On April 10, the members of Professional Women’s Network Romania met in a General and Elective Meeting with the aim of approving the results of the activity for 2023, validating the plans for 2024, but also choosing a new management team the association.
Thus, after two years marked by special achievements and success in the implementation of new and impactful projects, the members of the association gave a vote of confidence to a new Board of Directors.
Starting with this mandate, the provisions of the Statute amended last year enter into force, establishing a new structure of the Board of Directors by expanding the number of pillars from 9 to 11 with two new positions of Vice President, respectively the Museum of Remarkable Women and International Relations that will contribute to the completion and launch of the soul project of the association and continues the development of the association including internationally.
Therefore, the composition of the management team of PWN Romania is: Ileana Botez – President, Monica Eugeniu – Vice President Members, Violeta Ciurel – Vice President Women in Boards of Directors, Georgiana Cristea – Vice President Entrepreneurship, Soriana Popescu – Vice President Mentoring, Carmen Ciulian – Vice President Women’s Museum Remarkable, Alina Stoian – Vice President of International Relations, Carmen Burtea – Vice President of Partnerships, Mioara Popescu – Vice President of Finance, Anca Bogos – Vice President of Marketing and Communication and Adina Guțiu – Vice President of Legal.
“I am particularly honored to take over the second mandate as President of the Association. I thank the members of the Association for their trust. I appreciate that our association has managed to become much more active, dynamic and visible domestically and internationally thanks to all the efforts and projects we have carried out together. I am proud of the team we are starting with today and I also welcome the 3 new members of the Council. I look forward with great confidence and hope in the plans we have made and will make together and continue with the same commitment and dedication, in the potential of the community to remain united and continue its journey towards gender balance in leadership and in all other levels of society.” – Ileana Botez, president of PWN Romania.
The new team of the PWN Romania Board of Directors embarks enthusiastically on this mandate, with bold plans for the growth of the association and for achieving its mission of supporting gender balance in leadership positions, by promoting women in leadership positions.
About Professional Women’s Network Romania
PWN Romania is a non-governmental, non-profit, volunteer-based association whose mission is to support the ascent of women in leadership positions in order to accelerate gender balance in management structures. The PWN Romania community brings together approximately 400 members in management or entrepreneurial positions in over 20 industries, as well as over 900 women in the extended community of the Association. Among the objectives of PWN Romania are the development of the professional potential of women, the support of female entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs and the economic empowerment of women, equal opportunities and diversity in the management structures of companies. The main programs of PWN Romania include since 2013 a Mentorship program dedicated to women at the beginning of their careers or in mid-management positions, an entrepreneurial education program “Toolkit for Entrepreneurs”, started in 2014 and unique programs from 2016 that offer women career a structured preparation for accessing a position on boards of directors developed by the Academy of Women on Boards of Directors. Founded in 2011, PWN Romania is part of PWN Global, a network that is developing at a fast pace, exceeding more than 3,500 members and volunteers in more than 30 cities around the world.
