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Scenes from the WILL Reception at the NASPL Professional Development Seminar, Nashville, TN July 27

WOMEN’S INITIATIVE IN LOTTERY LEADERSHIP

Letter from The next WILL event will be held at NASPL Then there will be a WILL Management
in Portland, Oregon, where the WILL Training Seminar on the afternoon of
Rebecca Hargrove participants will begin to shape the program Wednesday October 25 at the Grand Hyatt
and outline its structure. An invitation went Hotel in Atlanta. PGRI Lottery Expo will
Founder and Chair of WILL to all women registrants, and you are all be on Thursday and Friday,
President & Chief Executive Officer, invited to attend. October 26 and 27.
Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation
Senior Vice President, Please join us at NASPL in Portland, For more information, visit our website at
World Lottery Association (WLA) Oregon, on Thursday, September 14, womeninlotteryleadership.com. n
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Rooms C123/124
s many of you know (because we in the Convention Center.
devote this page to chronicling its
progress), we are in the early stages
Aof developing and defining the global
Women’s Initiative in Lottery Leadership
(WILL). The mission of WILL is to drive
high-performance business growth through
the advancement of women in the lottery
industry. WILL is about all of us working
together to help our colleagues succeed.
It is about top-ranking men and women
mentoring and supporting women to move
into leadership positions, and enabling busi-
ness enterprises to benefit from the positive
impact of talented female leadership.

WILL convened a productive and well-
attended meeting at the conclusion of the
NASPL Professional Development Seminar
in Nashville, Tennessee on July 27. The
reception began with comments from
Rebecca Hargrove, Rose Hudson, May
Scheve Reardon, Connie Laverty O’Connor,
Wanda Young Wilson and others. Then
attendees shared inspiring ideas and experi-
ences to contribute fresh insights to drive the
WILL agenda. The tremendous participa-
tion of all involved reaffirms the support for
WILL, and the desire to build a substantive
and impactful organization.

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