Hutton Honors College

From the Locker Room to the Board Room:
Discussion Supper with Leadership and
Communications Strategist Anne Doyle

Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 * 5:30-7 p.m. * Harlos House, 1331 E. Tenth St. * SIGN-UP REQUIRED

As the Detroit Free Press put it, "In places that reeked of testosterone, Anne Doyle spent years breaking barriers for women and letting in fresh air. From the locker room to the board room, she was a woman working and winning in a man's world." Doyle gained renown in 1979 for being one of the first female TV sports broadcasters to gain access to the locker rooms of major professional sports teams. Doyle left CBS to join Ford Motor Company in 1987, where she rose through the ranks to become director of North American Communications. She was one of the key players in handling the Firestone tire and Ford Explorer crisis of 1999-2000 and was named one of the "100 Most Influential Women in the North American Auto Industry" by Automotive News in 2000. She earned two Michigan Emmy nominations; and in recognition of her 15 years as a sports news anchor and journalist, she was inducted in 2007 into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. Doyle has worked with CEOs, union officials, national journalists, political figures, former Detroit Tigers Manager Sparky Anderson, Gloria Steinem, and former GE CEO Jack Welch. She now heads her own consulting firm, Anne Doyle Strategies.

How did Anne Doyle make it in the man's world of the 1970s and -80s? Does she think things are different now? What advice does she have for young women, and men, about to enter the workforce? These are just some of the questions that are sure to pop up at this discussion supper, co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program.

Doyle will be on campus as the guest of the IU School of Journalism and will deliver a public talk, "Leadership Lessons: From the Sidelines to the Front Lines," hosted by the IU chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America and the student group Women in Business on Tuesday, Nov. 18, from 7-8 p.m. in the Ernie Pyle Hall Auditorium (Room 220). You can learn more about her at her website.

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