Michigan Business & Professional Association 2011 Women & Leadership in the Workplace Honorees. From left to right: (back row) Ed Deeb of MBPA, Dr. Bonita Stanton of WSU Schhol of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Michigan (Professional Honoree); Lizabeth Ardisana of ASG Renaissance (Business Honoree); Carol Goss of The Skillman Foundation (Education Honoree); Margery Krevsky of Productions Plus - The Talent Shop (Small Business Honoree); Kerry Doman of After 5 (Shooting Star); Jennifer Kluge of MBPA; (seated) Sonya Zanardelli of US Army Tank Automotive Research Development Engineering Center (Shooting Star); Theresa Falzone of StyleLine Magazine and Event Chairperson; and Juanita Moore of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Human Services Honoree). Not pictured: State Representative Shanelle Jackson (Shooting Star) and Carole Valade of Gemini Publications (Media Honoree).

MBPA President Ed Deeb welcomes everyone to the Conference.

Theresa Falzone of StyleLine Magazine and Women and Leadership in the Workforce Conference Committee Chairperson, says a few words kicking-off the conference.

Thanks to our Conference Exhibitors and Sponsors

Education Session I: Career Kaleidoscope

Session moderator, Teresa Lucido of Comcast Spotlight.

Session panelist, Lisa Grigg of New England Financial.

Session panelist, Ronia Kruse of OpTech, LLC.

Session panelist, Linda LoCicero of The Staffing Company.

Session panelist, Susan Tompor, Personal finance and Business Columnist for the Detroit Free Press.

Education Session II: Leveraging Social Media

Speaker Shawne Duperon of ShawneTV spoke about learning how to build and expand relationships in traditional social media.

Keynote Speaker: Susan Butler, "Beyond the Horizon"

Susan Butler is founder and CEO of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Institute for the Development of Women Leaders and author of "Women Count: A Guide to Chanfing the World."

Awards Presentation

Sonya Zanardelli of the US Army TARDEC, State Representative Shanelle Jackson and Kerry Doman of After 5 all receive their Shooting Star Awards.

Sonya Zanardelli, Shanelle Jackson and Kerry Doman pose with their Shooting Star Awards.

Carol Goss of The Skillman Foundation receives her award for distinguished service in the Education Category.

Carol Goss accepts her award.

Dr. Bonita Stanton of the WSU School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Michigan receives her award for distinguished service in the Professional Category.

Dr. Stanton accepts her award.

Lizabeth Ardisana of ASG Renaissance receives her award for distinguished service in the Business Category.

Lizabeth Ardisana accepts her award.

Juanita Moore of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History receives her award for distinguished service in the Human Services Category.

Juanita Moore accepts her award.

Margery Krevsky of Productions Plus - The Talent Shop receives her award for distinguished service in the Small Business Category.

Margery Krevsky accepts her award.

Jennifer Kluge of MBPA presented Theresa Falzone of StyleLine Magazine with an appreciation award for all her efforts as the Women's Conference Chairperson.