WHAT:           The Chamber’s Professional Women’s Leadership Luncheon Series will feature speaker Alexis Gelber who will present, “What Kind of Leader Are You?”  Attendees will discover the different styles of successful leaders, identify their own leadership style and explore how to improve their skills as an effective leader.

WHO:              Alexis Gelber is an award-winning editor and journalist with experience in digital and print media.  A longtime top editor at Newsweek, Gelber supervised award-winning coverage of politics, social issues and international news as the magazine’s National Affairs Editor, Assistant Managing Editor, and as the Managing Editor of Newsweek International.  She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.  Gelber was the editorial director of The Human Face of Big Data, a book and multimedia project published in December 2012. She was also the editor of Zoom: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career, a book based on Fortune’s 40 under 40 series on young business leaders and entrepreneurs, published in September 2013. Gelber is currently an Adjunct Professor at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

WHEN:           Wednesday, September 10, 2014

                      11:30 PM - 12:00 PM Registration and Networking

                      12:00 PM – 1:15 PM Luncheon and Program

WHERE:         The Holiday Inn Virginia Beach-Norfolk Hotel & Conference Center

5655 Greenwich Rd., Virginia Beach

TO ATTEND:             $30 per person. $500/table sponsor. Register online at https://Events.HamptonRoadsChamber.com  or call Anne Baumler at 757-664-2518.

About the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce

The Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce is the Region’s premier business organization; helping our members succeed, driving regional economic growth and enhancing the quality of life of our community’s residents.  The Chamber is a vigorous advocate for the economic success of its nearly 1,600 member businesses, which employ nearly 250,000 men and women in southeastern Virginia.  Visit  HamptonRoadsChamber.com.  Like us on Facebook at Chamber757 and follow us on Twitter @Chamber757.

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