The award-winning women’s leadership project, The Hot Mommas Project, announces its 2009 panel of judges. The judges will score cases/stories by women aged 18 and older who want to serve as role models and supporters for other women and girls. Submissions will be accepted through January 31, 2009.
Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV December 17, 2008 – What do the executive producer of the popular, box office hit “Lord of the Rings”, a Stay at Home Mom (SAHM), the most influential woman in social media, and a Harvard Business School professor have in common? They are all on the “Hot Mommas® Project” case competition judging panel announced on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media outlets. Case-authors participating in the competition, which will run through January 31, have the opportunity to see their story published in a leading Prentice Hall textbook and featured in PINK magazine.
The “Hot Mommas Project” is an award-winning leadership project raising self-efficacy of women and girls through exposure to role models. The project produces case studies demonstrating the full range of factors influencing a woman’s success. At the conclusion of the case study competition, all submitted cases will be made available to educators and others online. The goal of the project is to produce the world’s largest women’s case study library.
“I’m delighted to have such a diverse panel, because role modeling isn’t about just one set of skills. Our judges and case-writers embody a range of personal and professional abilities that you’d expect to see in authentic role models,” said Kathy Korman Frey, founder of the Hot Mommas Project and George Washington University School of Business adjunct professor of management.
Judges will read and rate a maximum of five cases. The cases will be rated based on quality of: professional / business and personal issues set forth in the case, as well as discussion questions, teaching notes, appendices, and links.
Karen Kerrigan, judge and founder of Women Entrepreneurs Inc., commented on the importance of the project’s work, “At leadership conferences I have participated in ranging from Harvard Business School to the Middle East, women want to succeed in both their professional and personal/family lives. The case study database resulting from the ‘Hot Mommas Project’ case study competition is a major step in the right direction.”
The Hot Mommas Project is housed at the George Washington University School of Business and is included in the mission of the GWSB Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence. The project is supported in part by a gift from Linda Rabbit, the recipient of a 2006 Coleman Foundation Case Award, published in a top Prentice Hall texbook, and recently nominated for Best Workshop by the US Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. To participate in the project, or nominate a dynamic female role model over 18, please contact The Hot Mommas Project team. Winners will be announced on March 10, 2009 in concert with International Women’s Day.
Ann Handley – Chief Content Officer at MarketingProfs, a marketing and social networking resource. Voted #1 most influential woman in social media.
Ashgar Mostafa – President and Chief Executive Officer of Entourage Systems, Inc. Winner of GW’s 2008 Award for Distinguished Entrepreneurial Achievement.
Barbara Kasoff – Co-Founder, President and CEO, Women Impacting Public Policy, Inc. (WIPP).
Cynthia Good – Founding Editor and CEO, PINK Magazine.
Donna Messer – Canada‘s leading expert in networking. President of ConnectUs Communications Canada.
Ellen Mishkind Thrasher – Director, Office of Entrepreneurship Education, the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Eric Svendsen – Editor-in-Chief for Business Publishing at Pearson Education
Karen Kerrigan – President & CEO of Women Entrepreneurs Inc., Founder of Small Business & Enterprise Council.
Lisa Osborne Ross – Executive VP of Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Specialized Communications. Former Deputy Director, Federal Glass Ceiling Commission.
Marc Silverstein – Nationally-known host of Food Network and Discovery shows. Founder and CEO of On the Marc Media.
Mark Ordesky – Executive Producer, Lord of the Rings trilogy. Founder, Court Five Productions.
Myra Hart – Harvard Business School Professor (retired), founding officer of STAPLES.
Sameera Bazaz – SAHM (Stay at Home Mom), MBA, JD, CPA, former PWC & McKinsey consultant and Freemarkets Business Unit Leader .
Susan G. Duffy – Assistant Professor of Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership at Simmons College.
Susan M. Phillips Dean of the George Washington University Business School and former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
Shashi Bellamkonda – Head of Social/New Media Strategy at Network Solutions.
Susan Wilson Solovic – Founder and CEO of SBTV.com. Best-selling author: The Girl’s Guide to Building a Million Dollar Business.
Stacy Debroff – Nationally acclaimed parenting expert and bestselling author. Founder and CEO of www.MomCentral.com
Sharon Oliver – Cofounder of Meany & Oliver Companies, a commercial real estate brokerage. Commercial Realtor of the Year Award Recipient.
For up to the minute news on the Hot Mommas Project, see our #casewriter08 Twitter stream or main site at www.HotMommasProject.org.
To nominate a role model (yourself included) email us.