Global Business Leader Jennifer Gilhool to Speak at Northwestern College in Chicago

[Chicago-Jefferson Park, IL]  Global business leader, humanitarian, attorney and former Ford Motor Company Executive Jennifer Gilhool will be speaking at Northwestern College’s Chicago Campus on Wednesday, March 12 from 10:30a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on the topic of Overcoming Challenges & How to Build an Individual Success Strategy.  Her speech is open to the public. The event is being hosted by the Northwestern College Media Club and will take place in Room 118 of the College’s Jefferson Park Campus located at 4811 N. Milwaukee Avenue.  Local business leaders and Jefferson Park Chamber of Commerce members are highly encouraged to attend.

Gilhool intends to speak to the Northwestern College students and faculty as well as local business leaders about how to build individual success strategies. As the economic downturn has challenged many cities and businesses, she will further challenge businesses (as well as students preparing to enter the workforce) to overcome these challenges and strive for individual as well as business success.

Gilhool is a specialist in diversity and global rights for women.  She is currently involved with the Clinton Initiative and is a published author for Forbes as well as her own books.  Most recently, she is Founder & CEO of Pink Streak Ink, a company developed to serve individuals, companies & organizations to increase transparency and elevate their profile to drive a more inclusive, engaged & productive constituency. It does this by utilizing tools and programs to help diversify product offerings, influence policy making and create an inclusive leadership and work environment. Gilhool is also the Creator & Founder of the Detroit Social Impact Zone Initiative, which is an out-growth of Pink Streak Ink; it has a mission of creating economic growth by bringing women and men together to spur innovation, support entrepreneurs and small businesses and to increase public service via a social impact zone developed through partnerships with individuals and organizations with a commitment to inclusivity.

However Gilhool may be most widely recognized as a Ford Motor Company Executive where she concluded her 15 years with the company in Shanghai, China as Ford’s Director of Sustainability, Environment & Safety Engineering for Asia Pacific & Africa. She served Ford in a variety of management and executive positions throughout her 15 years with the company.

Gilhool’s book Sheryl Sandberg, China & Me, was recently published on December 30, 2013 and is an Amazon best seller. Gilhool will be bringing copies of her books to the March 12 event and making them available for purchase. The book journals her experience as an executive on the rise when she took the assignment by Ford at their Shanghai office and moved her family half-way around the world for her career. It is written as a journey of discovery shared through the eyes of Gilhool, with all of the personal and business ups and downs that came along with the international assignment.

About Northwestern College:

Northwestern College (NC) is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and is a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, http://www.ncahlc.org.  The college offers focused career-oriented associate degree and certificate programs with flexible schedules and a supportive faculty. Day, evening, weekend, online classes and online programs are available. More information can be found at www.northwesterncollege.edu or by calling toll-free (888) 205-2283.