Mulheres super poderosas surpreendem-se com os riscos à natureza

20/2/2009
Profissionais bem sucedidas, executivas de alto padrão de grandes empresas, governo ou donas de seus negócios mostram-se surpresas com os riscos que um crescimento desenfreado da economia pode trazer ao planeta
No início de fevereiro, a presidente do IPÊ – Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas, Suzana Padua, foi convidada a ministrar uma palestra no Peru para o Belizean Grove, um grupo de mulheres com sede em New York, formado em sua maioria por executivas de grandes empresas, do governo, além de artistas, médicas e empresárias de diversos países (Estados Unidos, México, Costa Rica, Peru, entre outros).
Elas se reúnem a cada ano em um país diferente, para trocar experiências, assistir palestras, fazer reflexões e também se divertir. Entre as discussões estão temas que envolvem desde negócios, até espiritualidade e formas de gestão que propiciem ao mercado buscar caminhos para um mundo melhor.
Suzana falou sobre meio ambiente e temas relacionados às condições em que a biodiversidade do planeta se encontra, os riscos de um crescimento econômico desenfreado e o quanto os recursos do naturais são finitos. Mas ficou assustada com a reação da platéia. “Muitas ficaram surpresas com informações que para nós são fontes de preocupação há muitos anos. Fiquei surpresa com o quanto nós ambientalistas nos comunicando mal. É assustador.”
Para a presidente do IPÊ, o mundo precisa mudar seus padrões de anseio. “A equação que mede o valor da natureza nunca entra na equação do mundo dos negócios. Os economistas pregam um crescimento sem limites, mas se esquecem que os recursos naturais da Terra são finitos”.
Certa de que essa mensagem tem de ser repassada com urgência para o maior número possível de tomadores de decisão, Suzana aceitou o convite para participar da versão brasileira do evento, também organizada por mulheres participantes do Belizean Grove, programado para o final do mês de março.
Mais informações sobre o Belizean Grove
Mission Statement:
“The Belizean Grove is a global constellation of influential women who are key decision makers in the profit, non-profit and social sectors; who build long term mutually beneficial relationships in order to both take charge of their own destinies and help others to do the same.”
Introduction and Background:
THE BELIZEAN GROVE
Having observed the power of the Bohemian Grove, a 130 year old elite old boys’ network of former Presidents, businessmen, military, musicians, academics, and non-profit leaders, and realizing that women didn’t have a similar organization, Susan Stautberg and 26 other original members created the Belizean Grove, a global constellation of influential women who are building long-term, mutually beneficial relationships to both take charge of their own destinies and help others do the same. Members are highly accomplished leaders in a wide venue of fields, are dedicated to giving back to their communities, have a sense of humor and excitement about life and are willing to mentor and share connections. With this vision in mind, members are invited not only for their professional accomplishments but also for their generosity and compatibility.
The Grove is an international nurturing network that helps women pursue more significant dreams, ambitions, purposes, transcendence, and spiritual fulfillment, while also opening up more leadership opportunities to these women of diverse backgrounds, talents, ages, and skills. The Grovers are leaders from 5 continents, from profit, non-profit and social sectors. They are heads of major Federal and state government agencies, businesswomen, bankers, investment bankers, military officers, academics, non-profit leaders, musicians, authors, diplomats, design gurus….
TARA
Leaders give back, help prepare the next generation, and try to avoid irrelevance. So, in the fall of 2004, Susan Stautberg with Edie Weiner’s help, founded TARA (Today’s Already Rising Achievers) for global leaders in their 30’s and early 40’s. TARA interacts closely with the Grove; the two organizations enable mentoring and the opportunity to meet and learn from each other in a reverse mentoring program. Grovers learn from leaders on the frontline. Spending time with younger women renews Grovers’ energy, strengthens their minds, and keeps them feeling young.
Approximately 125 women are members of the Belizean Grove. These women are leaders of the profit, non-profit and social sectors. A partial listing follows.
Among our ethnically, racially, age, and geographically diverse members are:
Cathy Allen, PhD – Chairman & CEO, The Santa Fe Group, BITS, Corporate Director
Cathleen Asch – Technology award winning Entrepreneur; CFO of several companies
Mari Carmen Aponte – Corporate Director; Former Executive Director, Puerto Rican Federal Affairs
The Hon.Judith Ayres –Corporate Director, former EPA Administrator for International Affairs
Sunny Bates – President & CEO Sunny Bates Associates, Inspired Search, Creative Connections
Kim Bishop – Vice Chairman Boardroom Consultants, Corporate Director
Cynthia Black – President and Editor-in-Chief, Beyond Words Publishing
Marion Blakey – President and CEO, Aerospace Industries Association; former Chair, FAA
Patty Brown – President, Johns Hopkins HealthCare, Senior Counsel, Johns Hopkins Health System
Carolyn Chin – CB2, Chair of C100, Corporate Director
Barbara Colwell – Executive Director, ThinkQuest, and Corporate Director
Beth Comstock – Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Office General Electric Co;
Lin Coughlin – President and Founder of Great Circle Associates
Dona Crawford – Associate Director of Computation, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jane Cunliffe – Director, Chairman’s Office, New Zealand Securities Commission
Julie Daum - Practice Leader North American Board Services Spencer Stuart
Connie Duckworth – President and Chairman of Arzu, Inc; Corporate Director; Former Partner, Goldman Sachs;
Elaine Eisenman, PhD. – Dean of Executive Education, Babson; Corporate Director
Helen Fisher, PhD. – Anthropologist; Bestselling Author; Spokesperson, Chemistry.com
Rita Foley – Corporate Director; Chair ProMujer, former CEO
Henrietta Holsman Fore – Administrator USAID, US Foreign Assistance; former Director, US Mint
Gaby Forster – Presidenta, Mediator and Corporate Director; Ecuador
Sallie Fraenkel - Chief Operating Officer Spa Finder, Inc
Toddi Gutner – Media strategist, Freelance writer, Former Associate Editor, BusinessWeek
Sheryl Handler - CEO, Ab Initio
Maggie Hanson-Muse – Commercial Counselor, U.S. Embassy – Bogota, Colombia
Joanne Harrell – General Manager, Enterprise & Partner Group, Microsoft; Corporate Director
Eileen Hoffman – Doctor and Author
Jan Hopkins – Media Consultant; Former Award Winning CNN Anchor, Corporate DirectorMichelle Jordan – Principal and Founder, Jordan LLC
Yolanda Kakabadse –President, Fundacion Futuro (Ecuador) and Corporate Director
Jill Kanin-Lovers–Corporate Director, BearingPoint, Dot Foods, First Advantage, Heidrick & Struggles
Susan Keating – President and CEO, National Foundation for Credit Counseling; Corporate Director
Irene Kinoshita – President and CEO, Ascolta
Gail Koff, J.D. – Founder and Managing Partner, Jacoby & Meyers
Claudia Kotchka – Vice President, Design, Innovation, and Strategy, Procter & Gamble
Jenifer Lang –Managing Director Café des Artistes
Vance LaVelle – Senior Chief Marketing Officer, SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Corporate Director
Roberta Lee, MD – Medical Director, Continuum Center for Health and Healing
Wonya Lucas - Chief Marketing officer Discovery
Siri Marshall –Corporate Director, and lead Director of Ameriprise, Former EVP, General Mills
Patrician McCarthy – President, The Mien Shiang Institute: Chinese/Taoist Face Reading
Amy McCombs – President & CEO, Women's Foundation of Ca, SF; Corporate Director
Joan McEntee - Intern Group Chair Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz
Nina McLemore CEO Nina McLemore Inc.
Mindy Meads – President, Aeropostale; Former President & CEO, Victoria’s Secret Direct, Lands’ End
Veena Merchant – President, New India-Times
Pat Moller – U.S. Ambassador, Republic of Burundi
Betty Mower Potalivo Region President Orange County & Desert Communities
Angela Moore – Founder and President, Angela Moore, Inc
Christine Olson Chairman and CEO S. W. Jack Drilling CO
Sue Parks – CEO and Founder, WalkStyles
Mary Pearl, PhD. – President, Wildlife Trust and author
Sandra Peterson – President, Diabetes Care Bayer HealthCare LLC ; Corporate Director
Joanna Prukop - Cabinet Secretary Energy Minerals & Natural Resources
Vikki L. Pryor President & CEO SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Co.Ivy Ross – Gap
Melanie Sabelhaus –Partner Superior Financial Group, SBA, Corporate Director
Catherine Santee – CFO, Executive Vice President and Corporate Director, CH2M HILL
Patricia Seemann, Md. – CEO, Sphere Advisors; Advisor, Group 21 (Switzerland)
Robin Smith – Chairman of Publisher’s Clearing House; Corporate Director
Pernille Spiers-Lopez – President, IKEA North America, Corporate Director
Christ St. Clare - Partner, KPMG LLP
Bernee Strom – Principal, Revitalization Partners; Chairman, Ensequence; Corporate Director
Pamela Wallin –Corporate Director, former Canadian Consul General to US; Journalist; Author
Karen E. Watson - SVP Communications The Nielsen Company
Linda Ellen Watt – Chief Operating Officer, The Episcopal Church; Former U.S. Ambassador
Edie Weiner – Futurist; President, Weiner Edrich Brown; Best Selling Author
Maggie Wilderotter – Chairman and CEO, Citizens Communications; Corporate Director
Marcia Wilson – President and CEO, Daffy's
Deborah Wince Smith – President, Council on Competitiveness; Director of NASDAQ
Alison Winter – Co-chair of WCD, Executive Corporate Director, Former Northern Trust NortheastFritzi Woods – CEO and President, PrimeSource Foodservice Equipment; Corporate Director
Kyung Yoon – Vice-Chair, Heidrick & Struggles, Corporate Director
Diane Yu Chief of Staff & Deputy to the President New York University
Moreover, these same women serve on numerous charitable, University, boards and Advisory Boards, e.g., the Ford Foundation, C200, WPO, Red Cross, IWF, Girl Scouts, YWCA, Apollo Theater, the Smithsonian, etc.
Member Boards
Boards/Advisory Boards on which Grovers currently serve, or recently served on range from publicly held Fortune 50 companies to new technology start ups. A partial list includes:
* meritrade* AstraZeneca* BearingPoint* BellSouth * CH2M Hill * CIGNA* Citibank Canada* Commtouch* Daffy’s* DealerTrack* Diner’s Club International Global * Dot Foods* First Advantage* Hallmark* Heidrick & Struggles* Holcim* Kmart * Liz Claiborne Accessories* NASDAQ* New York Stock Exchange* Nordstrom * Office Depot * PLC Corporation* PPG Industries Inc.* Procter & Gamble* Quest Diagnostics, Inc.* REI* Springs* State Farm Bank* Target Corp* Texaco* Winn-Dixie* Xerox

Fonte: Luciana Rolim - Ipê.