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Pathmark CEO Eileen Scott (second from left) chatted with Coca-Cola executives at the 2005 NEW New York Metro Networking event at the Chart House Restaurant in Weehawken, N.J. The event drew more than 275 Network members and supporters. Pictured from left are Brian Wynne, Scott, Ed Merklin, Harriet Tolve and Arnie Gunsaly. See article below and additional photos in Gallery. Photo courtesy of Modern Grocer. |
Eileen Scott embraces Pathmark CEO talks up networking, mentoring at New York Metro event
More than 275 NEW members and supporters shared ideas, exchanged cards and listened to remarks by CEO Eileen Scott, one of the industry’s top retail executives, at the Network’s New York Metro Networking Event, January 26 at the elegant Chart House Restaurant in Weehawken, N.J.
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Event co-chairs Candace Corlett, principal of WSL Strategic Retail and Maria Edelson, director, North America Sales Capability Development for Procter & Gamble, said they were thrilled at the large turnout, which included representatives of the area’s largest CPG and retail companies. The attendees heard Scott, one of only six women currently heading a Fortune 500 company, emphasize the importance of industry diversity and “women helping women.”
“Every smart business leader knows that to produce high performance, diversity is vital,” Scott said. “I came from a family of ten kids – our mom and dad coached us as only the best mentors can, and even though there was no money, we all went to college.”
She acknowledged her own mentors at Pathmark, who “provided knowledge, skills and inspirational insight. The network in the food industry was largely male dominated,” she said. “If there isn’t a woman available to mentor, you select a man. “You need both male and female mentors,” she told the executives. More
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