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SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY TO LAUNCH ‘WOMEN CAN HAVE IT ALL’ SERIES HOSTED BY LINDA MCMAHON
Linda McMahon, co-founder and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, will host a series at Sacred Heart University on women in leadership titled “Women Can Have It All.”
The program, sponsored by the John F. Welch College of Business, will feature speakers who have had an impact in business. It will kick off with Stephanie McMahon, chief brand officer of WWE and Linda’s daughter.
The series will examine what it means to “have it all” and how women can balance career, family, friendship and personal time. It will feature conversations with women leaders and be moderated by Linda McMahon, who is also a Sacred Heart University trustee.
“As an entrepreneur with a storied legacy for building an international enterprise, Linda McMahon brings tremendous knowledge and experience to impart to young women preparing for their professional lives and those who have begun their careers,” said John Petillo, president of Sacred Heart University.
The interviews will focus on topics relevant to women in the workplace, such as management, entrepreneurship and the challenges in corporate America.
“As a former CEO, I want to show women that there are no limits to what they can achieve, whether through entrepreneurship, government, science or any path they choose,” McMahon said. “And there is plenty of room for women at the top.”
Stephanie McMahon was named chief brand officer of WWE in December 2013 and is responsible for leading efforts to further enhance its brand reputation. She works with WWE’s business units to support growth initiatives. She is the primary spokesperson for WWE’s community initiatives, such as “Be a STAR,” WWE’s anti-bullying program.
Linda McMahon stepped down as CEO of WWE in 2009 to run for the U.S. Senate. She was the Republican nominee to represent Connecticut in 2010 and 2012.
She helped grow WWE from a 13-person operation to a publicly traded global enterprise with more than 800 employees in offices worldwide and has been widely recognized as one of the country’s top female executives.
Sacred Heart University, the second-largest independent Catholic university in New England, offers more than 50 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs on its main campus in Fairfield, Connecticut, and satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland.
For Sacred Heart University news, visit http://www.sacredheart.edu/aboutshu/news/.