The Organization of Women Leaders is a professional organization of women executives seeking to unite leaders of the public and private sectors in Hawaii. For more than two decades, the membership has been represented by a broad specturm of civic, business and government leaders.
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Margery Bronster Featured Guest Speaker:
May 14 OWL Luncheon
Join us at the May 14 OWL Luncheon for an enlightening discussion with guest speaker Margery Bronster, Partner, Bronster and Hoshibata.
In the early 1980s When Margery Bronster started her law career there were very few women leaders. “I was at a firm of 500 lawyers in New York and there were only two female partners out of a hundred,” she said in a Hawaii Business Magazine forum on women and leadership.
Even today, “to deny that the glass ceiling exists is a disservice to young women,” she said. “But it’s not impossible to break through.” Margery most definitely did.
In 1995 she was appointed as the first woman to hold the office of Hawaii Attorney General for a full term. During her tenure she won the state a multibillion dollar Master Settlement Agreement from tobacco companies. In 1997 she led the controversial investigation into abuses by the Kamehameha Schools Bishop Estate Trustees.
Today, Margery is a partner in the law firm Bronster and Hoshibata. She has learned a lot about leadership since graduating from Columbia University Law School in 1982, believing that all leaders share the following traits: integrity, dedication, humility, openness, creativity, fairness, assertiveness and a sense of humor. “None of those strike me as particularly male-based.,” she said in the Hawaii Business forum. “Women who have all of those leadership traits can make it.”
Margery will share more insights on women and leadership at the OWL luncheon on May 14.
OWL Is a Wise Way for Women to Connect!
The Organization of Women Leaders is a great way to connect with other women executives from the public and private sectors. Connect your friends, colleagues and business associates to OWL by inviting them to join OWL or be your guest at an OWL luncheon. Guest registration for OWL luncheons is $45 per event (luncheon is included in membership for OWL members).
OWL events are a great place to:
- Hear ideas from Hawaii’s most successful business and community leaders
- Sharpen business and negotiation skills
- Network with powerful women business and community leaders
Please Contact Us if you’re interested in becoming a member of the Organization of Women Leaders.
