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Following a national search by its 23-member Advisory Council, the institute selected Mary Anne Alhadeff, the former CEO of Dallas-based North Texas Public Broadcasting, Inc., to serve as executive director beginning Feb. 11. The institute鈥檚 three specialized centers 鈥� the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, the Center for Women Entrepreneurs and the Center for Student Leadership 鈥� serve Texas as a resource for scholarship and research focused on advancing women鈥檚 leadership through education, mentoring and networking.

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After 34 years of distinguished leadership in the Air Force, where she became the Pentagon鈥檚 highest-ranking African-American woman, Saunders retired in 2005. She returned to her alma mater to create 草莓传媒官网下载鈥檚 student leadership institute, which became part of the Jane Nelson Institute for Women鈥檚 Leadership that she has led since 2018.

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