Released on: September 8, 2008, 8:00 am

Press Release Author: MMI ASSOCIATES, INC.

Industry: Real Estate

Press Release Summary: Women Business Leaders To Discuss Challenges Of Being A Woman
In Business

Press Release Body: RALEIGH, N.C. – Jill Wells Heath, president of Triangle
Commercial Real Estate Women (TCREW) (www.tcrew.org), an organization that provides
a forum for fostering relationships among commercial real estate women professionals
in the Triangle market, has announced that the organization will host a “Women at
the Helm” event on Thursday, Oct. 2 at the Women’s Club of Raleigh, located at 3300
Women’s Club Drive. Sponsored by Phillips Architecture, PA, the program will
feature a panel of women business leaders who will address the challenges that
businesswomen have to overcome as they climb the ladder to success. The women will
also discuss the obstacles they must face once they are at the top.

Panelists for the program include: Rusine Mitchell Sinclair, CEO of Girl Scouts,
North Carolina Coastal Pines; Patricia Holland Bazemore, chief of the Town of Cary
Police; Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, vice president of Progress Energy’s Northern Region;
and Melissa Essary, dean and professor of law at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of
Law at Campbell University. Sharon Delany McCloud, founder of McCloud
Communications, will moderate the discussion.

For more information about TCREW and their October program, visit www.tcrew.org. To
register for the event, contact Kerry B. Saunders, executive administrator of TRCEW,
at (919) 832-0594 or ksaunders@naicarolantic.com.

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News Facts:
• Jill Wells Heath, president of Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women (TCREW)
(www.tcrew.org), an organization that provides a forum for fostering relationships
among commercial real estate women professionals in the Triangle market, has
announced that the organization will host a “Women at the Helm” event on Thursday,
Oct. 2 at the Women’s Club of Raleigh, located at 3300 Women’s Club Drive.
• Sponsored by Phillips Architecture, PA, the program will feature a panel of women
business leaders who will address the challenges that businesswomen have to overcome
as they climb the ladder to success.
• The women will also discuss the obstacles they must face once they are at the top.
• Panelists for the program include: Rusine Mitchell Sinclair, CEO of Girl Scouts,
North Carolina Coastal Pines; Patricia Holland Bazemore, chief of the Town of Cary
Police; Hilda Pinnix-Ragland, vice president of Progress Energy’s Northern Region;
and Melissa Essary, dean and professor of law at the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of
Law at Campbell University.
• Sharon Delany McCloud, founder of McCloud Communications, will moderate the
discussion.
• For more information about TCREW and their October program, visit www.tcrew.org.
• To register for the event, contact Kerry B. Saunders, executive administrator of
TRCEW, at (919) 832-0594 or ksaunders@naicarolantic.com.

Quotes:
“I am excited to announce our ‘Women at the Helm’ event,” said Heath. “The program
is an excellent opportunity for women in the Triangle to learn how they can overcome
challenges as they work their way to the top in their company.”

About Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women (TCREW):
Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women (TCREW) has more than 160 members in a variety
of professions within the commercial real estate industry. Drawing upon this
diversity, any member of TCREW can call upon the resources and expertise of local
members to best serve the needs of their customers. Moreover, any member can draw
upon the national network of more than 6,000 members nationwide and in Canada to
provide responsive solutions to customers with needs in the national market. For
more information, visit www.tcrew.org.

Keywords:
Triangle Commercial Real Estate Women, TCREW, women professionals, Triangle real
estate market, Jill Wells Heath, Kerry B. Saunders, Women at the Helm, Women’s Club
of Raleigh, Phillips Architecture, PA, Rusine Mitchell Sinclair, Girl Scouts, North
Carolina Coastal Pines, Patricia Holland Bazemore, Town of Cary Police, Hilda
Pinnix-Ragland, Progress Energy’s Northern Region, Progress Energy, Melissa Essary,
Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University, Sharon Delany McCloud,
McCloud Communications

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC

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Contact Details: Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
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patty@mmimarketing.com
PR Firms Raleigh, NC