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UPTOWN SCOOP.COM CELEBRATES UPTOWN SCOOP 2008 ATLANTA ALL-STAR AWARD HONOREES

On January 31, 2008, Uptown Scoop, in partnership with the WNBA Atlanta Dream and Tiffany & Co., held the 2008 Uptown Scoop Atlanta All-Star Awards to recognize key leaders for their initiative and meaningful contribution to enhance the careers of women.

Uptown Scoop and the Atlanta Dream, the Women’s National Basketball Association expansion team recently awarded to Atlanta, have formed an alliance to co-host the WNBA Atlanta Dream “Women to Women” networking events for women in business. To commemorate their partnership, the Uptown Scoop All-Star Awards were given to fourteen key leaders of Atlanta organizations and businesses dedicated to advancing women in business.

The event, hosted by Tiffany & Co., included a Meet and Greet “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”, sponsored by Smart Samantha.com, which preceded the awards ceremony.

Recipients of the Uptown Scoop 2008 Atlanta All-Star Awards include:

Judy Agerton, AT&T, Director – Southeast Operations, Customer Information Services (President and CEO, Women of AT&T, Atlanta Chapter)

Amy Brady, Bank of America, Network Computing Group Vision Transformation Executive (Executive Sponsor of Bank of America Atlanta LEAD for Women )

Katie N. Davis, Home Depot, Senior Manager, Merchandising Operations (Home Depot Women’s Initiative)

Stephanie Davis, Skirt! Magazine, Editor, Atlanta

Mary Ann Green, Delta Air Lines, Vice President Airline Operations Systems, Delta Technology (President of Delta Women’s Employee Network)

Cynthia Good, Founding Editor and Genevieve Bos, Founding Publisher, PINK Magazine

Randi Menkin, UPS, Director of Workforce Diversity (Coordinator UPS Women’s Leadership Development)

Tracey Rice, The Coca-Cola Company, Director, Technical Stewardship (President of The Coca-Cola Women’s Forum)

Deborah Richardson, CEO of The Atlanta Women’s Foundation

Christine T. St.Clare, KPMG LLP, Advisory Partner, Southeast Leader for Markets, and Southeast Industry Leader for Consumer Markets (Founding Member of KPMG's Women's Advisory Board and Executive Champion for Southeast KPMG Network of Women (KNOW))

Susan Steel, GE Capital Solutions, Commercial Distribution Finance, Vice President, Structured Finance, Asset Based Lending (GEWN – GE Women’s Network)

Sheila Weidman, Georgia-Pacific, Vice President of Corporate Communications & Marketing (Mentor through Leadership Atlanta for the L.E..A.D. Atlanta program)

Donna Willard, eWomenNetwork, Executive Managing Director, eWomenNetwork-Atlanta

Read the Press Release

Read the article about this event in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution