LAS VEGAS, June 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The MGM
Resorts Foundation is pleased to announce Donna Brazile as a keynote speaker at the
10th annual Women's Leadership Conference. Hosted by MGM
Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and the MGM Resorts Foundation,
the 2016 conference will be held Aug.
8 & 9 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in
Las Vegas, NV.
One of today's most admired and well-known political
strategists, Brazile is the former campaign manager for
Gore-Lieberman 2000, as well as the first African-American to lead
a major presidential campaign. A dynamic and sought-after speaker,
Brazile uses her varied and diverse experiences to drive points
home with captivating storytelling marked with refreshing humor,
insight and passion.
"We are so excited to have Donna as a featured speaker at the
conference. She's had a pioneering career and is a great role model
for our conference attendees," said Phyllis
James, Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer
for MGM Resorts International.
Named among the 100 Most Powerful Women by Washingtonian
magazine and one of the Top 50 Women in America by Essence
magazine, Brazile recently received the Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation's highest award for political achievement. She is
currently on the board of the J. William Fulbright Foreign
Scholarship Board, the National Democratic Institute, the
Professional Diversity Network and the Joint Center for Political
and Economic Studies. She also serves as Co-Chair for Democrats for
Public Education and is Vice Chair for Civic Engagement and Voter
Participation at the Democratic National Committee. She will attend
her ninth Democratic political convention as an unpledged Super
Delegate later this year.
Currently, Brazile is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, a columnist for Ms.
Magazine, a regular on-air contributor to CNN, ABC,
Essence magazine and O, The Oprah Magazine.
Author of the best-selling memoir "Cooking with Grease: Stirring
the Pots in American Politics," Brazile is also the founder and
managing director of Brazile & Associates LLC, a general
consulting, grassroots advocacy, and training firm based in
Washington, D.C.
A New Orleans native, Brazile
was appointed by former Louisiana
Governor Kathleen Blanco in the wake
of Hurricane Katrina to serve on the Louisiana Recovery Board to
help rebuild the state and to advocate for the Gulf recovery on the
national stage. Brazile was recently appointed by Mitch Landrieu, Mayor of New Orleans, to serve on the Tricentennial
Commission.
In August 2009, O, The Oprah
Magazine chose Brazile as one of its 20 "remarkable
visionaries" for the magazine's first-ever O Power List.
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 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
The MGM Resorts Foundation, a nonprofit 501(c) (3), 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 Foundation, Cirque Du Soleil, Cashman
Photo Enterprises, DAVID Magazine, Large Vision Business Network
Mixer, Las Vegas Metro Chamber of
Commerce, and Agilysis, Inc.
Conference supporters include Caesars Entertainment Corporation,
Capital One, City of Las Vegas,
Clark County Department of Aviation, Deloitte & Touche LLP,
Global Gaming Women, Nevada State
Bank, Phyllis A. James,
Scientific Games, and Whiting Turner Contracting Company.
For information or to register for the conference, please visit
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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