JPWN Invites Members and Nonmembers to Its Hanukkah Party on December 11 - a Complimentary Evening of Cocktails and Massages

If you would like to attend, please email ronni.solomon@gmail.com. We hope you will join us!

JPWN Invites You to Lunch with Roy Barnes on November 5 at King & Spalding

Connect.Learn.Lunch

Jewish Professional Women’s Network



You are cordially invited to attend a luncheon with other Jewish women professionals at:



King & Spalding LLP

1180 Peachtree Street (on corner of 14th Street and Peachtree Street across from Colony Square)

Atlanta, GA 30309



Directions



November 5, 2008



§ 11:45 am ~ Registration

§ 12:00 - 1:30 pm ~ Connect, Learn & Lunch (please bring your business cards to share with others)



Web Site



http://www.jpwn.org/ and http://jpwn.blogspot.com/


Speaker





Roy Barnes ~ 80th Governor of the State of Georgia



Space is Limited



If you are already a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $25 by credit card: member link



If you are not a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $35 by credit card: non-member link



If you would like to become a member before purchasing a ticket to this event, please click here: http://www.jpwn.org/Membership.htm



Registration fee for this event includes lunch. You will be notified by email whether you are confirmed to attend this event or whether you have been placed on the waitlist. If you are placed on the waitlist, you will receive email updates as to your status. If there is not availability, your payment will be returned. Cancellations for a refund (not including paypal fee) must be received by October 31, 2008.



If you have any questions, please contact Ronni Solomon at 404-572-3547 or ronni.solomon@gmail.com.



Speaker Biography



Described as a “lawyer’s lawyer” and recognized by the American College of Trial Lawyers as one of the top trial attorneys in the nation, Roy E. Barnes knew from a young age what profession he wanted to pursue. His love of law and his commitment to serving others have never wavered.



A lifelong resident of Cobb County, Georgia, Roy Barnes received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and graduated with honors from the Lumpkin School of Law at UGA in 1972. Upon graduation, he went to work as a prosecutor in the Cobb County District Attorney’s office, where he stayed until opening his first law firm in 1975.



For over 30 years, Barnes has tried civil and criminal cases throughout Georgia and in neighboring states including a successful class action lawsuit against Fleet Finance that received national recognition in the early 1990s. His practice has concentrated primarily on civil litigation, where he has developed an expertise in consumer class action cases, medical malpractice matters, products liability law, general tort matters and commercial litigation.



Barnes has appeared in more than 150 cases in the state and federal appellate courts. Barnes has been a public servant nearly as long as he has been a lawyer. At age 26, he was elected the youngest member of the Georgia State Senate. He went on to serve a total of eight terms and was a member of the Appropriations, Rules and Transportation committees. In addition, he was Chairman of the Select Committee on Constitutional Revision, which rewrote the state’s constitution as well as Chairman of the powerful Judiciary Committee. He also served as a floor leader to Governor Joe Frank Harris from 1983 to 1989. After an unsuccessful bid for the Governor’s Office in 1990, Barnes was elected to the State House of Representatives, where he served for six years and was Vice Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and Chair of the Subcommittee on General Law.



In 1998, Barnes was elected to serve as the 80th Governor of the State of Georgia. During his term, he concentrated on education reform, health care reform, and remedies for urban growth and sprawl. He created the Georgia Cancer Coalition and served as Chair of the Southern Regional Education Board, the Southern Governor’s Association, and the Education Commission of the States. He was defeated for reelection in large part because of his efforts to change the Georgia flag, a political decision for which he was honored with the 2003 John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Profiles in Courage Award.From the day he was elected governor, Roy Barnes knew he would return to the practice of law, which he has done through the establishment of The Barnes Law Group.

JPWN Invites its Members to a Complimentary Evening of Cocktails and Massages in Dunwoody on September 25

Members, join us on September 25 at 7:30 pm at Trinity Massage and Aesthetics in Dunwoody, 5500 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Suite 5A. RSVP to ronni.solomon@gmail.com by September 20.

This is a members only event. If you are not a member and want to join so you can attend the event, click here.

Invitation to JPWN Lunch with Beth Shapiro on September 3, 2008

Connect.Learn.Lunch
Jewish Professional Women’s Network

You are cordially invited to attend a luncheon with other Jewish women professionals at

Powell Goldstein LLP

1201 West Peachtree Street
(on corner of 14th Street and West Peachtree Street near Einstein's Bagels)
Atlanta, GA 30309


Directions



September 3, 2008

§ 11:45 am ~ Registration
§ 12:00 - 1:30 pm ~ Connect, Learn & Lunch (please bring
your business cards to share with others)

Web Site

http://www.jpwn.org/ and http://jpwn.blogspot.com/

Speaker




Beth S. Schapiro, Ph.D. ~ President, The Schapiro Group, Inc.


Ms. Shapiro's topic will be "Vote Schmote what does it all mean anyway? The 2008 election through the eyes of a pollster."


Space is Limited

If you are already a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $25 by credit card: member link

If you are not a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $35 by credit card: non-member link

If you would like to become a member before purchasing a ticket to this event, please click here: http://www.jpwn.org/Membership.htm

Registration fee for this event includes lunch. You will be notified by email whether you are confirmed to attend this event or whether you have been placed on the waitlist. If you are placed on the waitlist, you will receive email updates as to your status. If there is not availability, your payment will be returned. Cancellations for a refund (not including paypal fee) must be received by August 27, 2008.

If you have any questions, please contact Ronni Solomon at 404-572-3547 or ronni.solomon@gmail.com.

Speaker Biography

Beth Schapiro is president of The Schapiro Group, a data-driven strategic consulting firm serving private sector, public sector, membership organization, and nonprofit clients throughout the United States. The Schapiro Group serves clients in the areas of communications and workforce performance.

Known for her research prowess and strategic acumen, Beth is a nationally recognized expert on strategy and public affairs. With over 30 years of experience in the field, her work has influenced policy on a range of issues at the federal, state and local levels. She has also developed campaign strategy for successful candidates for all levels of office throughout the Southeast.

Beth has written on research and strategy and is called on for commentary by FOX, CNN, USA Today, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Roll Call, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Southern Political Report. She has also served as a trainer at strategy workshops conducted by the Yale Campaign School for Women, Southern Women in Public Service, Human Rights Campaign, League of Women Voters, and other organizations throughout the United States.

Beth is a member of the American Political Science Association. She holds a B.S. in Education from the University of Maryland, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Emory University. An active community volunteer, she is a graduate of both Leadership Atlanta and the Regional Leadership Institute, former president of the Cool Girls board and Women Business Owners of Atlanta, and a former board member of numerous nonprofit organizations.

Members Only Cocktail Party at Goldfish Recap

We had such a great time at Goldfish last week. Thanks to member, Jill Heineck, for helping us select Goldfish as the location. The food kept coming and so did the drinks and we had such a wonderful turnout!!! It looks like Perimeter might be the perfect location for JPWN cocktail parties. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for venues.

Invitation to JPWN Lunch with Chief Magistrate Judge Gerrilyn Brill on July 16, 2008

Connect.Learn.Lunch
Jewish Professional Women’s Network

You are cordially invited to attend a luncheon with other Jewish women professionals at

King & Spalding LLP
1180 Peachtree Street
(on corner of 14th Street and Peachtree Street across street from Colony Square)
Atlanta, GA 30309

Directions


July 16, 2008

11:45 am ~ Registration
12:00 - 1:30 pm ~ Connect, Learn & Lunch (please bring
your business cards to share with others)

Web Site

http://www.jpwn.org/ and http://jpwn.blogspot.com/

Speaker




The Honorable Gerrilyn Brill ~ Chief Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Space is Limited

If you are already a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $25 by credit card: member link

If you are not a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $35 by credit card: non-member link

If you would like to become a member before purchasing a ticket to this event, please click here: http://www.jpwn.org/Membership.htm

Registration fee for this event includes lunch. You will be notified by email whether you are confirmed to attend this event or whether you have been placed on the waitlist. If you are placed on the waitlist, you will receive email updates as to your status. If there is not availability, your payment will be returned. Cancellations for a refund (not including paypal fee) must be received by July 9, 2008.

If you have any questions, please contact Ronni Solomon at 404-572-3547 or ronni.solomon@gmail.com.

Speaker Biography

Magistrate Judge Gerrilyn G. Brill was sworn in by the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, as a United States Magistrate Judge on January 20, 1995. She now serves as Chief Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Georgia. From 1975 until 1978, she was employed in the private practice of law. From 1978 until the time of her appointment to the bench, Judge Brill served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia. From March 1991, she served as First Assistant to the United States Attorney. She was appointed Interim United States Attorney in November 1993 and served in that position for three months.

Magistrate Judge Brill received her undergraduate degree in Economics in 1972 from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and she earned her Juris Doctorate degree in 1975 with distinction from Emory University School of Law. Magistrate Judge Brill has taught and presented papers at numerous conferences, workshops, and seminars, including those sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center. She served on the editorial board of the Federal Courts Law Review and is the author of "Instructing the Jury in an Employment Law Case" published in that journal at http://www.fclr.org./ Judge Brill currently serves on the Magistrate Judges Education Committee of the Federal Judicial Center.

JPWN's News to Share - April 2008

We were in the Atlanta Jewish Times again. Suzi Brozman included a cute snippet in her "On the Town" feature about member Stacy Tenenbaum, who used to write wonderful food articles for the Jewish Times, and the JPWN cocktail party at Silk Restaurant in midtown. Stacey won a door prize at the cocktail party generously donated by Premier USA, which distributes Israeli spa products from the Dead Sea. Click here to read the snippet.

JPWN Members Only Complimentary Cocktail Party at Goldfish on June 9, 2008

Jewish Professional Women’s Network

is hosting a complimentary cocktail party for JPWN members only at:


Goldfish
4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road (Perimeter Mall)
Atlanta, GA 30347
private room in back


Date: June 9, 2008

Time: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.


*Space is limited


Membership Has Its Privileges!

Complimentary Happy Hour includes appetizers and 2 drinks

If you are a member and would like to attend the event, please RSVP by May 28, by emailing ronni.solomon@gmail.com

If you are not a member of JPWN and would like to attend the event, just click here http://www.jpwn.org/Membership.htm, pay the membership fee and then RSVP for the cocktail party by emailing ronni.solomon@gmail.com.

Members: have Dinner at Goldfish after the Event on your own. Goldfish is accepting reservations at 770-671-0100 or click here

www.jpwn.org or jpwn.blogspot.com

May 6, 2008 Luncheon Invitation (featuring Peggy Parks)

Connect.Learn.Lunch
Jewish Professional Women’s Network

You are cordially invited to attend a luncheon with other Jewish women professionals at

Powell Goldstein LLP
1201 West Peachtree Street
(on the corner of 14th Street and West Peachtree Street across from Einstein’s Bagels)
Atlanta, GA 30303

Directions


May 6, 2008
11:45 am ~ Registration
12:00 - 1:30 pm ~ Connect, Learn & Lunch (please bring
your business cards to share with others)

Web Site

http://www.jpwn.org/ and http://jpwn.blogspot.com/

Speaker




Peggy Parks ~ President, The Parks Image Group
Ms. Parks will speak on: “How to Edge Out Your Competition”

http://www.theparksimagegroup.com/

Space is Limited

If you are already a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $25 by credit card: member link

If you are not a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $35 by credit card: non-member link

If you would like to become a member before purchasing a ticket to this event, please click here: http://www.jpwn.org/Membership.htm

Registration fee for this event includes lunch. You will be notified by email whether you are confirmed to attend this event or whether you have been placed on the waitlist. If you are placed on the waitlist, you will receive email updates as to your status. If there is not availability, your payment will be returned. Cancellations for a refund (not including paypal fee) must be received by May 1, 2008.

If you have any questions, please contact Ronni Solomon at 404-572-3547 or info@jpwn.org.

Speaker Biography

Peggy Parks is an international image consultant and founder of The Parks Image Group, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia. Custom corporate workshops on professional business attire and etiquette, private one-on-one consulting that features a personal and individually crafted image plan and wardrobe planning and selection form the core services Peggy’s company provides.

Before launching her business in 2003, Peggy spent more than twenty years in international business working in human resources, financial planning and management roles with companies that included Sea-Land Service, Hitachi and ISFA Invest. A graduate of the London Image Institute and a member of the Association of Image Consultants International, Peggy currently serves on the executive board of the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) Atlanta chapter. She is also an active member of the Atlanta Women’s Network (AWN), Atlanta Women in Business (AWB) and is a sponsor of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers (GAWL).

Fluent in three languages, Peggy has lived and worked on three continents. Her expert sense of style and ability to help her clients achieve professional success wherever they do business have been featured in Over-40 Job Search Guide by Gail Geary, New You Magazine, Women’s Wear Daily, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Jewish Business Network Newsletter, The Piedmont Review and the Daily Report. In addition to her monthly workshops on professional image for Right Management, Peggy is also a consultant for the American School of Protocol and Fashion and Image Correspondent for WCTV24’s Living Life With Style.

In founding the Parks Image Group, Peggy has combined her modeling, business, and image consulting skills into a flourishing business. As the President of The Parks Image Group, she has advised people in business and television, as well as consulted The American School of Protocol and Right Management. Beyond individual consulting, Peggy also provides corporate seminars and workshops on business etiquette, presentation and appearance. She brings both polish and the psychology of color and presence to successful business people worldwide.

Want to gain an edge? Join Peggy for lunch.

Cathey Steinberg Luncheon Event Recap

We really enjoyed having Cathey as a speaker. She told us stories about Georgia politics we could not believe. Did you know that in 1981 a woman could not vote in Georgia unless her husband was a registered voter??? Unreal. She also talked about having integrity and being in politics. We are greatful for her coming to speak to us and also for her services in the Georgia Legislature. Our state and the state of our lives is better because of Cathey's actions on behalf of women (and others).

Welcome to JPWN's new Blog!

Over the past several months, we have been thinking of different ways to keep our web site updated. Our web site was hopelessy out-of-date, which caused a ton of confusion. Finally, after hearing our January speaker, Toby Bloomberg, discuss blogging and new media, we had a eureka moment and decided to set up a blog attached to our events page that we can update from work, home and even our cell phones.



Expect to see our posts to this blog on upcoming events. This way you can register early for events and keep track of any venue or date changes. We are also going to use the blog in place of our newsletters, but still keep all of our features like Person, Place or Thing and the Jewish Professional Featured Woman.




What do you have to do to receive our posts? Well, you can do nothing and just receive an email from us when we have something important to share, just like you receive emails from us now. Or you can check our blog periodically by making http://jpwn.blogspot.com/ a favorite. Even better, you can subscribe to our blog. If you have google reader, click here:
I (Ronni) have personally become addicted to GoogleReader as a way to process all of the information about my specialty, E-Discovery, very quickly.

Please make sure to take our polls on the blog (in the right hand column), which will help us plan better events! Also, please let us know if you have any great suggestions for speakers!

Best regards-

Ronni

Invitation for JPWN's Luncheon on March 26, 2008 with Cathey Steinberg

Connect.Learn.Lunch
Jewish Professional Women’s Network


You are cordially invited to attend a luncheon with other Jewish women professionals at

King & Spalding LLP
1201 Peachtree Street
(on corner of 14th Street and Peachtree Street across from Colony Square)
Atlanta, GA 30303

Directions


March 26, 2008


§ 11:45 am ~ Registration
§ 12:00 - 1:30 pm ~ Connect, Learn & Lunch (please bring
your business cards to share with others)

Web Site

§ http://www.jpwn.org/

Speaker




Cathey Steinberg ~ 1st Jewish Woman in the Georgia Legislature

Ms. Steinberg will be speaking about, “Have Things Changed in the Political Landscape?"







Space is Limited

If you are already a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $20 by credit card: member link

If you are not a member, please register by clicking the following link and paying $30 by credit card: non-member link

If you would like to become a member before purchasing a ticket to this event, please click here: http://www.jpwn.org/Membership.htm

Registration fee for this event includes lunch. You will be notified by email whether you are confirmed to attend this event or whether you have been placed on the waitlist. If you are placed on the waitlist, you will receive email updates as to your status. If there is not availability, your payment will be returned. Cancellations for a refund (not including paypal fee) must be received by March 21, 2008.

If you have any questions, please contact Ronni Solomon at 404-572-3547 or info@jpwn.org.

Speaker Biography

Cathey W. Steinberg has served as an advocate on behalf of consumers and families for more than 25 years as Georgia’s first independent Consumers’ Insurance Advocate, a business owner of an advocacy training and strategic planning company, a state legislator, and as Executive Director of a non-profit serving troubled youth.

Steinberg served from July 1999 through March 2003 as Georgia’s first Consumers’ Insurance Advocate, whose primary responsibility was to protect and promote consumers’ interests on insurance matters. Based on her long-standing reputation as a consumer and family advocate, in July 1999, Governor Barnes appointed Steinberg to this important position as an independent voice for Georgians on insurance issues. During her tenure, this office became nationally recognized and Steinberg was appointed a Consumer Representative with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

Steinberg previously spent a total of 14 years in the state legislature. She served in the House of Representatives from 1977 to 1989 and in the Senate from 1991 to 1993. In 1992, she ran for the United States Congress and won the Democratic nomination but lost the general election by less than a one-percentage point margin.

As a state legislator, Steinberg was involved in issues concerning families and health care as well as energy and the environment. She was instrumental in the passage of legislation regarding victims’ compensation, child support, family medical leave, and the State Commission on Family Violence. She served on the House Rules Committee and, in the Senate, chaired the Human Development Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee and the Aging and Human Ecology Subcommittee of the Youth, Aging, and Human Ecology Committee. She also served on the Senate Judiciary and Ethics Committees.

Additional legislative achievements include a landmark law to regulate land use by requiring impact studies before re-zonings (the Steinberg Act), the Nursing Home Residents’ Bill of Rights, the Georgia Child Care Council, under-age drinking laws, and tax relief for senior citizens.

After her congressional race, she developed and was managing partner of Ahead of the Curve, a public policy consulting and advocacy training firm she founded. During her eight-year tenure, Steinberg worked with several advocacy groups on a wide range of issues such as teen pregnancy prevention and issues important to people with disabilities and their families, such as accessible housing, community-based services, and employment.

Steinberg has served on the advisory boards of the Atlanta Business Chronicle and the Atlanta Lung Association. She was a member of the Executive Committee of the United Way’s Community and Government Relations Division, the Council on Elder Abuse, and the Governor’s Statewide DUI Task Force and Leadership Atlanta. She is a current member of the Carter Center Board of Councilors and the International Women’s Forum.

Steinberg has received numerous awards, including a Legislator of the Year award from the Georgia Council on Aging, an honorary life membership in the Georgia Parent Teacher Association, and a Certificate of Appreciation for her legislative efforts against child abuse and drunk driving. In the June/July 2000 edition of Business to Business Magazine, Steinberg was identified as a “Diva”, one of Atlanta’s most dynamic women. Similarly, in 2001, Steinberg was recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of Atlanta’s 100 most influential citizens and by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians of the Year.

Steinberg received a bachelor’s degree from Carnegie-Mellon University and earned her master’s degree in guidance and counseling from the University of Pittsburgh.

From September 05 through September 07, Steinberg served as the Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice Fund, a non-profit dedicated to addressing the needs of troubled youth from the Fulton County Juvenile Court and other community resources. Focusing on difficult problems that most agencies do not address, such as sexual exploitation of children and serious family dysfunction, the Juvenile Justice Fund has a seven-year record of delivering innovative, effective interventions for youth and children who come to a juvenile court.

Steinberg is currently enjoying her family (3 grandchildren), and traveling. She is consulting and doing project work as needed.