Area students hear from most powerful woman in finance A Woodlands Academy virtual public forum featured alumna Mary Erdoes, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. s asset and wealth management division, who has been named the most powerful woman in finance by American Banker. Woodlands Academy
Updated 4/26/2021 4:28 PM
Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart recently hosted a virtual public forum aimed at motivating girls to explore high-level business executive roles. COVID-19 guidelines allowed juniors and seniors to attend in person while others joined via a free live stream. The program was part of an annual Imagine Yourself in the C-Suite series, in which leading female executives share stories and insights from their professional experiences during presentations to students at the all-girls college-preparatory high school in Lake Forest.
Naomi Blumenthal. Photo by EQ Media FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Dec. 15, 2020 – The Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA) leadership is saddened to announce that Naomi Blumenthal passed away peacefully Dec. 13, surrounded by her family. Blumenthal, 78, from Manlius, New York, served the IHSA for over 40 years. She taught equestrian studies and equine business management at Cazenovia College for 27 years and was a coach of the Cazenovia College IHSA Equestrian Team. She was a longtime member of the IHSA board of directors, first as a regional president, then as zone chair and for many years as executive treasurer. She helped a lot of people in the horse industry get a leg up, said Peter Cashman, IHSA executive director. People will never know how many she s helped. She always thought about other people. She was a self-made woman and could be tough but had a soft heart. As a human being, she was tops. She will be thoroughly missed. There will be a void without Naomi