Welcome to
Executive Women of the Palm Beaches!
Executive Women of the Palm Beaches has set the ground work over the
last 26 years to be the leading women’s organization and will
continue to be for the next 26 years and beyond. Members of EWPB are
an extraordinary group of leaders. We are setting the pace for other
women leaders in our community. We are women in leadership roles in
the work place as well as representatives in various capacities of
over 125 different non-profit organizations throughout Palm Beach
County.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend once
stated, “What community does is to help us believe in ourselves,
to help one another succeed, and to say to ourselves that we can
do great things. When one succeeds, we all do. Each of us is
lifted up. And that’s what community is at its best.”
When I read this statement, I knew
that this would be the unofficial mission statement from my
perspective for Executive Women of the Palm Beaches and
Executive Women Outreach. From the first time I attended an EWPB
sponsored event, I felt this community, then I became a part of
this community and am proud today to say this is our community.
As hard as we have worked, we will
continue that work to improve and help one another succeed
because we will do great things, one person at a time.
We will do this by providing
scholarships to more women in our community than ever
before.
We will continue to build our
mentoring program through the
Lois Kwasman Program for Community Impact Grant and
Volunteer Resource Grant, and through the assistance that we
provide financially to organizations like Girls II Women and
events like Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day.
We will come together and accomplish
this by raising funds through
Women In Leadership Awards, our 2nd annual Every
Member Campaign, and other initiatives to help one another
succeed.
We will continue to build our
community through networking with each other and collaborating
with other organizations throughout Palm Beach County.
We will do this through our
programs, through our annual planning retreat, our lunch
bunches, and through our specialty events that will take place
throughout the year.
We will continue to strengthen and
uplift our community through our communication, such as the
eNews,
newsletters, directory, website, and terrific public
relations. We will plan for the future through our strategic
planning initiatives. And we will continue to recruit cutting
edge executive women. We will enhance our mentoring
responsibilities by mentoring our new “JEM’s” or Junior
Executive Members – this year a new membership category. These
are women who have received scholarships from our organization.
They will have an opportunity to
join our organization and meet and work with the amazing
women that are helping them make a better life for themselves.
Finally, we will continue to
celebrate the successes of our community through our 26th
Annual Women In Leadership Awards Luncheon. Once again we will
honor three women who have exemplified themselves through
their careers, whether
private or
public, or their
sense of duty to give back.
In essence, we are providing a
community to help others believe in themselves, to help one
another succeed, and to say to those we are helping that they
can do great things.
The end result will be that each
member of Executive Women will make a difference in many
peoples’ lives every day.
To accomplish this goal, we have
joined together a team of two Boards of Directors,
EWPB and
EWO, and an outstanding group of
committee members to work together to make sure that our
community is at our best over the next year. Thank you thank you
to each and every one of you for your enthusiasm, dedication and
service.
And thank you to all members of
Executive Women for giving me the opportunity to serve you over
the next year. You make a difference and each of you have
personally made a difference in my life. I am so proud to be
representing such a phenomenal group of leaders, and look
forward to working with you and seeing our community at its
best.
I invite you to learn more about us by attending one of our events by contacting us at 561.833.4241, or by sending us an
email.
Deborah Jaffe
President 2008 - 2009
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