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Puchase your
"don't call me auntieTM" t-shirt today! Proceeds benefit SAWLF's scholarship for South Asian women. $15. To order, please e-mail:
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SAVE-THE-DATE!
Congress 2006 will be held on Saturday, February 25, 2006 SAWLF
Second Annual Congress 2006 |
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Anita Itty joins South Asian Women's
Leadership Forum as contributing essayist. Each quarter, Ms. Itty will
write on topics of leadership, identity, business & culture. SAWLF is committed to the advancement of South Asian women in the workplace. In the June 2004 issue of Working Mother magazine, SAWLF's National Director is featured in Can We Talk? A candid conversation about race and career by Caroline Howard Recent SAWLF Events: Special guest speakers include Shoba Purushothaman, CEO and Co-Founder, The NewsMarket and Geeta Anand, Senior Special Writer, Wall Street Journal.  Geeta Anand, Senior Special Writer, Wall Street Journal Additional speakers to be announced. To register on-line, click here
SAWLF presents its inaugural Congress 2005 on Saturday, February 26, 2005 in Manhattan. Sara Mathew, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and Zeyba Rahman, Chairperson, World Music Institute and Producing Partner, Jungli Billi Productions will deliver the keynote address. Additional special guests and participants to be announced. To register on-line, click here In December 2004, SAWLF presents Behind the Scenes:Women In Film Series at the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) December 1 - 5, 2004 in New York City. SAWLF is proud to sponsor a selection of films: Meenaxi (2004); What r We Doin' Here & Ladies Special. For additional information, visit SAIFF "Getting Real Success", Join SAWLF on October 19, 2004 as we explore the complexity of defining and achieving success amid converging personal and professional goals and demands with Subha Barry, First Vice President of Multicultural and Diversified Business Development for Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; Jeanine Prime, Director of Research for Catalyst; and Jyoti Chopra, head of South Asian business in Merrill Lynch Global Private Client’s Multicultural and Diversified Business Development Group. Additional speakers to be confirmed. To register, click here Join the SAWLF table on Saturday, October 16, 2004 for Celebrating Women's Lives, the annual SAKHI Benefit Gala at Chelsea Piers. This special event features actress Nandita Das & the Vagina Monologues' Eve Ensler. For ticket information, please contact SAWLF Join SAWLF on Sunday, September 19, 2004 for a special performance and reception with the UK comedy sensation, Shazia Mirza and THE LAST TEMPTATION OF SHAZIA. Click here to register. This event is made possible by the generous support of Western Union. Join SAWLF
at the Working Mother Best Companies for
Women of Color Multicultural Conference, July 20-21, 2004 in New York
City.
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Jyoti Chopra, director, is head of South Asian business in Merrill Lynch Global Private Client’s Multicultural and Diversified Business Development group.
In this role, she is responsible for strategic planning, new business origination, community leadership and client relationship development for the South Asian market, in particular the wealth management of Indian investors around the world.
Previously, Jyoti was director of client acquisition for Merrill Lynch Direct and responsible for new account acquisition and marketing for Merrill Lynch’s and online trading platform (www.mldirect.ml.com). In addition, she managed investor education and content for the Merrill Lynch Direct web site.
From 1999 until July 2000, Jyoti was Director of eMedia communications for the digital business development group at Merrill Lynch. She managed and directed the marketing, communications, and media strategies for the firm’s technology initiatives, including investments and strategic alliances.
Jyoti joined Merrill Lynch in 1998 as vice president and manager of education services and developed diversified financial educational and marketing programs targeted to women, families, domestic partners, and multi-cultural groups. These efforts included providing financial education materials, sales promotion literature, and support for Merrill Lynch offices and financial advisors. This group managed Merrill Lynch’s annual International Savings Month campaign, a global educational program promoting financial literacy.
She served as the firm’s representative to the Investor Education Committee for the Securities Industry Association from 1998-2000, and is currently Merrill Lynch’s representative to the SIA diversity committee.
Before joining Merrill Lynch, Jyoti was a writer and media consultant who covered human development and issues affecting women and children at the United Nations. From 1993 until 1997, she developed a global broadcasting campaign at the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). From 1984 until 1993, Jyoti worked in the Office of Human Resources Management at the United Nations Secretariat.
Jyoti was born and raised in London, England. She studied economics, English literature and law at London University and holds a Bachelor of Arts Honors degree in Journalism from New York University. She completed the Securities Industry Institute at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 2002. She is also a director of the Princeton YWCA.
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