Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award
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Video Tribute to
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
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Each year DirectWomen awards the Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award
to women lawyers who have served with distinction as independent directors
of public companies and have worked to advance the value of diversity in
board positions. This award is named for Retired Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor. An innovator and pioneer, she became the first woman
justice in the Supreme Court's history. Now, this award is honoring women
lawyers who are breaking boundaries of their own and who have contributed
to the advancement of women lawyers as corporate directors. A selection
committee chooses recipients that epitomize the spirit of DirectWomen and
honors them and the companies on whose boards they serve for their
achievements and commitment to promoting board diversity.
The Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award Luncheon was held at the
Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York on February 22, 2008. Bringing together
national leaders from the legal and business worlds, as well as the heads
of the country's premier organizations dedicated to the advancement of
women, the Luncheon paid tribute to recipients of the 2008 Sandra Day
O'Connor Board Excellence Award.
