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  President Update

  Dear Fellow Forum Members,

  As we approach the end of those “lazy, crazy, hazy days of summer” (if only it were true...), let us look forward to a Fall season with renewed vigor and excitement in all things Forum.

  Our Membership Committee has, once again, vetted and recommended a fabulous new group of members for the Class of 2020, thanks to your active support and participation in the nomination process. We can’t wait for you to meet our new members with an enthusiastic welcome at our annual meeting in November!

  Our programs continue to be well attended and varied, from the favored dine arounds and read arounds to receptions at The Wharf, The Watergate Rooftop, The Spanish Embassy, and the recently held Ladies Do Lunch with Ris…this time with a read of all your good fortunes. More programs are in the offing, including one on Leadership coming up, as well as our Annual Meeting on November 19th. So please, stay tuned for all the upcoming announcements.

  In addition to our local programs, several of our members attended the IWF Cornerstone Conference in Barcelona, Spain. It was a resounding success and gave everyone the opportunity to meet or reconnect with forum members from all over the world. Our next global event is the 2019 World Leadership Conference that will take place in November, in Toronto, Canada. I hope many of you can attend, as it will be spectacular and an easy trip from our area.

  We continue to be so proud of our Leadership Fellows! Many of our former Fellows have advanced their careers so successfully that they have met our membership selection criteria and have joined our ranks. Our board recently invited our current Fellows to a lunch visit—what an impressive group! It won’t be long before they, too, will be eligible for membership. And we are delighted to see so many of them attending our programs. Please continue to support this valuable leadership program through the Leadership Foundation with your mentoring efforts and resources. We need a pipeline full of women leaders in all employment areas and sectors.

  Thank you for all you do to keep our Forum thriving!

  Cari Dominguez

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  Judith Batty

  New Member

  Judith N. Batty is the chair of the board of trustees for Arena Stage and serves on the board of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. She is an attorney who held a variety of positions at Exxon Mobil Corporation before she retired in 2015. She has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating complex international acquisitions, divestitures and market entry. During her tenure at ExxonMobil she had two overseas assignments. Between 2006 and 2009, Judith was General Counsel of the ExxonMobil affiliate in Tokyo, Japan and, between 1994 and 1996, she was Senior Counsel, and then Acting General Counsel, of Mobil North Sea Limited in London, United Kingdom. Judith also spent a year as Senior Director, Federal Relations, in ExxonMobil’s Washington, D.C. office working on a number of policy issues. She began her legal career at the United States Department of Justice, through its Honors Program, in the Trial Section of the Antitrust Division.

  Judith is a native New Yorker. She received her B.A. from New York University College of Arts and Sciences in 1978, and her J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1981.

  Judith has been active in a number of professional and charitable organizations. She has been active in the National Bar Association, the National Conference of Black Lawyers, the American Bar Association and the Dallas and London chapters of the Junior League. She has also served on the Board of Trustees of The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. She is currently an active member of the Links, Inc., and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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