by Nicole Carpenter | Aug 23, 2018 | PDS, Podcasts, Women in Politics
Did you catch this episode of Cox & Friends Podcast? Utah’s Lt. Governor Spencer Cox is joined by Patricia Jones, the CEO of the Women’s Leadership Institute, which works to elevate the presence and stature of female leadership in business and politics in...
by Nicole Carpenter | Aug 3, 2018 | In the Media, Videos, Women on Boards
WLI CEO Patricia Jones sits down with Utah Business Staff to discuss the importance of diversity and creative thinking in the boardroom. Pat was a 2018 Outstanding Directors honoree. Every year, Utah Business honors board members who have gone above and beyond to...
by Jayne Edwards | Jul 23, 2018 | Utah
This Pioneer Day, we at the Women’s Leadership Institute are particularly interested in celebrating the many pioneers that forged the path for women’s equality in the history of our great state. The line up of women’s rights advocate pioneers is pretty stacked, in our...
by Guest Author | Jul 17, 2018 | Success Stories, Women In Leadership
This article was written by Coco Quillen, VP of Operations at Davinci Virtual Office Solutions. She manages the strategic development and operational implementation of services for Davinci and works closely with all teams to ensure customers are well taken care of....
by Nicole Carpenter | Jul 5, 2018 | Retention Rate of Women
Utah currently sits at a very low 3.1 percent unemployment rate. This is great for Utah, but rough for companies who need better candidates in their pipeline. The Women’s Leadership Institute proposes a solution to this pipeline problem: women. Utah has an...
by Guest Author | Jun 30, 2018 | ElevateHER Challenge, Gender Pay Gap, Mentoring Women, Success Stories, Women on Boards
This article was written by Dr. Jessica D. Egbert and Dr. Sandy Pennington, both with Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMUoHP), an accredited graduate institution located in Provo that is dedicated to...
by Nicole Carpenter | Jun 28, 2018 | ElevateHER Challenge, Mentoring Women, Retention Rate of Women, Videos, Women In Leadership
We were honored to have such a successful group of speakers at our annual ElevateHER Challenge Lunch Event last month. If you didn’t attend, the panel discussion was fantastic! Our panel discussion moderator Natalie Gochnour, serves as an associate dean in the...
by Nicole Carpenter | Jun 14, 2018 | Mentoring Women, Podcasts
We are always looking for good resources to share with the companies in our ElevateHER Challenge and wanted to share this podcast episode with you. Last month Utah Business Insider featured Leslie Snavely in a podcast on mentoring. Leslie is the senior vice president...
by Nicole Carpenter | Jun 5, 2018 | Board Openings
Updated June 5, 2018 The Salt Lake County (SLCO) Mayor’s Office is currently seeking applicants for the SLCO Boards and Commissions listed below. If you are interested or know someone who might be, please pass the word along. Here at WLI, we are particularly...
by Jayne Edwards | May 31, 2018 | Gender Bias
Chloe Brown is only eleven years old. Already she has witnessed gender bias in elementary school. Like any sixth grader, Chloe wants to grow up knowing she has the same shot at success as the boys in her classroom. And to prove it, this past April she explored her...
