UF Women Reports
Spring 2011

UF WOMEN
STEERING COUNCIL

Fernandina Beach, FL
Chris Bryan

Fort Lauderdale, FL
Debbee Barker
Karen Mitchell Curran

Gainesville, FL
Chris Machen
Julie Berthy
Co-Chair, Linda McGurn
Vanda O'Neill

Jacksonville, FL
Julianne Davis
Co-Chair, Beth McCague

Tampa, FL
Debra Nouss

Orlando, FL
Linda Wells

Palm Beach, FL
Katie Pressly

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Toni Crawford

Winter Park, FL
Alexis Pugh

Winston Salem, NC
Susan Ivey

All Access Pass: UF Women's Inaugural Leadership Event

Please join us in Gainesville for All Access Pass, the inaugural leadership event for UF Women. We have a terrific program planned, including a tour of the new small animal hospital, a panel discussion by female leaders in business, a keynote address by Linda Parker Hudson who was named in Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women of 2010, an interview with a creative writing faculty member and author by a nationally known foreign correspondent, along with plenty of time for networking with your peers from around the Gator Nation. This fun, interactive event is a unique opportunity for you to experience firsthand some exciting aspects of UF, plus make new friends and reconnect with those you know.

We hope you were excited to receive your invitation packet for All Access Pass in the mail! The brochure is available for viewing through email, as well. Please join us for what is sure to be a fun, engaging and worthwhile occasion. For more information please contact Suzanne Woodward, 352-846-3649 or swoodward@uff.ufl.edu.

Fortune Magazine: 50 Most Powerful Women of 2010

#37: Linda Parker Hudson (B.S. ISE '72)
President and CEO
BAE Systems (BAESY)
2009 rank: 43
Age: 60

Since joining BAE almost four years ago the engineer's trajectory has led her straight to the top. In October 2009 she was named CEO, making her the first female to head a major U.S. defense company. To read more about Linda Parker Hudson, click here.

Lady Gator Legislative Leader

Beverly Eaves Perdue (MED '74, PHD '76) was elected the first female governor of North Carolina. Perdue pledged to change the way state government is run and create "openness" in the state budget and contracts. To read more, click here.

UF Law School First to Open All-Inclusive Domestic Violence Clinic

A $449,785 U.S. Department of Justice grant to the University of Florida Levin College of Law will fund a unique collaborative effort to assist low-income domestic-violence victims with comprehensive legal, medical, mental and social services in one location. To read more, click here.

FLORIDA TOMORROW: The Campaign for the University of Florida

1. A Place of Wonder: Discovery and teaching at the UF Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona will be built to help our children and grandchildren live longer, healthier lives. To read more click on the Winter 2011 Florida tomorrow Newsletter.

2. UF Receives Gift to Fulfill Former Teacher's Passion for Teaching Children with Special Needs. A mother's memory of her late daughter, whose passion was teaching children with special needs, will live on and support students seeking advanced degrees in special education at the University of Florida, thanks to provisions made in her estate. To read more click here.

The Florida Opportunity Scholars Program

The Florida Opportunity Scholars Program is an initiative to ensure first-generation students from low income families have the resources they need to be academically successful at the University of Florida. To meet some of UF's Florida Opportunity Scholars, click here.

If you have any questions, wish for more information or have suggestions. Please e-mail Suzanne Woodward.