December, 2010 – PNC Announces 4th Season of “Women in Power”

 

Re: PNC/YWCA “Women in Power” Luncheon Series in Fourth Season

Date: October 13, 2010

Contact: Allyson Samiljan – 561-640-0050, Ext. 115

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Photo:  Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag

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The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) has announced the fourth season of its “Women in Power” Luncheon series to benefit the YWCA of Palm Beach County. The season, which runs from December 2010 to April 2011, will include prominent women such as Dr. Julie Freischlag and Ann Fudge, among others to be announced.

 

“PNC is deeply committed to building strong communities and helping individuals, families and businesses achieve their financial goals,” said Craig Grant, regional president for PNC for Florida. “We are pleased to bring the ‘Women in Power’ series to West Palm Beach to provide area residents the opportunity to meet and hear from prominent women in their respective fields of endeavor from all across our nation.”

 

Dr. Julie Ann Freischlag, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at world- renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, will be the honored guest and speaker at the first luncheon of the season scheduled for noon on Thursday, December 2, 2010 at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre, 415 Clematis Street in West Palm Beach.

 

Prior to her position at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Freischlag served as Chief of the Vascular Surgery Division and Director of the Gonda Vascular Center at the University of California in Los Angeles. She is the Editor of the Archives of Surgery, serves on several editorial boards, and has published over 150 manuscripts, numerous abstracts and many book chapters.

 

Suzanne Turner, CEO of the YWCA, expressed that the women who have been honored speakers have been role models for young women who are planning their first careers as well as women who have changed or are changing their course in life. “We are blessed that PNC continues this series in the community and is supporting the programs the YWCA offers to women and their families in the county,” said Turner.

 

Tickets to the luncheon are available for $50 each by calling the YWCA at 561-640-0050, Ext. 134.