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SuperValu’s Jeff Noddle will top bill at NEW Summit

Diversity organization meets Oct. 20-22 in Minneapolis

CHICAGO (Aug. 2, 2008) – Three keynote speakers -- Jeff Noddle, chairman and CEO of SuperValu; Cathleen Benko, vice chairman and chief talent officer of Deloitte; and Amy Curtis-McIntyre, senior vice president of branding for Hyatt Hotels -- will focus on tomorrow’s workforce at this year's NEW Leadership Summit, October 20-22 in Minneapolis.

Nearly five hundred industry executives and emerging leaders are expected at the seventh annual Summit. This year’s theme is “The Workforce of the Future – Are You Ready?”

Five breakout sessions designed to help executives manage critical workforce issues will be offered at this year’s Summit: “Authentic Living: Rewrite Your Tomorrow,” presented by Mike Jaffe of Jaffe Life Designs; “Change Leadership: Bridging the Gap from Current Reality to Future Vision,” by Donna Rae Smith of Bright Side, Inc.; “Cultural Intelligence and Effective Engagement,” by Denise Andrews and Candi Fetzer of Legacy Unlimited; “Generations at Work: Creating a Competitive Advantage,” by Deb Barrett of Procter & Gamble North America; and “Mature Workers — New Solution to an Age Old Problem,’ presented by Laurel Kennedy of Age Lessons.

Attendees will be able to customize their 2008 Summit experience with special optional events, including a first-ever first-timers orientation, a diversity best practices share group and a multicultural/women of color briefing.

The Summit opens Monday, October 20 with optional Retail Safari store tours. Participants are scheduled to tour five Twin Cities retailers: ALDI, an innovative low-cost grocery chain; full-service supermarket Cub Foods; IKEA, the global flat-pack home store; upscale grocer Lunds & Byerly’s; hypermarket SuperTarget; and food retailer Trader Joe’s. The opening day will conclude with a reception and dinner featuring a Silent Auction benefiting NEW’s scholarship fund. A Deep Dive Career Self-Management workshop, hosted by Sandra Bushby, director of Women’s Initiatives for KPMG, will offer an intensive daylong learning opportunity October 22.

Sponsors of this year's Summit include Deloitte, Gallo, Kraft Foods and PepsiCo. The Summit will be held at the Marriott Minneapolis City Center in Minneapolis and will be co-hosted by the Network’s Twin Cities regional committee. Located in the heart of downtown, the hotel is connected to the shopping, entertainment, and business districts through the city’s world-famous skyway system. A limited number of hotel rooms at the reduced rate of $189 are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Call 1-800-228-9290 by Sept. 22 and mention the Network of Executive Women Summit. Discount airfare to Dallas is available through American Airlines (book online at www.AA.com and enter the code A44H7AF).

To register or find out more visit www.newnewsletter.org/08summit or call Anna Duran Martinez, aduran@newonline.org, at NEW member services, at (713) 888-5305.

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