Released on: October 8, 2008, 8:23 am

Press Release Author: MMI ASSOCIATES, INC.

Industry: Real Estate

Press Release Summary: Women Business Leaders Discussed The Challenges Of Being A
Woman In Business

Press Release Body: RALEIGH, N.C. â€" 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 hosted a “Women at the
Helm� event on Oct. 1 at the Women’s Club of Raleigh. Sponsored by Phillips
Architecture, PA, the program featured a panel of women business leaders who
addressed the challenges that businesswomen have to overcome as they climb the
ladder to success. The women also discussed the obstacles they must face once they
are at the top.

Panelists for the program included: 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, moderated the discussion.

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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 “Women at the Helm“ event that the organization hosted on Oct. 1 at
the Women’s Club of Raleigh.
• Sponsored by Phillips Architecture, PA, the program featured a panel of women
business leaders who addressed the challenges that businesswomen have to overcome as
they climb the ladder to success.
• The women also discussed the obstacles they must face once they are at the top.
• Panelists for the program included: 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, moderated the discussion.

Quotes:
“Our ‘Women at the Helm event was informative and enjoyable,� said Heath. “I am
excited that we provided such 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:
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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, networking

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