Parmenter to talk on “Reaching the Top”

What: Trinity College head field hockey coach, assistant lacrosse coach, and Mount Everest conqueror, Anne Parmenter, will deliver the keynote address on “reaching the top,” at a luncheon devoted to women who are making their mark in the Greater Hartford business community.  Parmenter, who began climbing at age 11 in her native England, reached the top of Mount Everest in 2006 after coming within four thousand feet of reaching the summit just two years earlier (Sports Illustrated story: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/sioncampus/08/08/everest.parmenter/index.html).   Parmenter, who has coached at Trinity for eight years, raised a Trinity banner when she reached the peak. 

When: Wednesday, May 12, 2009 ~ 11:30 – 1:30  

Where: Hilton Hotel, Hartford
315 Trumbull Street, Hartford, Conn., 06103

Trinity Coach Anne Parmenter

Background: The Hartford Business Journal is honoring eight women in business, senior-level executives, CEOs and/or entrepreneurs, who have mastered their business.  According to the Journal, these women are “remarkable, noteworthy, and admired in the business community.”  Parmenter will talk about the value of persistence and setting high goals in life.  “Everybody has their own Mount Everest,” she said. “It is important for people to know that they can reach their goals, no matter how insurmountable they may initially seem.”

Those being honored are: Rosemarie A. Burton, President, Klinberg Family Centers; Diane Goodman, President, The Goodman Speakers Bureau, Inc.; Eileen Hasson, President, The Computer Company; Caren Kitteredge, Head of national marketing, local and regional business, Aetna; Kimberly Manning, Chief Operating Officer, Cronin and Co., LLC; Joan McDonald, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development; Sharon Ritchey, Executive vice president and director, Global Operations and Technology Group, the Hartford Financial Services Group; and Margaret Wilcox, Realtor, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage.
 
For tickets or for more information about the luncheon, please contact Amy Orsini at 860-236-9998 ext. 34 or aorsini@hartfordbusiness.com. Related website: http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/tcontent/?WiB/index.html.

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