Celebrating 30 years of existence, IWF's Leadership Fellows program was launched in 1994 and made possible with initial funding from the United States Department of Labor, following the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission.
Each year, for a period of 20 days, the program brings together approximately 35 female leaders from around the world and offers them personalized leadership training to support them in their path to senior management positions. The program's holistic approach focuses on personal and professional development, career development and the participant's journey, while incorporating an outside perspective, that of the IWF's response to the Federal Glass Ceiling Commission report of 1991. The latter identified a point of stagnation and abandonment in mid-career among women leaders approaching senior management positions. IWF's Leadership Fellows program selects high-potential women leaders from a pool of competing candidates and offers them an intensive, one-year training program.
THE OBJECTIVES OF THE IWF FELLOWS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- provide women with more opportunities to exercise leadership;
- recognize and encourage talented women;
- helping the next generation of women leaders from diverse backgrounds reach new levels of success.
If you are interested in learning more about the Fellows Program, please contact Jessa Cooke, IWF Vice President, by email at jcooke@iwforum.org or by phone at 202 387-1010. Applications for the 2023-2024 Fellows program must be submitted no later than June 1, 2024.
Former Canadian Fellows
2020 - 2021
Vicki Knott CEO and Co-Founder Crux OCM Calgary Chapter
Leanna Falkiner Chief Strategy, Digital and Marketing Officer evoQ International Toronto Chapter
2019 - 2020
Christine Chambers Maude LeBlond, Montréal Annalise Czerny, Toronto Anita Nowak, Montréal
2018 - 2019
Helena de Oliveira, Montréal Carmen Lee Ève Laurier, Montréal Devorah Lithwick
2017 - 2018
Krista Friesen Tracey Pearce, Toronto Kelly Gillis, Ottawa Fernanda Pedroso, Montréal
2016 - 2017
Bambina Marcello, Toronto Claudia Thompson, Ottawa Eleanor Marshall
2015 - 2016
Sylvianne Chaput, Montréal Melanie Goodchild Claire Gillies, Toronto
2014 - 2015
Danielle Ferron, Montréal Christine Hanson, Atlantic Pascale Fournier, Montréal Nikki Moffat, Toronto
2013 - 2014
France Castonguay Franca Gucciardi, Toronto Wendy Freeman
2012 - 2013
Anne-Marie Dunn, Toronto Amy Jarek Nancy Tichbon
2011 - 2012
Maria Churchill, Toronto Jenine Krause, Toronto Chantal Glenisson Josée Kurtz Janice McDonald, Ottawa Leslie Woo, Toronto
2010 - 2011
Tara Deakin Lili-Anna Peresa Domenica Maciocia Katy Waugh
2008 - 2009
Vanda Vicars, Toronto
2007 - 2008
Mary Ann Turcke Gail Galea
2006 - 2007
Lynn Loewen Josie M. Scioli
2005 - 2006
Heather Tulk, Toronto
2004 - 2005
Elizabeth Tropea Jess Mann
2003 - 2004
Louise Villeneuve Donna Moisey Linda Y. Zhou
2002 - 2003
Patricia Tremaine, Toronto Barbara Bellissimo, Toronto
2001 - 2002
Anne Sado, Toronto Ellen Malcolmson, Toronto
2000 - 2001
Mary-Ann Bell, Montréal