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SaLurday, November 15, 2008 8:30 AM 4:30 FM
RegsLraLon begns 8:00 AM
Grand HyaLL New York, 10 EasL 42nd SLreeL, NYC
Fark Avenue aL Grand CenLral Termnal
Ma|or communcaLons organzaLons arLcaLng:
Advertising Age | Associated Press | CBS News | CW11 | Essence.com
Hearst Digital Media | Planet Green | NYmag.com | The New York Times | Time, Inc.
The Star-Ledger | TreeHugger.com | Vanity Fair | WABC-TV | Weber Shandwick
Annual Communications Career Conference
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Dont miss this once-a-year, career-building opportunity to meet and network
with professionals and luminaries in the communications industry.
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breakfast and lunch included. Registration is only $60 for a Student Member
and $70 for a Non-member. For groups of 10 or more, a $10 discount per
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Debbye Turner Bell
Correspondent,
CBS News The Early Show
Kate White
Editor-in-Chief
Cosmopolitan
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Schedule of Events
Communications Career Conference
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Lynda Baquero
Katie Wang
Saundra Thomas
Marla Diamond
Swapna
Venugopal
Laurel Touby
Crystal Johns
Natalie Zmuda
8:00 AM On-site Check-in
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Welcome and Keynote Address
Nancy Rabstejnek Nichols, New York Women in Communications President
Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Weber Shandwick
Breakfast Keynote: Debbye Turner Bell, Correspondent, CBS News The Early Show

10:00 AM 11:00 AM Session I:
%URDGFDVW-RXUQDOLVP Lynda Baquero, Reporter, WNBC News 4 New York
Marla Diamond, Anchor, WCBS 880 News
Kristine Johnson, Anchor, WCBS-TV
Vanessa Tyler, Anchor/Reporter, CW11 News at Ten
'LJLWDO0HGLD Amy Odell, Fashion Blogger, nymag.com
Meaghan ONeill, Editor, TreeHugger.com
Lesley Pinckney, Director of Digital Development, Essence.com
Cortney Stanley, Director of Sales, East Region, Hearst Digital Media
3XEOLF5HODWLRQV Donetta Allen, Vice President, Hunter Public Relations
Jennifer Kramer, Communications Manager, PSEG
Laura Schoen, President of Global Healthcare, Weber Shandwick
Shawn Steiner, Co-Director, Consumer Media, Cotton Incorporated
11:20 AM 12:20 PM Session II:
Newspaper/ Nekesa Moody, Music Editor, Associated Press
1HZVZLUH-RXUQDOLVP Tanzina Vega, Mulitmedia Journalist & Web Producer, The New York Times
Swapna Venugopal, Reporter, The Journal News
Katie Wang, Reporter, The Star-Ledger
&RPPXQLFDWLRQV Dorothy Crenshaw, President, Stanton Crenshaw Communications
Entrepreneurship Caryl Lucas, Founder, Renoir Productions, Inc.
Amy Sewell, Founder and Director, Give It Up for the ARTS
Laurel Touby, Founder and Cyberhostess, MediaBistro.com
$GYHUWLVLQJ Pam Gentile, Advertising Director, Cotton Incorporated
Virginia Rowe, Consultant, RBM
Andrea Slodowicz, Connections Director, Forty-Two Degrees at MediaVest
Melissa Victorio, Account Manager, Cosmopolitan
12:45 PM Luncheon and Keynote Address
Kristine Welker, New York Women in Communications Foundation President
Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Hearst Magazines Digital Media
Luncheon Keynote: Kate White, Editor-in-Chief, Cosmopolitan

2:15 PM 3:15 PM Session III:
0DJD]LQHV Cindy M. del Rosario Tapan, Managing Editor, TheGreenGuide.com
Marnie Hanel, Researcher, Reporter, Blogger, Vanity Fair
Melissa Walker, Novelist and Freelance Journalist
Natalie Zmuda, Reporter, Advertising Age
793URGXFWLRQ Terri Barbagallo, Editor/Owner, SunScreen Post
Carmin Biggs, Producer, WABC-TV
Kristen Carter, Freelance TV Writer, JazziDreamer Entertainment, LLC
Howard Lee, Vice President, East Coast Development and Production, Planet Green
0DUNHWLQJ Faye Bean, Vice President of Leasing and Marketing, Educational Housing Services, Inc.
Cathleen Cuneo, Executive Director of Marketing, Domino Magazine
Eleanor Goldhar, Deputy Director External Affairs, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Jill Lipton, Owner, Q10 Marketing
3:30 PM 4:30 PM Secrets to a Successful Job Search
Crystal Johns, Director of Career Development and Diversity Recruiting, CBS News
Jamila McCoy, Associate Manager of Human Resources, Time Inc.
Saundra Thomas, Vice President of Community Affairs, WABC-TV
Felicia Walker-Benson, Senior HR Manager Diversity & Outreach, The New York Times
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