Dear Friend:

Governor Edward G. Rendell and the Pennsylvania Commission for Women are honored to, once again, serve as the hosts of the Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women. As such, it is my pleasure to invite you to join us as a Supporting Organization at the Fifth Annual Conference to be held on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh.  This year’s Conference promises to continue to provide attendees with access to outstanding speakers and tools for their personal and professional development.

I encourage you to join other prominent women’s business groups and non-profits by participating as a supporting organization at this non-partisan, one-day event, which will include a full program of professional workshops as well as a young women's program. The 2007 Conference drew more than 5,000 attendees and over 100 speakers, with topics including career advancement, leadership, health care and life skills. Your involvement will help us spread the word about the Conference throughout the state.

As a supporting organization, your group will benefit by having extensive recognition in the Conference invitation (which is distributed to more than 500,000 women), recognition in the Conference program distributed on-site and acknowledgement on our Conference Web site with a link to your organization.

In exchange, we ask that you help us promote the Conference to your membership a minimum of three times, either via email, your internal newsletter or through distribution of information at your organization’s internal event. We also encourage organizations or businesses to consider giving professional development credit for attending the conference.

In order to have your organization listed as a supporting organization in the Conference printed materials, please fill out our online form by Friday, May 16, 2008.  If you have any questions, please call April Wade at 866-251-3537 or by email .  We look forward to your participation.

Sincerely,

Leslie Stiles
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Commission for Women
Board President, Pennsylvania Governor’s Conference for Women