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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Madeleine Albright, Cokie Roberts, and Myrlie Evers-Williams to Speak at Linkage's 4th Annual Women in Leadership Summit

LEXINGTON, MASS. (December 18, 2001) - The 2002 Women in Leadership Summit: Delivering Instant Solutions for Thriving Organizations is coming to the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco, February 11-13. This three-day development program features a world-class faculty of more than 40 powerful and influential woman leaders, including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, anchorwoman Cokie Roberts, and former NAACP chairperson Myrlie Evers-Williams.

The WIL Summit is a comprehensive development program that provides not only practical skill-building workshops and unparalleled networking opportunities, but also the inspiration and renewal necessary for tackling today's most difficult organizational and leadership challenges. By providing a unique blend of strategic leadership tools and inspiration, the Summit builds strong and connected leaders committed to making a difference and to driving organizational growth and success.

Additional keynote speakers include: Dr. Cheryl Shavers, chairman and CEO, Global Smarts, Inc. and former Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology; Sally Helgesen, author, Thriving 24/7: Six Strategies for Taming the New World of Work, The Female Advantage, and The Web of Inclusion; and SST Communications, a troupe of theatrical corporate trainers. The Summit will be moderated by award-winning, San Francisco-based communications expert, Fran Zone of Zone Communication.

Summit attendees hail from across America, represent every industry and job function, and bring with them a unique background and experience. The impressive and diverse roster of the more than 2,000 alumnae of this program includes vice presidents, directors, and managers of business units and line functions.

The Summit is supported by the sponsorship of Amgen, GE, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Wells Fargo, and Career Systems International. In addition, Linkage is pleased to partner with several organizations committed to the advancement and development of women leaders: American Association of University Women, Catalyst, Institute for Women's Leadership, Marshall School of Business at USC, Wellesley Centers for Women, and Women in Technology International.

About Linkage, Inc.
Linkage, Inc. is a global organizational development company that specializes in leadership development. Serving the public and private sectors, the Company provides clients around the globe with customized leadership development and strategic change solutions that include and integrate consulting, training, assessment, coaching, and benchmark research. With a relentless commitment to learning, Linkage also offers a full range of conferences, institutes, summits, public workshops, and distance learning programs on leading-edge topics in leadership, management, HR, and OD. More than 100,000 leaders and managers have attended such a Linkage program since the Company's founding in 1988. Linkage is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, with regional offices in Minneapolis, Atlanta, San Francisco, London, Brussels, and Singapore. On two occasions, Linkage has been named to the Inc. 500, a list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States.