FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 30, 2007

 

CONTACT:
Stephen Reily, CEO
IMC Licensing
502.589.7655
sreily@imclicensing.com

 

IMC PRESIDENT CARA BERNOSKY TO PARTICIPATE IN

“ONE HUNDRED WISE WOMEN” FORUM

 

LOUISVILLE, KY – IMC Licensing, the nation’s leading full-service licensing agency specializing in consumer product brands, announced today that its co-founder and president, Cara K. Bernosky, will participate in the inaugural event of Louisville’s “One Hundred Wise Women” forum. The new breakfast series, created to connect experienced businesswomen with emerging businesswomen, will be held on Wednesday, February 7, 2007 from 8:00am – 10:00am at the Jefferson Club, located on the top floor of PNC Plaza, 500 West Jefferson Street.

 

Called One Hundred Wise Women, the program involves distinguished women leaders - Wise Women – hosting a table of several emerging women leaders to discuss themes related to career success and professional and personal goals. The forum, designed to increase the base of Louisville’s qualified, connected women leaders, is being launched by the Leadership Louisville Center, Today’s Woman magazine, Deloitte & Touche LLP and Women 4 Women.

 

Ms. Bernosky is active in the community and was a member of the 2002 Leadership Louisville class. She currently serves on the board of directors of The Community Foundation of Louisville. Also, she co-founded the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Kentucky in 2001 and has served on the board of directors of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Ohio and Kentucky since that time. Ms. Bernosky has a long-time interest in Make-A-Wish and has volunteered for the organization since 1992 including having Make-A-Wish as her platform issue when she was Miss Pennsylvania USA in 1996 – 1997.

 

As president of IMC, Ms. Bernosky is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the organization. Since co-founding the company in 1997, she has developed wide-ranging portfolios of licensed products for several clients and has led the process by which IMC develops its own portfolio of new clients. She works intimately with clients and internal staff on strategy and the plan by which IMC will develop licensing portfolios. Cara has published articles in The Licensing Journal and brandchannel.com among others, and has been a featured speaker at leading industry events including Licensing University and LINK.

 

Before joining IMC, Ms. Bernosky worked for International Sports Marketing, Inc. where she represented professional athletes in licensing and other transactions, for Network International and for the Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball Club. She received a B.A. in Communication from Chatham College.  

ABOUT IMC

IMC Licensing is the nation’s leading licensing agency specializing in consumer product brands. Firmly grounded America’s heartland, IMC turns brands into great new consumer products that delight consumers and expand the long-term value of our clients’ iconic trademarks.

IMC Licensing represents Kraft Foods, Remington Arms, TABASCO and Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., among others. For more information, please visit www.imclicensing.com.

ABOUT ONE HUNDRED WISE WOMEN

One Hundred Wise Women was created in Cincinnati by Deloitte two years ago with other companies, including Procter & Gamble, as partners. It was designed on the premise that talented female professionals and executives need both trusted mentors and a strong, diverse network of colleagues and friends to establish themselves as leaders in their careers and in the community. In Louisville, it is being launched by the Leadership Louisville Center, Today’s Woman magazine, Deloitte & Touche LLP and Women 4 Women.

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