Women and Power

Nearly 50 female undergraduates gathered with 14 professional women last spring to discuss gender, power, and leadership during the Women in Leadership Conference organized by the Rockefeller Center. Overheard:

• Leadership includes "feeling the pulse to know what to do next'—Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord '79, assistant dean of students and minority affairs at Dartmouth Medical School

• "Develop the skills that have made you who you are" rather than emulate males Karen Kruck, vice president and general manager for Xerox in New England

Karen Narasaki, executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, opened the biannual event by highlighting differences in motives and techniques between male and female leaders. Students also attended panel discussions, lectures, and hands-on workshops with Crystal Crawford '87, legal director of the Alliance for Children's Rights; Dawn Hudson '79, managing director of PepsiCo; LaurieKretchmar '84, editor-in-chief ofWomen.com; and filmmaker Gemma Lockhart '79.

"It was especially meaningful to meet the women who have graduated from Dartmouth," says J ennifer Rottman '02, "and to know that when they started, they were in the exact same position as I am now."

Crawford 'B7, right, talks with 'OOs CarrieDunsmore, Karen Miller, and Neena Shin.