BARBARA DAUGHTERTY JOINS AT-RETAIL HALL OF FAME: POPAI, the Global Association for Marketing At-Retail, announced the induction of Barbara Daugherty into the marketing at-retail industry’s Hall of Fame, which POPAI administers. Daugherty is the director of the Merchandising Center of Excellence for Frito-Lay and the co-chair of the Dallas/Ft. Worth regional committee of the Network of Executive Women. Inductees were honored at a ceremony during POPAI’s Annual Industry Leadership Conference June 5 in Philadelphia. Daugherty joined Frito-Lay in 1980 as a sales manager and has worked in a variety of position at the company, including customer marketing manager and national sales marketing manager. Daugherty is actively involved in community organizations, including the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the American Cancer Society. She holds degrees in psychology and education from Miami University (Ohio) and resides in Plano, Texas with her husband, Ajax. Also inducted into the Hall of Fame was Michael Lauber, chairman and CEO of Tusco Displays. Inductees are chosen based on their contributions to the marketing at-retail industry; other criteria include adherence to the industry’s standards of practice, and significant contributions to the welfare of their communities. Inductees need to have been in the industry for 25 years or more.

TOP COMPANIES FOR MULTICULTURAL WOMEN. Working Mother magazine has just released its latest rankings of the 20 top companies for multicultural women and Colgate-Palmolive, Deloitte, General Mills, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble and Wal-Mart Stores (all NEW sponsors) are on the list. Hiring of multicultural women increased a convincing 49 percent at the top 20 firms, and women of color represented 13 percent of new hires at those companies, the magazine reported.

WOMEN OF COLOR AT WORK: Half of women of color polled at Working Mother magazine’s nationwide series of multicultural leadership summits say they have an informal mentor and 25 percent say they have a formal one, but 51 percent say they feel excluded from informal networking at their job, the publication reports in its June/July issue. More disturbing still, 68 percent of those surveyed at all companies said that gender and racial pay inequities exist where they work. Many of the survey results were reported by Working Mother CEO Carol Evans at the Network of Executive Women multicultural event last February in New York.

FOUR-STAR FIRST: For the first time in American history a woman has been promoted to four-star general. The Pentagon that President Bush has nominated Lt. Gen. Ann Dunwoody to head the Army Materiel Command, responsible for outfitting and arming soldiers throughout the Army. If confirmed by the Senate, she would be the first woman to attain the rank of a full general. Women are excluded from serving in combat roles, which historically have been the path to the highest-ranking positions. That exclusion remains, but Dunwoody’s promotion represents a major break in the military’s glass ceiling. Dunwoody is one of only two female three-stars in the Army; the other is Lt. Gen. Kathleen Gainey, director of logistics on the Joint Staff. "Her 33 years of service, highlighted by extraordinary leadership and devotion to duty, make her exceptionally qualified for this senior position," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.

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