DETROIT – The General Motors Foundation is granting $100,000 to Leadership America, the longest-running, national women’s development program of its kind in the U.S. The organization of established women leaders offers unique learning environments, as well as professional and personal development opportunities for its more than 2,200 graduate members.
The GM Foundation grant will help fund Leadership America’s research to explore trends that impact women across the country and shape today’s global business environment, as well as engage new members through interactive learning programs.
In addition to the grant, GM Foundation President Vivian Pickard will be the keynote speaker for Leadership America 2013, the organization’s annual conference that will be held in Detroit from September 22-24. The Detroit session concludes the yearlong series focusing on the theme, “Surveying the Landscape, Shaping the Future.”