Chapter History

Current Membership

• Our current membership includes over 40 local member firms and their representatives.

   

Monthly Meetings

• The Huntsville Chapter meets the first Tuesday night of each month; we network between 5:30 and 6:00, and then have dinner and a program beginning at 6:00.

   

   

• The cost of each dinner meeting is $25.00.

   

   

• Annually we have a special firm recognition/executive event. However, executives are always welcome to attend any meeting!

   

   

• Attendance Requirements: Each representative should attend a minimum of six (6) meetings during the year. Each member firm should be represented by a representative or an executive at seven (7) meetings during the year.

   

Community Projects

• Executive Women International Scholarship Program (EWISP): A $2,500 scholarship is awarded to a local high school student at Scholarship Banquet in May.

   

   

• Adult Student in Scholastic Transition (ASIST) Scholarship Program: Tuition is awarded each year to one or more selected candidates. In 2007, one student received $1,500.

   

   

• We also participate in activities with other community literacy projects.

   

Professional Development

• All representatives serve on a chapter committee and have the opportunity to serve on the chapter board, the corporate board of directors, or a corporate committee.

   

   

• Chapter president attends leadership training sessions at Presidents’ Caucus held in conjunction with the EWI Leadership Academy and Annual Meeting.

   

• Our chapter sends three or more delegates to the EWI^® Annual Meeting, held each year in September in a different city. The 2007 meeting was held in Houston, Texas and in 2008 it will be held in Rancho Mirage, California. All representatives are invited to attend.

   

• Leadership conferences provide excellent professional seminars.

   

Additional Resources

• The International EWI^® Directory, an excellent resource to EWI^® member firms all over the world.

   

   

• The PULSE newsletter, a quarterly publication, contains professional and educational articles and EWI^® news.

   

   

• The EWI^® Website (www.executivewomen.org) offers targeted and easily accessed information and links to the most useful sites for businesswomen and their firms.

   

   

Costs of Membership: