Reaching Out 2004
The 6th Annual Lesbian & Gay MBA Conference
April 2-4, 2004
Beverly Hilton Hotel
Los Angeles, CA
Organizers:
- Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
- Anderson School of Management, University of California Los Angeles
Keynote Speakers:
- David Bohnett, Founder of GeoCities
- Nina Jacobson, President Buena Vista Motion Picture Group
- Hilary Rosen, Former CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America
Panels:
- Networking within the GLBT Community/Job?
- Building a Business Case for LGBT Recruiting
- Power Networking: Making the Absolute Most
- Reaching Your Classmates: LGBT Issues in the MBA Classroom
- Election Year 2004: The Intersection of Business, Politics, and the Gay Perspective
- Making It Queer: News in B-School Community Building, Job-Seeking, and yes, Recruitment
- Minorities within a Minority: Challenges and Opportunities
- Out at Work and the Recruiting Process
- Investment Banking Industry in 2004: Gay and Lesbian Issues
- Creating and identifying Out & Equal workplaces
- “We Are Everywhere” in the Media
- LGBT-Friendly Workplaces and Communities: Why We Work and Live Where We Do
- HIV in the Workplace
- YPO: Reaching The Business Summit
- LBGT Legal Issues in the Workplace
- Market Research and the GLBT Market: Using Sound Data for Developing and Measuring Marketing Strategies that Work
- The Economics of Equality: The GLBT Business Movement of the New Millennium
- The GLBT Business Person: Understanding how sexual orientation impacts their purchasing process
Sponsors
Lead Sponsors:
- Credit Suisse First Boston
- Lehman Brothers
Founding Sponsor:
- McKinsey & Company
Event Sponsors:
- The Boston Consulting Group
- Booz Allen & Hamilton
- CitiGroup
- Deloitte Consulting
- Goldman Sachs
Major Sponsor:
- Sun Microsystems
Media Sponsor:
- Witech Combs Communications
Panels Sponsors:
- American Express
- Bain & Company
- Deutsche Bank
- Ford Motor Company
- Honeywell
- Human Rights Campaign
- JPMorgan Chase
- National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
- Pfizer
Company Expo Sponsors:
- Capital One
- Countrywide Financial
- Gill Foundation
- IBM
- Intel
- Microsoft
- Monitor Group
- Morgan Stanley
- SC Johnson
- Toyota
- UCLA Anderson School of Management
- USC Marshall School of Business
Additional Sponsors:
- The Advocate
- Diageo