Katharine Panessidi
Associate Vice President, Advancing Women Leaders
Expertise
About Katharine:
Katharine Panessidi is the Associate Vice President of Advancing Women Leaders. She oversees the design, development, execution and growth of a global portfolio of signature programs for high-performing women leaders, including the Women in Leadership InstituteTM. She is passionate about creating experiences that inspire and propel the most powerful partnerships, professionals, and ideas.
Background & Experience:
Katharine has spent her career fostering growth and innovation for people and brands through shared experiences. Prior to joining Linkage, Katharine led event strategy, thought leadership, and operations in various categories, including venture (Glasswing Ventures), consumer electronics (Bose), and nonprofit (MITX). As VP of Content and Programming at Comexposium US, one of the world’s leading event organizers, Katharine managed a team of content managers, setting the educational strategy for iMedia Summits, Modern Marketing Summits, ad:tech, and Techno Security Conferences.
Education & Training:
She holds a BS from the Honors Program at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and an MPA from Bernard M. Baruch College.
Katharine's Insights
Serving Women Leaders at Every Level: 6 Lessons on How to Retain and Develop Women Leaders – from Kaiser Permanente and Parexel
In partnership with Linkage, Parexel and Kaiser Permanente have driven tremendous impact for their women leaders and their organizations through focused leadership development initiatives. Tune in to the recorded webinar to get a look at these two unique women’s leadership development experiences, and discover the critical lessons to achieve success.
Achieving Gender Parity in 2023 and Beyond: Best Practices from Construction Leader Hilti and Linkage
The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day, EMBRACE EQUITY, aligns perfectly to our mission at Linkage—and hopefully to the goals at your organization, as we all work toward a gender-equal world. One of the ways we do that is to take action to drive gender parity by building workplaces where women thrive.
International Women’s Day 2023 | What Top Organizations Are Doing to Celebrate
International Women’s Day is a global day of recognition honoring the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. In honor of IWD and Women’s History Month, we asked several leading organizations about their plans to recognize this important day. Read on for an insider’s look at some of the exciting initiatives underway at Allegis Global Solutions, American Family, Constellation Brands, Corning, NFI, and Oracle, among others.
Linkage’s Women in Leadership Institute—Our Largest Ever—Is Just Days Away | Celebrating Our Trailblazing Presenting Partners & Sponsors
In just a few short days, we will kick off the Women in Leadership Institute™! We are coming to you live from Orlando, Florida, and through our virtual platform, which allows us to reach more women than ever before. We are also celebrating our sponsors and partnering organizations that are working toward a more equitable future of gender parity in all workplaces and providing women leaders with the support they need to achieve their highest leadership potential.
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