for women who want to ramp up their careers to learn from and network with powerful women in different areas of real estate. Our half day symposium helps fulfill this need,” says Wolfe Miller.

The first panel, “Success with Business Representation and Investing in Diverse/Emerging Markets,” will be moderated by Nina J. Fain, Esq., President, Chicago Economic Development Institute, and feature Susan Rosen, broker, Cushman & Wakefield; Nasutsa Mabwa, project manager-development, McCaffery Interests; and Elizabeth Holland, Esq., chief executive officer, Abbell Credit Corporation.

The second panel, “Success and Ethics in Diverse/Emerging Markets,” will feature moderator Celeste Hammond, Esq., professor and director, John Marshall Law School, Real Estate Law Program, and Alicia Duncan Esq, ARDC, Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission; Lisa Konieczka, executive vice president, brokerage services, CB Richard Ellis; and Janet Johnson, Esq., partner, Schiff Hardin LLP.

Attorneys who attend will be able to earn two Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits through John Marshall Law School. (Two hours CLE credits may include one hour Ethics CLE credit; application for Ethics credit pending).

Launched in the fall of 2007, the Goldie B. Wolfe Miller lecture series was designed to support and promote women aspiring to leadership roles in the real estate industry. To advance this cause, each year several early and mid-career women are selected as Goldie B. Wolfe Miller scholars to receive financial and career development support as they pursue their MBAs or Master of Science in Real Estate (MSRE) degrees within the Chicago School of Real Estate.

The Chicago School of Real Estate was established in the fall of 2002 and the Marshall Bennett Institute was established in 2004 and supports the work of the school as well as sponsoring industry events. The school’s leadership and faculty include the region’s most influential real estate executives who take an active role and participate as teaching fellows, mentors, guest lecturers and sponsors of academic and training programs. For more information about upcoming programs, please visit www.WomenLeadersinRealEstate.com or call 312.666.6662.

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