LAS VEGAS, May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The MGM Resorts
Foundation is proud to announce Adrianne Haslet as a keynote
speaker at the 10th annual Women's Leadership
Conference. Hosted by MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM), the
2016 conference will be held Aug. 8
& 9 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
Haslet, a professional ballroom dancer, was at the finish line
at the 2013 Boston Marathon when bombs planted near the finish line
exploded, causing her to lose part of her left leg. Despite
unimaginable hardship, she returned to the dance floor within a
year, even appearing on this season's "Dancing with the Stars"
television program. Now a motivational speaker known for her
personal resiliency, Haslet hopes her emotional honesty serves as
an example to those looking to overcome adversity. She speaks to
audiences all over the world about how she used strength,
determination and a positive attitude to move beyond tragedy.
"It takes an exceptionally strong individual to transform such a
painful incident into an inspiring lesson for others," said
Dawn Christensen, the conference's
organizer and director of National Diversity Relations for MGM
Resorts. "I think conference attendees will benefit greatly from
hearing the stories she plans to share with us."
The two-day conference will offer a wide range of learning
opportunities, career guidance and personal growth tools,
including:
- Exposure to diverse, nationally recognized speakers and
accomplished women role models
- Career-oriented workshops that will give participants hands-on
opportunities to develop skills based on their career needs
- Three distinct learning tracks for participants who are
Emerging Leaders, Emerging Executives and Executives
"I am really honored to be a part of the 10th Annual
Women's Leadership Conference," said Haslet. "I'm humbled to be
speaking to a room of up-and-coming leaders and executives."
Haslet recently competed in the 2016 Boston Marathon and, along
with members of #AdrianneStrong team, raised over $45,000 for Limbs for Life, an Oklahoma City-based nonprofit organization
that provides fully-functional prosthetic care for those who cannot
afford it.
In 2013, Haslet was honored with the Med Star Gala Victory
Award. That same year, she was also named one of the Most Powerful
Women by Cosmopolitan Magazine. A CNN documentary detailing
her first year after the marathon bombing, "The Survivor Diaries,"
with Anderson Cooper, was nominated
for an Emmy Award in 2015.
Conference background:
The Women's Leadership Conference is open to women of all
ethnicities, professions and social backgrounds, locally and
nationally, and the men who support them. The MGM Resorts
Foundation is the conference's presenting sponsor.
Each year, proceeds from the conference after costs are donated
to one or more local nonprofit agencies devoted to the welfare and
development of women and children. Southern Nevada Children First,
a nonprofit organization that provides support to homeless and
pregnant youth, recently received a $30,000 gift from the 2015 conference
proceeds.
The registration fee for participants is $450 and includes the full conference and all
workshops and lectures; a networking reception, and meals catered
by MGM Grand. Time for networking is also allotted for attendees to
build relationships with other conference participants.
Participating sponsorships are available to organizations or
companies who share the vision and goals of this conference.
Current sponsors include: CBS – Radio, The Coca-Cola Company, Las
Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Millennium Staffing
Solutions, R& R Partners, Cirque Du Soleil, Cashman Photo
Enterprises, Large Vision Business Network Mixer and Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce.
Conference supporters include Caesars Entertainment Corporation,
Deloitte & Touche LLP and Global Gaming Women.
For more information about the Women's Leadership Conference,
please visit:
http://www.mgmresortsfoundation.org/womensleadershipconference
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is one of the world's
leading global hospitality companies, operating a portfolio of
destination resort brands including Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay
Bay and The Mirage. The Company is in the process of developing MGM
National Harbor in Maryland and
MGM Springfield in Massachusetts.
MGM Resorts controls, and holds a 73 percent economic interest in
the operating partnership of MGM Growth Properties LLC (NYSE: MGP),
a premier triple-net lease real estate investment trust engaged in
the acquisition, ownership and leasing of large-scale destination
entertainment and leisure resorts. The Company also owns 51 percent
of MGM China Holdings Limited (HK: 2282), which owns the MGM Macau
resort and casino and is developing a gaming resort in Cotai, and
50 percent of CityCenter in Las
Vegas, which features ARIA Resort & Casino. MGM Resorts
is a FORTUNE Magazine World's Most Admired Company. For more
information about MGM Resorts International, visit the Company's
website at www.mgmresorts.com.
About The MGM Resorts Foundation
The purpose of The MGM Resorts Foundation is to collect and
distribute monies and assets donated by employees of MGM Resorts
(NYSE: MGM) for the aid and support of qualified community
nonprofit programs, agencies or organizations designated
exclusively by MGM Resorts employees. In addition, the Foundation
collects and distributes donations to the Foundation by third-party
non-employees to support charitable, scientific, literary, and
educational activities approved by the Foundation's Board of
Directors and organized by MGM Resorts employees to benefit
qualified non-profit charitable organizations designated by the
Foundation's Board.
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