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  The Commonwealth Institute is pleased to welcome two new members to our Corporate Advisory Board

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  TCI's Jill Luo visits Board Member Susan Solomont in Madrid

  Jill Luo recently visited Susan Solomont at the US Embassy in Madrid.  Susan's husband, Alan Solomont, currently serves as the US Ambassador to Spain.

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  TCI Members featured in Forbes Woman article - Today's Job Candidates Fail to Make the Grade

  Abby Tracy, TCI Director of Member and Sponsor Relations, wrote an article featured on the Forbes Woman website - Today's Job Candidates Fail to Make the Grade.  TCI Members Kathy McDonough, Janet Santa Anna, Catherine Friend White, and Mary Lou Andre all contributed their observations on job candidates in today's marketplace and tips on successful job searches.

  Unemployment numbers in the United States continue to rise, leaving a large pool of talented and eager professionals ready to work. Yet, according to members of The Commonwealth Institute (TCI), many job seekers are failing to make the grade in the interview process when a potential opportunity is presented to them.
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  Aviva Sapers elected to TCI Board of Directors

  Longtime TCI CEO Forum Member will join TCI Board, effective June 2011.

  The Commonwealth Institute (TCI), a non-profit organization of women CEOs, entrepreneurs and senior executives, today appointed Aviva Sapers, CEO of Sapers & Wallack, to TCI's Board of Directors; Sapers will serve a two-year term and join 23 other prominent women on this board.

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  Member Perspectives Video

  We debuted our "Member Perspectives" Video on October 27th at "A Conversation With Condoleezza Rice. Click here to hear directly from our members about their experiences as part of The Commonwealth Institute. Many thanks to TCI Member Rachel Jellinek from Reflection Films for her consulting on this video.

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  Aileen Gorman featured in Applaud Women magazine

  Applaud Women's summer 2010 issues focuses on women leaders in Massachusetts and New Hampshire

  Executive Director Aileen Gorman was featured in the recent issue of Applaud Women magazine.  The current issue, available only online, profiles over 22 women networking leaders in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.  In the article on pages 85-86, Gorman discusses her early days as an AmeriCorps volunteer in rural Alabama and how the lessons learned shaped her as a corporate leader and eventually as the Executive Director of The Commonwealth Institute.  Click below to read the article, and access the entire magazine, in its entirety.
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  Four New Directors Elected to Board of The Commonwealth Institute

  Nonprofit focused on women’s entrepreneurship and business growth expands leadership

  BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, July 9, 2010 – The Commonwealth Institute, a nonprofit  organization that helps women CEOs, corporate executive and nonprofit executive directors build successful companies and organizations today announces the election of four new board members to serve for a term of two years. New board members are Deborah Besemer, Former CEO BrassRing; Andrea Cohen, CEO HouseWorks; Lauren Jennings, Of Counsel Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP and Helene Solomon, Founder Solomon McCown & Company. With the addition of these four directors, the board is now comprised of twenty four directors.

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  CEO Forum Now Using EquityTouch Deal Sourcing Software

  Boston, MA, March 22, 2010 – The Commonwealth Institute's Evening CEO Forum has recently started to use EquityTouch for information management.

  TCI's Evening Forum members meet once a month and discuss complex business decisions and exchange ideas. Nancy Keddy, a member of The Commonwealth Institute and co-founder of Touch Ahead Software, noticed that TCI's Evening Forum would benefit from a system to track the communications of the monthly meetings

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  Aileen Gorman quoted in Mass High Tech Business News article

  TCI's Executive Director talks about the continued importance of managment skills for women entrepreneurs, post-recession.

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  2009 Survey of Woman-Led Businesses in Massachusetts and Florida

  Critical issues facing women business owners in 2009

  The Commonwealth Institute in Boston and South Florida released the findings of a 2009 survey which focused on how the top woman-led businesses in our respective markets weathered the recession.  We also looked at the 2010 outlook from these top business leaders.

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  Ann Fudge Elected to TCI Board of Directors

  The Commonwealth Institute Appoints Ann Fudge to its Board of Directors

  BOSTON, Jan. 26, 2010 – The Commonwealth Institute (TCI) Boston, a non-profit organization of women business leaders, today appointed Ann M. Fudge, former chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands, to TCI's board of directors. In this role, Fudge will serve as fiduciary and assist in developing and implementing strategies and policies that support the organization's mission.

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  Lunch and Learn on November 12

  TCI to host the second Leadership Luncheon program on November 12, 2009.

  After receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from its first Lunch & Learn seminar, The Commonwealth Institute (TCI), the leading business group for women CEOs and business owners in the Boston area, is excited to be hosting the second seminar in the series titled “The Power of the Leader Brand” on November 12, 2009 at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Waltham.

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