ST. LOUIS, Sept. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The
International Women's Forum Leadership Foundation has announced the
selection of Theresa Shaw of Ameren
Corporation to participate in its prestigious 2014-2015
Fellows Program. Shaw, vice president of internal audit, will join
36 rising women leaders from 14 nations across the globe and is the
first and only St. Louis-area
executive to be selected as a fellow.
The pool of candidates for a position in the 2014-2015 Fellows
Class was extremely competitive. In addition to leadership
criteria, selections were made with the aim of achieving a diverse
cohort with respect to profession, geographic range and
background.
Spread across a year, the Fellows Program convenes participants
from around the world for a total of 20 days. In partnership with
Harvard Business School and INSEAD, The
Business School for the World, the Leadership Foundation offers
creative, multidisciplinary training aimed at developing leadership
and strategic management capabilities. In addition to leadership
training, Shaw will be matched with a Women's Forum member who
serves as her mentor and coach during the program year, giving her
a chance to garner personal insights and advice from women at the
top of their fields.
"Theresa has the full support of Ameren to gain the most from
her experience in this program for the benefit of our company and
our customers," said Warner Baxter,
chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ameren
Corporation. "I am confident she will bring what she learns to
benefit Ameren and the broader St.
Louis community and will be a true asset as an alumna of the
Leadership Foundation Fellows Program."
Shaw, a certified public accountant, earned a bachelor of
science degree in accountancy with a minor in German from the
University of Missouri – Columbia, where she graduated summa cum laude.
She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and the Missouri Society of Certified Public
Accountants.
Shaw, a resident of University City,
Mo., is active in the local community, participating in the
Junior League of St. Louis since
2002 and volunteering at St.
Patrick's Center homeless
shelter in St. Louis. She also participated in the Deloitte
100 Wise Women Program and Greater Missouri Leadership Challenge.
In addition, Shaw was among Diversity Journal's 2014 Women
Worth Watching.
The Fellows Program is sponsored by the Leadership Foundation, a
charitable and educational arm of the International Women's Forum
(IWF), and is the leading women's executive development program in
the world today. IWF Missouri was incorporated in 1988 and consists
of approximately 75 women in current or former major leadership
positions.
"The Fellows Program is an important executive development
program for women," said Sue
Stepleton, president of IWF Missouri. "We are thrilled to
have a local participant benefitting from and adding to the new
International Fellows Class."
Based in 33 countries, the IWF, which was founded in 1992 in
the United States, counts more
than 5,500 extraordinary women as members, who are at the top of
their field and change agents within their sphere of influence. It
advances leadership across careers, cultures and continents by
connecting the world's most preeminent women of significant and
diverse achievement, facilitating the exchange of ideas and
promoting better leadership for a changing world.
St. Louis-based Ameren
Corporation (NYSE: AEE) powers the quality of life for 2.4
million electric customers and more than 900,000 natural gas
customers in a 64,000-square-mile area through its Ameren Missouri
and Ameren Illinois rate-regulated utility subsidiaries. Ameren
Illinois provides electric delivery and transmission service as
well as natural gas delivery service while Ameren Missouri provides
vertically integrated electric service, with generating capacity of
10,300 megawatts, and natural gas delivery service. Ameren
Transmission Company of Illinois
develops regional electric transmission projects. Follow the
company on Twitter @AmerenCorp. For more information, visit
Ameren.com.
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