New Appointments at Zonta International Headquarters On 7 May 2009 the Zonta International Board of Directors decided to appoint Maureen Powers as Executive Director of Zonta International and Jason Friske as Deputy Executive Director, effective 11 May 2009. Maureen Powers joined the staff in May 2001 as the Director of Programs and Foundation Administration and was promoted to Deputy Executive Director in November 2008.  She has managed the program, advocacy, communications and development operations at headquarters. She has also served as the headquarters liaison to several international committees and the Zonta International Foundation Board of Directors. Jason Friske joined the staff in January 2007 as Director of Member Records.   He has managed annual dues billings, the membership database and credentials registration for the 2008 Rotterdam Convention.  He has also ensured the coordination of the member, donor and Website databases.  As Deputy Executive Director, Jason Friske will also manage the donor database, contribution processing, donor acknowledgement and recognition processes.

2008-2010 Zonta International Board

The 2008-2010 Zonta International Board was installed at the 2008 Zonta International Convention in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 

Top row (l-r): Heddy Tangen Steffensen, Ragna Karlsdottir and Maria Victoria P. Vergel de Dios. Middle row (l-r): Dilruba Ahmed, Lynn Goodhue, Ingeborg Geyer and Kerry Dixon-Fox. Bottom row (l-r): Lynn McKenzie, Dianne Curtis, Beryl Sten and Gloria Stootman Wristen.

2008 Women in Business Recipients

Zonta International awarded 12 international Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarships. Chloe Jarratt (Australia) knew very early that her destiny was to be a business woman. “I loved mathematics all through my schooling years … I became inspired by my love of numbers to pursue a career in accounting,” she said. “I believe women are the future of business and especially business success. Commerce today is still highly male dominated within higher positions of organizations. I would love for more and more women to be able to put their names to these executive titles.” Read more about Chloe and the other 2008 Women in Business recipients. Support Women in Business Give to the Women in Business Scholarship Fund

2008 Amelia Earhart Fellowships

Since 1938 Zonta has awarded 1,227 Amelia Earhart Fellowships totalling US$7 million to women pursuing PhD degrees in aerospace science and engineering  - women following Amelia's dream for gender equality. Read about the 2008 Fellows. Read about the Amelia Earhart Fellowship Program.

2008 Young Women in Public Affairs Awards Since 1990, Zonta has presented 498 district and international Young Women in Public Affairs Awardsto young women from 49 countries. Read about the 2008 Recipients  Malin Karolina Varma (Sweden) always wanted to help others, but when she was afflicted with child rheumatism at the age of 11, it became more important then ever. “I could not walk for four weeks and nobody knew what was wrong with me,” said Malin. “Later when I got my diagnosis it was both a relief and a shock. I knew then that what I wanted to do was to help others in the same situation, especially children in countries without the same opportunity to healthcare as we do in Sweden.” Since then, Malin has been actively involved in helping other children, mothers and women to a better life. Read More. Support Young Women in Public Affairs Give to the YWPA Fund

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