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Sandra Day O'Connor Board Excellence Award




Video Tribute to
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
SDOC Tribute Video
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.

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