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April 18, 2018

"Rochester Woman Online" Shines Spotlight on Roberts Leadership

Rochester Woman Online recently spent some time getting to know "The Women of Roberts Wesleyan College": Dr. Deana Porterfield (President), Laurie Leo (VP of Finance and CFO), Kimberley Wiedefeld (VP for Enrollment Management), and Ruth Logan (VP for Student and Organizational Development and Chief Diversity Officer).

"For 10 years, Ruth Logan was the only woman at Roberts Wesleyan College’s weekly cabinet (leadership) meetings. Often, these started with sports talk among her fellow cabinet colleagues, whether about a close SU game the night before or Monday morning quarterbacking. Growing up with five brothers, Ruth was comfortable with “sports talk with the guys” as part of the meeting before diving into business.

But those meetings are far from the case today. Ruth is now joined by three other women at the cabinet table: President Deana L. Porterfield, Kimberley Wiedefeld, Laurie Leo and Ruth hold four of the seven seats.

These female leaders haven’t only earned a seat at the table. More importantly, they have earned voices at the table.

These four women are humble, brilliant, influential and, above all else, true to themselves. Family and faith are important to them, as is their work. They are sensitive and confident. They are strong and will never try to “be one of the boys.” They are admirable and truth-tellers. That may be part of the reason they got to where they are today..."

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