by Patti Cook | Jun 26, 2023 | DEI, Gender Bias, Retention Rate of Women, Utah
The Women’s Leadership Institute’s mission is to elevate the talents of women in business and politics. We work to shift companies’ mindsets to understand better the impact of elevating women through the business talent pipeline. Again and again, we have found...
by Nicole Carpenter | Sep 1, 2022 | Retention Rate of Women, Return-to-work, Utah
Talent Ready Utah has announced the Return-To-Work Grant Request for Proposals. During the 2022 legislative session, the Utah State Legislature authorized a grant program for business entities, through HB 333, to offer innovative return-to-work programs for employees...
by Patti Cook | Oct 24, 2021 | Utah, Women In Leadership, Women in Politics
This election cycle is one for the books. We have never elected a woman for the U.S. Senate and this time around, we have multiple women running for that office. No matter your political persuasion, this is cause for celebration! Additionally, we have many women...
by Molly Gallagher | Nov 3, 2020 | Utah, Women in Politics
Since 2014, youth voter turnout has been the most rapidly changing segment of eligible voting population participation rates, especially among young women. Voter turnout among 18- to 29-year-olds, jumped from 20% in 2014 to 36% in 2018. This was the largest percentage...
by Nicole Carpenter | Jan 24, 2019 | Utah, Women In Leadership, Women in Politics
Neylan McBaine is co-founder and CEO of Better Days 2020, which popularizes Utah women’s history in preparation for the 150th anniversary of women first voting in Utah (the first women to vote in the modern nation) and the centennial of the 19th Amendment....
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...