Lincoln Road

Congratulations, Heather Sheehan! What an incredible accomplishment and well-deserved recognition!

It was wonderful to reunite 55 accomplished women who partnered through the summer and fall of 2023 in strategic visioning sessions to help shape the future of the Women's Leadership Center at Williams Bay (womensleadershipcenter.org). The evening was a special opportunity to thank these leaders for their contributions and to bring them up to date on the Center’s progress and development. Read the full “Launch Crew” story here: https://lnkd.in/gKaAJbg2

Our vision at Lincoln Road is to create a future in which women are at the forefront of advancing and improving the world we live in. On July 29, experienced board members Suzanne Burns, Francesca DeBiase and Donna F. Zarcone, along with moderator Anne Kohler, CPA, will discuss the critical issue of board composition, and explore trends and solutions. This Transformative Leadership Panel is hosted by AWESOMELeaders.org, and registration for this virtual event is open to all at no cost. Register now: https://lnkd.in/guy5te3B 

Lincoln Road is so excited to be named a “Proud Partner” of the Chicago Sky WNBA. Together, we will be working to advance women’s leadership and empower women and girls across Chicagoland. These amazing athletes are role models who “bring their game” every day, showing the world what hard work, dedication, and resilience can achieve. With them, we’ll be acknowledging and celebrating women’s accomplishments in the coming year through workshops, speaking opportunities, and gatherings that showcase Chicago’s women leaders and connect them with each other. Join us in cheering them on! https://lnkd.in/gCwN_TzX

Congratulations Aanchal Sharma and Tamara Green for being named this semester’s Drake Scholars at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. These two young ladies are highly accomplished and we are so excited to see how they will continue to impact their companies and respective fields with the new tools they will learn at Kellogg. Our founder, Ann Drake, created the Drake Scholars Fund to support high potential women like Aanchal and Tamara to ensure that the next generation of women leaders has all the tools they need to succeed!  To learn more about Aanchal and Tamara, click the link: https://lnkd.in/g47Eec6n

Congratulations to these two highly accomplished women! The Drake Scholar community is lucky to have them. 

Congratulations! We are beyond excited to welcome this new cohort of AWESOME women into the Drake Scholars community.

What a treat to hear Drew Barrymore tell her story at the 11th annual AWESOME symposium. Her conversation with AWESOMELeaders.org CEO, Michelle Dilley was an inspiration!

The Lincoln Road team recently attended TWIN Proximity: AI, Digital, and the Future of Everything (May 29-30), hosted by TWIN Global, where chair and cofounder Robert C. Wolcott guided participants on an existential journey through the intersections of AI, digital technology, and the arts. The event coincided with the release of Wolcott’s new book, Proximity, co-authored by Kaihan Krippendorff. The agenda was filled with thought-provoking delights and surprises. The conference insightfully demonstrated how “Proximity Rising” is dramatically transforming the ways we work, eat, prevent and cure diseases, create and produce, generate power, and defend ourselves, both now and in the future. We were treated to astonishing demonstrations of advanced technologies, showcasing revolutionary AI-enabled approaches to software development, biofarming, and medical training. The talented pianist William Goldstein transported us with his “instant composition” inspired by works of art. MarySue Barrett, an expert in public policy and sustainability and a senior strategy advisor for the Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay, participated in the closing panel. She underscored the importance of convening multidisciplinary talents to innovate and drive urgent changes. She highlighted the Women’s Leadership Center’s aspiration to tackle “Big Ideas” through “extraordinary mash-ups,” leveraging the talents of women leaders across multiple disciplines to advance innovations that benefit all. The thought-provoking discussions left us contemplating the limitless potential of consciousness, reality, and imagination. We walked away understanding that AI, while long existent, is “not just one thing.” It represents a body of potential that demands our engagement and awareness to ensure ethical and purposeful application. As Wolcott and TWINians often say, “Never leave serendipity to chance.”

At the second annual retreat of the Women Corporate Directors - Chicago Chapter (WCD Chicago) in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, we launched an inspiring conversation between WCD Chicago and the future Women’s Leadership Center at Williams Bay (womensleadershipcenter.org). Ann Drake, Founder of the Women’s Leadership Center, shared insights into her professional path and inspiration for creating the Center.    Leslie DeChurch, drawing on her consulting experience with NASA, led the retreat participants through a fascinating, fast-paced exercise, illustrating the vital importance of communication within and across teams.   Day two extended the group’s cosmic learnings at an ideal setting: the Yerkes Observatory, located adjacent to the future Women’s Leadership Center in Williams Bay.   The melding of science, art, and history fueled additional dialogue among women leaders with a deep knowledge of leadership, governance, and innovation, and of emerging hot topics like artificial intelligence.   The convening had its own special magic, foreshadowing all the two organizations can accomplish together in the future.   To read more: https://lnkd.in/gv9jCMn2