Kent State College of Business Administration Announces 2018 Spirit of Women in Business Keynote

KENT, Ohio - Sept. 21, 2017 - PRLog -- The Kent State College of Business Administration announces New York Times bestselling author Liza Mundyas keynote speaker for the 2018 Spirit of Women in Business conference. The conference will be held on Thursday, March 8, 2018.

Mundy is an award-winning reporter who has authored three books that have been featured on the New York Times bestsellers list. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and a Master of Arts in English literature from the University of Virginia.

Her 2009 biography on former First Lady Michelle Obama, Michelle, has been translated into 16 languages. Her latest book, The Richer Sex, explores the forces behind women's rising economic power and the way this impacts marriage, dating, sex and family life. Her latest book, Code Girls, is about the more than 10,000 women who served as codebreakers during World War II. Code Girls is due to hit shelves in October.

Mundy served as director for the Breadwinning and Caregiving programs for the New America Foundation. Additionally, she is a contributing editor for Politico Magazine and has written for publications such as Time, the Washington Monthly, The Guardian and Huffington Post. Mundy is also a frequent commentator on national television, radio and news outlets. She has received fellowships from the Japan Society, the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.

The annual Spirit of Women in Business Conference brings together women from diverse professional backgrounds. Last year, more than 250 business professionals, along with undergraduate and graduate students from northeast Ohio and beyond, attended the event. The day-long conference includes a keynote address with Q&A, lunch and breakout sessions, each with presentation options for attendees to choose from.

Sponsorship opportunities for the event are available. For information on sponsorship, contact Erin Nunn at enunn1@kent.edu.

Registration for the event is now open. To register for the event, visit http://www.kent.edu/business/swib.

For more information about the Kent State University College of Business Administration Spirit of Women in Business Conference and to register for the event, visit http://www.kent.edu/business/swib.

Kent State College of Business Administration

Kent State University's College of Business Administration is among the fewer than 1% of business schools worldwide to receive dual AACSB accreditation in both business and accounting. The College enrolls more than 4,200 students and has more than 85 full-time faculty.

The College grants undergraduate through graduate degrees, and is one of only three public business colleges in Ohio to offer a comprehensive Ph.D. program. The MBA program is offered both in-person and online in an accelerated format. The Executive MBA program offers two tracks: one targeting corporate professionals and the other healthcare executives. The M.S. in Accounting and M.A. in Economics are specialized master's degrees for those seeking advanced study in these disciplines. The College also offers a Master of Science degree in Business Analytics (MSBA) that spans all industries and organizations. The college boasts 10 undergraduate majors, 13 minors and a Professional Sales Certificate program.

The Kent State College of Business Administration is ranked as a top business college in Ohio by U.S. News and World Report and ranked 45^th among the top undergraduate business schools in the U.S. in 2016 by Bloomberg Businessweek based on an employer survey of how well schools prepared students for jobs. In addition, The College is ranked as one of the nation's Best Business Schools by Princeton Review, is ranked Tier One for both MBA and Executive MBA programs in North America by CEO Magazine and ranked by the Sales Education Foundation (SEF) for Professional Sales Education. The College is committed to sustainability as a Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) advanced signatory and is recognized by the Sales Education Foundation as a top university for professional sales education.

Media Contact:

Joni Bowen, Public Relations and Media Specialist, (330) 672-1279, cell: (330) 221-0637, jbowen1@kent.edu.