Women's Leadership Exchange honors Deloitte's COB

The Women's Leadership Exchange, an organization dedicated to the success of women business leaders, has named Sharon L. Allen, Chairman of the Board, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, a recipient of its 2007 Compass Award. The award honors and acknowledges Allen's service to her profession as a strong role model to other women leaders.

The Women's Leadership Exchange created the Compass Awards four years ago to honor women who have changed how women are perceived as leaders in the world, according to co-founder Leslie Grossman.

"The Women's Leadership Exchange has long believed that women of achievement inspire other women to greatness," said Grossman. "Sharon Allen, through her mentoring and strong example of personal integrity, has proven not only to be one of her profession's most important role models but also has changed the perceptions of women leaders in professional services and accounting."

Allen is responsible for the governance of an organization with more than $10 billion in annual revenues, and oversees the firm's relationships with a number of major clients including Hewlett-Packard, Washington Mutual, Health Net, and others. Her election in 2003 as chairman of the board and her re-election in 2007, are among her major achievements in a career of distinguished business leadership roles.

In addition to her executive responsibilities as chairman of Deloitte & Touche USA, Allen serves on the President's Export Council and on the Women's Leadership Board at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She received the 2007 Work Life Legacy Award from the Families & Work Institute for her leadership in supporting workforce programs. She was named one of Forbes "Most Powerful Women in the World" in 2006.

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Women's Leadership Exchange is a social entrepreneurship founded by and for successful businesswomen. The WLE mission is to provide the knowledge, the tools, and the connections women need to be successful in their own businesses, the corporate world, and the not-for-profit environment. For more information visit www.womensleadershipexchange.com or call 888.937.5800.