November 29, 2010

Our first annual Virginia Women's Conference

Senator Warner hosted our first Virginia Women’s Conference on Nov. 20 in Richmond with the theme A Financial Roadmap for Smart Money Decisions. AARP, Dominion, and Genworth Financial co-sponsored the conference, which provided timely and helpful advice to nearly 300 attendees on issues ranging from career development, starting a business and retirement planning.

The conference featured keynote speeches from Senator Warner and entrepreneur Patricia Miller -- founder and President of Miller Office Supplies, the second-largest independent and the largest woman-owned office products dealership in Northern Virginia/DC region.

This event offered lots of networking opportunities and smaller breakout sessions, and feedback from the event was overwhelmingly positive:

[The conference was] Informative, engaging and powerful.

Very informative and empowering for women.

The speaker for the luncheon had a marvelous story.

I recently lost my job to downsizing. This workshop came at the perfect time for me. I learned so much in the “Re-inventing yourself during employment transition” breakout session. The presenters were all very informative.



  • 11/08/10 -
    Day One in the Shenandoah Valley
    Senator Warner began two days of travel in the Shenandoah Valley by honoring veterans at a lunch at the New Market Battlefield State Historical Park.
  • 11/09/10 -
    Day Two in the Shenandoah Valley
    Our second day of travel in the Shenandoah Valley began in Hot Springs, where Senator Warner delivered the keynote address for the Virginia Association of Counties annual conference. Senator Warner praised the hundreds of local elected officials for their continued hard work before taking questions from the crowd.
  • 11/15/10 -
    Day Three: Hampton Roads and the Peninsula
    On Veterans’ Day, Senator Warner began the second leg of our week of traveling in at Old Dominion University in Norfolk.
  • 11/16/10 -
    Senator Warner's op-ed in the Financial Times
    Senator Warner has proposed a compromise on the Bush tax cuts that is drawing attention from members of both parties.
  • 11/18/10 -
    Day Four on the Peninsula and in Hampton Roads
    Senator Warner began the fourth and final day of our trip last Friday at a breakfast meeting of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce in Newport News, where he discussed his compromise proposal on the Dec. 31st expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts
  • 11/19/10 -
    Senator Warner to co-chair bipartisan India Caucus
    Yesterday, Senator Warner announced that he will join Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) as a co-chair of the Senate India Caucus in January. Senator Warner will take the place of Senator Chris Dodd, who is retiring at the end of the year.
  • 11/23/10 -
    VA congressional delegation, Governor, meet with Pentagon about JFCOM
    Virginia’s governor, Sen. Warner and other members of the congressional delegation met for more than an one hour today with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and afterwards the Virginians were cautiously optimistic about preserving significant pieces of Joint Forces Command in Hampton Roads.
  • 11/29/10 -
    Current record
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