Remembering the historic match. By Kathleen Kemper | Posted September 24, 2017 | Fortune I was there on September 20th, 1973—the Battle of the Sexes, when 29-year-old Billie Jean King made history defeating self-proclaimed “male chauvinist pig” Bobby Riggs. I was an assistant tour director for the Virginia Slims Tennis Tour at the time, and I…
There is now more computing power in the phone in the palm of your hand than there was in the space shuttle that took the first man to the moon. That’s an incredible statement when you take a step back and really think about it. Technology is evolving at a blinding pace. What was innovative…
Last month, a national controversy erupted when a male engineer at Google suggested that women were inherently inferior to men. I was immediately brought back to the year 1973. Billie Jean King had already rocked professional tennis and stunned the world by smashing every last glass ceiling in tennis with her powerful serve and tireless…
The Institute for Education’s Women in Power forum with host guest speaker Emma King Doyle, Chief of Staff to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The dinner will be hosted by The Ambassador of Finland Kirsti Kauppi at the Finnish residence. By invitation only. About our Special Guest: Emma Doyle is the Chief of Staff…
On Friday, September 15, the Institute for Education with members of the Young President’s Organization’s Arizona and Florida Gold chapters hosted an INFO Salon with guest speaker Ed Henry at the Ambassador of Thailand to the United States H.E. Pisan Manawapat and Madame Wanchana Manawapat’s beautiful residence. Author and Chief National News Correspondent for…
Playbook: POLITICO’s must-read briefing on what’s driving the day in Washington THE FINANCIAL TIMES held an anniversary party last night at the Observatory at America’s Square hosted by Lionel Barber, Gillian Tett and Demetri Sevastopulo, whose birthday was yesterday. The food included lamb chops, seared tuna and roast beef and boozy pink lemonade was also…
IFE welcomed the social secretaries of DC’s embassies to the Congressional Country Club for a luncheon to honor all the work they do as the diplomatic community’s gatekeepers. Luckily the weather was perfect as women from the Embassies of Finland, Afghanistan, France, Liechtenstein, Japan, Belgium, Mozambique, Portugal, Lithuania, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Cyprus, Colombia, and Austria…
The Power of Pivoting: Insights from Coaching Kings, Queens, and Presidents On and Off the Court By Coach Kathy Kemper, “D.C.’s Networker in Chief” Kathy “Coach” Kemper is American executive, tennis coach, writer, and philanthropist. Kemper has spent more than a quarter of a century coaching movie stars, professional athletes, Supreme Court Justices, Ambassadors, members of…
