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  President Update

  Dear Fellow Forum Members:
  As we approach the holiday season and say good bye to 2018, I want to thank you, once again, for all you do to keep our organization vibrant and thriving. You have made us a leader in the galaxy of IWF forums with your support, active engagement, and spirit of partnership.

  As reported at our annual meeting, this has been a banner year for attracting fabulous new members from diverse sectors and backgrounds; delivering superb and fun programs, dine arounds and read arounds; expanding our communications channels (we now have 119 followers on our IWFDC Instagram account); updating our bylaws; finding creative approaches to engage with you; inviting several of our Leadership Fellows to become members and strengthening our ties with the global Fellows program. Plus, we’re doing all of this with sound, financial fitness.

  I couldn’t be more grateful to our board and committee members who have given so much of their time and talents in service to our Forum. I thank them for their commitment. In return, nothing would make them more pleased than to see you take full advantage of all the opportunities offered for connecting, learning, supporting each other and just having good ‘ole fashion fun with peers and friends.

  As we look to 2019, there are a number of exciting events and programs being planned, including embassy receptions, a get-to-know social occasion for our new members early next year and exciting gatherings with outstanding, global women leaders. We hope you come to all these special programs being prepared for you.

  So, from our board to you, may the holidays bring you continued good health, ongoing support and enthusiasm for our Forum as well as lasting joy and personal fulfillment.

  Tis the season to reflect on all the wonderful friendships gained because of our Forum.

  Happy Holidays!

  Cari Dominguez

• Mary Sue Coleman

  New Member

  Mary Sue Coleman began her tenure as president of the Association of American Universities on May 31, 2016. Prior to joining the AAU, Coleman was president of the University of Michigan from 2002 to July 2014 (where she is now president and professor emerita) and president of the University of Iowa from 1995 to 2002. Long involved with the AAU, Coleman served as chair in 2011-2012.

  Dr. Coleman has during her career as a faculty member and administrator been a national leader in higher education. Time magazine named her one of the nation’s “10 best college presidents,” and the American Council on Education honored her with its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.
  At the University of Michigan, Dr. Coleman oversaw the groundbreaking partnership with Google to digitize the University’s 7 million volume library, launched enduring institutional partnerships with universities in China, Ghana, South Africa, Brazil, and India, revitalized student living and learning experiences through a residential life initiative, and worked tirelessly to promote economic revitalization and innovation within the state of Michigan.
  In recognition of these efforts, Dr. Coleman was named by President Obama in 2010 to help launch the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke named her as co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Throughout her career, she has promoted the educational value of diverse perspectives in the classroom and within the academic community, and she has worked in numerous venues to improve access to higher education for all.
  Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine), Dr. Coleman is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In those roles, she has led major studies on the consequences of lack of health insurance within the U.S. and erosion of state and federal support for the nation’s public research universities.
  

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