THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2008

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM 

ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. PLEAE REGISTER AT THE DOOR.

Get Ahead by Going Abroad

with

Perry Yeatman, senior vice president for corporate affairs, Kraft Foods

The changing global dynamic is creating new opportunities for emerging leaders, especially women, as companies expand their international operations. Young professionals who are prepared to "go global" by pursuing opportunities overseas can often have greater opportunities for success and dramatically accelerate their careers. Perry Yeatman, who quickly escalated her own career in this fashion, reveals the important professional opportunities an international experience offers. She says, “I never would have gotten there had I not gone overseas.”

Perry Yeatman is an expert on international careers and the senior vice president for corporate affairs at Kraft Foods. In this role, she is one of the top 50 executives and a key advisor to the CEO of the world’s second-largest food and beverage company. After stints in Singapore, Moscow, and London, she returned to the U.S., where by the age of 36 she had become a senior executive in a Fortune 100 company. Yeatman is co-author with Stacie Nevadomski Berdan of Get Ahead by Going Abroad: A Woman’s Guide to Fast-Track Career Success, which will be available for purchase and signing at the program.

The program will be moderated by Thomas Mucha, assistant managing editor, Crain’s Chicago Business.

The James Hotel
55 East Ontario
Chicago, IL 60611

5:30 p.m. Cash bar reception
6:30 p.m. Talk, followed by audience Q & A
7:30 p.m. Book signing and cash bar reception

YP* Members $10
Members $20
Nonmembers $30
President’s Circle, Corporate Members, and Student Members complimentary

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*The Young Professionals (YP) series is designed to engage people under the age of 40 in discussions on world affairs. YP programs offer young Chicagoans the opportunity to hear from influential experts and policymakers while networking with others who share their international interests.

Chicago Council programs for Young Professionals are generously supported by the John E. Rielly Fund.