{"id":1830,"date":"2018-08-09T16:44:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globewomen.com\/?page_id=1830"},"modified":"2018-08-09T16:45:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:45:52","slug":"2008-legacies-of-women-forum-mexico-city-mexico","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globewomen.com\/?page_id=1830","title":{"rendered":"2008 Legacies of Women Forum-Mexico City, Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Global Summit of Women and Instituto Tecnol\u00f2gica Aut\u00f2nomo de M\u00e8xico (ITAM) present<\/h2>\n

The Legacies of Women Forum:Dare to Change, Step into Leadership<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Mexico City, Mexico<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Jody Davids, Executive Vice President and Chief\u00a0<\/strong>Information Officer, Cardinal Health (USA)<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Executive VP, Global Shared Services, and Chief Information Officer of Cardinal Health, Jody Davids is responsible for overseeing the aligned shared services functions of the company\u2019s finance, human resources, procurement, workplace services and enterprise information technology areas.\u00a0 In 2000, she came to Cardinal Health from Nike Inc., where she had served as Director, Technology Services since April 1997. Prior to joining Nike, Ms. Davids was employed by Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, Calif., where she began as a computer programmer in March 1982 and served in positions of increasing responsibility over her 15-year tenure, spending most of that time in Apple\u2019s Asia Pacific Division. At Cardinal Health, Ms. Davids is sponsoring a broad women\u2019s initiative with the support and mentorship of President and CEO Kerry Clark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Patricia Diaz Dennis, Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, AT&T, Inc. (USA).
\n<\/strong>As Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for AT&T Inc., Patricia Diaz Dennis is responsible for AT&T Corporate Litigation, Procurement, Corporate Real Estate, and Environmental and Corporate Compliance.\u00a0 Earlier in her career, Ms. Dennis was appointed to three federal government positions:\u00a0 As a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission; as a member of the National Labor Relations Board; and as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs.\u00a0\u00a0 Hispanic<\/em> Magazine named her one of the top 25 Latinos in business and she received the 2007 Association of Fundraising Professionals Award for her commitment to volunteerism and philanthropy.\u00a0\u00a0 She is also Chair of the Board of Girl Scouts of the USA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Maria de Lourdes (Lulu) Sobrino, Founder and CEO, Lulu\u2019s Dessert Corporation (Mexico) <\/strong><\/p>\n

Maria de Lourdes Sobrino is Founder and CEO of Lulu\u2019s Dessert\u00ae Corporation. Born and raised in Mexico City, Ms. Sobrino\u2019s first business was in the tourism industry.\u00a0 In 1982, Ms. Sobrino had to close her Mexican travel business due to unstable economic conditions in Mexico, but then came up with the idea of ready-to-eat gelatin while living in the U.S.\u00a0 From the initial production of 300 cups of gelatin a day, Lulu\u2019s Dessert\u00ae has become a multimillion dollar business and a leading maker of ready-to-eat desserts.\u00a0 In her first book Thriving Latina Entrepreneurs in America, <\/em>she shares her story along with other outstanding Latinas and their successes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Maria del Carmen Valencia Martinez, Corporate Vice President for Systems, Wal-Mart Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n

With more than 20 years of experience in the areas of Information Systems and Telecommunications, Maria del Carmen Valencia is Corporate Vice-President of Systems for Wal-Mart of Mexico.\u00a0 In this role, she is responsible for providing support to more than 900 businesses in Mexico and for ensuring backup to operations in Argentina and Brazil, among other responsibilities.\u00a0\u00a0 In 2007, Ms. Valencia was named by Expansion<\/em> as the \"Second Most Powerful Woman in Business\" in Mexico.\u00a0 She was also selected as a noted personality by CNN en Espanol and recognized as one of the \u201cTop 100 IT Leaders in Mexico\u201d in 2008.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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