Deborah Tannen has been receiving a lot of media attention for her just-published book, You Were Always Mom's Favorite!: Sisters in Conversation Throughout Their Lives, which makes its appearance on the New York Times best-seller list Sept. 27. She was heard on The Diane Rehm Show and NPR's Morning Edition, was featured on ABC News' 20/20, and was the subject of Deborah Solomon's "The Conversation" feature in the New York Times' Magazine Sunday Sept. 20. Click here for aticle.

Rhea Schwartz, WFWDC member and chair of Adult Skating for the International Skating Union presented the gold medal for Original Dance to Vancouver forum member Diana Barkley (and her partner Geoff Squires) at the 2009 International Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, Germany. Rita first met Diana when hosting an IWF Dine Around. Click for photo.

Linda Rabbitt was named in the 2008 Washingtonian Business Hall of Fame by Leslie Milk, Washingtonian Magazine. Click here for full article.

Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce to Lead The National Association of Corporate Directors. Barbara Hackman Franklin, Global Expert on Corporate Governance and Embrace New Responsibilites. Click here for full article.

Kathryn D. Sullivan, the Director of the Battelle Center for Mathematics and Science Education Policy at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University, is being inducted into the Women in Aviation’s Pioneer Hall of Fame on February 27th in Orlando, FL. Click here for full article.

Lisa Hudson was named chief of US Operations for BAE Systems. Click here for full article

Candace Duncan was named Managing Parter at KPMG LLP. Click here for full article

Margery Kraus, President and CEO of APCO Worldwide, (A Winning Strategy for Global Business) and Barbara Krumsiek, President and CEO of the Calvert Group, LLC, (Investing in People, Ideas, and Community) are featured in the November 2009 issue of Washingtonian Magazine's Business Hall of Fame: Secrets of Success by Leslie Milk.